Is this normal gas mileage?

David have you put in your new thermostat yet? It can be intermittent which could explain the one good mileage tank of gas.
 
woodybelle said:
David have you put in your new thermostat yet? It can be intermittent which could explain the one good mileage tank of gas.
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I have not as I'm 99% sure I don't have a thermostat problem.
For example, this morning it was 50 degrees this morning and hit three bars of temp in short order and the temp never wavers.


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For interests sake here's a page from my owners manual:
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DavidR8 said:
For interests sake here’s a page from my owners manual:
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Same page from the manual for the CBR1000RR, which I guarantee should be shifted at the same points:

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I usually defer to Honda on engineering-related matters, but I suspect that most of what's in the operation section is lawyer-approved boilerplate.

If your car has a manual or manually-shiftable automatic transmission, you'll find similarly-wheezy shift points in that manual, too.

--Mark
 
DavidR8 said:
Only reflecting what the manual states :)
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yes, my reply was directed at the manual, not at you. I'm still trying to picture someone riding an ST and using those shift points, how comical. I think even for people who would consider themselves non-aggressive riders, typical shift points would be somewhere between 4k-5k RPM.
 
Man! I guess you can't downshift if going faster than 22mph! I've been doing it all wrong, all these years.
 
dwalby said:
I think even for people who would consider themselves non-aggressive riders, typical shift points would be somewhere between 4k-5k RPM.
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It depends on how fast I want to accelerate. When accelerating slowly (such as in heavy traffic), I often shift around 3K and I rarely wait until 4K before shifting to 5th gear. I think 4K in 4th gear is over 60 mph. I probably shift to 5th somewhere around 55 mph.
 
ddemair said:
It depends on how fast I want to accelerate. When accelerating slowly (such as in heavy traffic), I often shift around 3K and I rarely wait until 4K before shifting to 5th gear. I think 4K in 4th gear is over 60 mph. I probably shift to 5th somewhere around 55 mph.
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You are spot-on: 4000 rpm in 4th equals 61 mph assuming stock tires.


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