Low MPG

[jackronner]

To David and Ganesh:  first, thanks for the input.  Second, when you give your MPG for your bikes, I take it you're talking Imperial gallons, right?

[David.]

When you give your MPG for your bikes, I take it you're talking Imperial gallons, right?

Yes, UK gallons.

[LAF]

I always am amazed at others MPG. 

I am in the USA and I get about 43 MPG as a average.  I may do a bit better on a 55 MPH cruise but not much.  On our PA mountain/valley roads moving pretty good I get 40.  But that is a lot of 3rd gear and heavy acceleration out of turns and up hills.

Like I say if I got 50 US MPG I would not know how to act.

It is all the right wrist as far as  I can see.

[Paggers]

The UK gallon and the USA gallon are not the same - you have to apply a conversion factor of 1.2 to get an accurate comparison. So 43 mpg on a US bike would be (43 x 1.2 =) 51.6 mpg in the UK. 55 mph while cruising would work out at 66 mpg here. Those figures are comparable with what I get from my bike.

[MEM62]

I have never reset the MPG display on my 2012 RT.  Unless there are circumstances under which it is reset that I am not aware of (service time, battery change or whatever) it reflects the average over the lifetime of the bike - 4 years and 12,000 miles - which is 55 mpg. 

[Ganesh]

LAF, think that's not bad if most of your work is done going through the gears into third and back. The only times I have to be in third or fourth is the speed control areas at 30, 40 or 50 which for me are not that frequent, thankfully now the M3 is back to normal. For those not in the area it is a motorway and had road works over a 20 plus mile section for nearly 5 years (could have been more) with a 50 speed and enough cameras to enforce it.
I usually reset the ave MPG every few months to see how much it varies by or if I plan to do a long trip.