geekonabike (Addict)  |
| Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:08 pm |
| My mpg gauge in my Outlander helps keep me honest. |
I know it's not that accurate, but when I make some effort to keep the gauge high, like doing a little more coasting up to stop lights, and sometimes dropping a few mph on the highway, I do see the mpg go up significantly when I fill up. I think when you work the CVT that way it really helps. I've seen up to about 28 mpg in it actual, mellow highway driving, though when the wife drives kids around town it drops to about 20.
Since I do a lot of highway on the Ninja, I usually see about 55 mpg, though when I do rural slow highways and take them leisurely I can see 65 mpg.
I think it helps that EFI cars (don't know about moorsickles) totally or mostly shut off the gas when they engine-brake. That likely helps when you can coast down hill. Of course there are other factors. The CVT's are improving to where the difference between them and, say, a 6-speed auto transmission (manual or automatic) is negligible but I think a CVT, if the top end ratio is almost open, can do a lot in some cases. Unfortunately it also encourages serious jackrabbit starts. Don't ask how I know.
--Mike D.
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Heh, this conservative-riding stuff really works... — funkshn, Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:21 pm -
Yes it does — AJinNoHills, Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:43 am
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My mpg gauge in my Outlander helps keep me honest. — geekonabike, Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:08 pm