Is 41 mpg on my 2001 ST1100 a bit on the low side?

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Thanks for the input !

I'll see how it plays out in time after I have some more wrench time on the bike.
 
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I have a 1996 Honda ST1100 - 100% stock, run full synthetic motor oil, ride 80% highway, 20% city, mostly speed limit with occasional 120 MPH (short bursts). Complete tune up done in the past year (new plugs, filters, carb synchro, etc). Always use 100% OEM (Honda) parts. My last 8 fuel tanks (since 3/29/17) average 39.78 MPGs. :)
 
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168K on my 2002 ST1100A & I average 41mpg. I've been anal about checking at every fillup. Highest I've seen out west, where they have better fuel, is 48 mpg. I have found no difference between using 10% ethanol & undiluted dino juice. I have heard earlier models get a little better fuel mileage.
I am also "anal" about keeping records on fuel mileage. I've kept a log of all the tanks of fuel I put into my bike (1996 Honda ST1100) since 4/18/16. My last log entry is tank #49: (5/11/17), 246.3 elapsed miles, 6.202 gallons used = 39.71 MPG. :) My calculated MPG numbers are very consistent & indicate the health of my bike. I do the same thing with my cars! :)
 
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These guys are talking about US mpg,so 45mpg is around 37.5 mpg US,
I can never get the mpg they get, shorter journeys and too much throttle are the likely causes!!
I get around 42 mpg avg I suppose,thats 35mpg US.
I thought metric countries were using: liters per 100 kilometers for fuel mileage on motor vehicles.
The US uses Miles Per Gallon (MPG).
 
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My 03 1300 isn't even doing that well. I checked the spreadsheet last night, and I'm averaging just over 38 mpg. With my 04, I was in the 42-43 range. I have to qualify that with driving conditions: with the 04, I was doing 38-42 miles a day one way to work - mostly 2 lane back roads. With the 03, it's 15 miles one way mostly interstate, and I've got a bad habit of twisting the throttle too much.
 
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I thought metric countries were using: liters per 100 kilometers for fuel mileage on motor vehicles.
The US uses Miles Per Gallon (MPG).
Yes we use the metric system for everything, speed limits are also KM/hr as is most of Europe far as I know,never understood why the US didn't go metric, don't you measure you're engines in CC's and Litres? the UK/US gals are different too, very confusing on a forum with an international dimension (no pun intended :confused:)
but when you grow up with mpg L/100 km isn't as easily understood though it is easy enough if you make the effort.
 
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Our auto manufacturers can't decide whether to use metric or imperial bolts, nuts, and other fasteners during construction of the vehicles, so they use both! It really makes for much enjoyment when you have to fis something!
 
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Our auto manufacturers can't decide whether to use metric or imperial bolts, nuts, and other fasteners during construction of the vehicles, so they use both! It really makes for much enjoyment when you have to fis something!
The US military is pretty much metricized now, hopefully the rest of the country will follow suit. I grew up in a metric country(aside from the old money) and moving to the states threw me into a headspin, I had to learn the standard system from scratch. I ask a teacher at my sons school why they didn't teach the metric system. "It's too hard, the teachers don't understand it" :rofl1:
 
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When I went through grade school they were teaching the metric system. That was around the time that they were requiring packaging to be in standard and metric . If they'd kept that up, by now we'd be on the metric system. yes, it's going to be inconvenient or even painful for a while, but it needs to be done.
 
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My 1100 used to average 50 mpg. And I even saw 58 mpg once! My 1300 has never seen better than 45 and seem to average closer to 40 mpg. And I ride very conservatively. I think some ST's just get better gas mileage than others regardless of riding style.


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I ask a teacher at my sons school why they didn't teach the metric system. "It's too hard, the teachers don't understand it" :rofl1:
yep, I've heard that so many times, its pathetic.

I think the push to adopt the metric system is pretty much over, some of the car speedos I've seen lately are in mph only. The 2 liter soda bottle is about as far as we got before our tiny minds were too confused to go any further.
 

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My 1991 Suburban had bolts that are sae threads with metric hex heads. I think all the machine screws (aka bolts) in GM truck engines up through 1999 or 2000 had sae threads.
 

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oh yea - back to the topic of this thread. I almost always get 50 mpg or better. In the Rocky mountain I've gotten up to 59 several times but Saturday I got an all time low of 42 on my 1st tank running the Rose City 500.
 

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In the 8 years riding my 1999 ST1100 I have driven 72,657 kM and bought 4158 L of fuel, which gives me 5.73 L/100kM, 39.5 MPG US or 49.4 MPG IMP, or so my spreadsheet tells me! Current odometer is almost 140kM
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This bike has a K&N with the foam pre-filter wrap - I took the pre-filter off and the the gas mileage picked up to 44 mpg and the bike runs a lot better too.
 
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I also use OEM filters (and all other parts) on all Honda motor vehicles (cars & motorcycles). Honda (OEM) parts are the HIGHEST quality, but usually also the highest price.
I've been doing bike repairs since 1974 (43 YEARS of success!)
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That much difference? I wonder about the long term effect? Have you tried a new OEM filter? I've always used the OEM filter.
 
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