The best gas mileage on my ST1100 has been 43 mpg, is something wrong?
I often read and hear about people getting over 50 mpg from their ST1100's but the best mileage I've gotten out of either one of my ST1100's is 43mpg. I often give a good effort to get the best gas mileage from my ST1100's keeping the revs down to no more than 4000 rpm on road trips, no stop lights on the interstate, my brakes are not dragging. I've tried new air filters and plugs, synched the carbs, and check the valves. (I bought the 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] bike from a friend who told me he was getting 50 mpg out of this bike but still it is only 43mpg – we talked about this after I put about 3 thousand miles on the bike - and he said that it did get 50mpg but it had been sometime since he checked and something must have changed- he is a good friend and good mechanic and a straight shooter)
Often the bike smells of gas when parked but no drips on the ground. I think the next step is to take the carbs apart and see if I spot anything like miss adjusted floats or stuck enrichers.
I talked to one ST1100 owner I met on a road trip a few days ago and he told me that it seemed like there where two motor set-ups and one of these batches of motors would get 42-43 mpg and the other 48 to 50 mpg. (This was a new one to me and I'll take that with a grain of salt but he did seem to believe what he was saying)
Has anyone had this issue where they had a ST1100 that was getting 50 mpg when taking it easy and then have the best mileage drop down to around 43 ……if so what was the cure?
Thanks in advance.
I often read and hear about people getting over 50 mpg from their ST1100's but the best mileage I've gotten out of either one of my ST1100's is 43mpg. I often give a good effort to get the best gas mileage from my ST1100's keeping the revs down to no more than 4000 rpm on road trips, no stop lights on the interstate, my brakes are not dragging. I've tried new air filters and plugs, synched the carbs, and check the valves. (I bought the 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] bike from a friend who told me he was getting 50 mpg out of this bike but still it is only 43mpg – we talked about this after I put about 3 thousand miles on the bike - and he said that it did get 50mpg but it had been sometime since he checked and something must have changed- he is a good friend and good mechanic and a straight shooter)
Often the bike smells of gas when parked but no drips on the ground. I think the next step is to take the carbs apart and see if I spot anything like miss adjusted floats or stuck enrichers.
I talked to one ST1100 owner I met on a road trip a few days ago and he told me that it seemed like there where two motor set-ups and one of these batches of motors would get 42-43 mpg and the other 48 to 50 mpg. (This was a new one to me and I'll take that with a grain of salt but he did seem to believe what he was saying)
Has anyone had this issue where they had a ST1100 that was getting 50 mpg when taking it easy and then have the best mileage drop down to around 43 ……if so what was the cure?
Thanks in advance.