Re: bad gas mileage

[Bill Moss <bill.moss@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are far too many possible reasons. I get 46-52 on my '98 R11RT,
according to speed and load and 35-38 in pure traffic (think Manhattan).
If you live in the NY City area, I can check out the bike for you (no
charge, its a hobby). Otherwise, the standard reasons are fuel leaks,
vacuum leak (which would effect mostly idle), timing, fuel pressure
regulator, and other things that would probably effect running.

Brake drag is a common problem with bikes that have been on the shelf
for a while. The best way to fix this is to change the pads and brake
fluid. Sometimes a few really hard stops will help. If you have brake
drag, the rotors will be very hot even after a couple of miles steady
riding (no stops).

Low tire pressure could also be a factor.

I would suggest getting a good manual (Clymer is fine) and giving the
bike a major tune up.

BTW: What plugs did you use. The original Bosch are a poor choice and
the recommendations of the list are mostly anecdotal; BMW switched to
NGK and that is what I use. In fact, I have been using them since NGK
made them available since they were specifically designed for the R11
and R1150.

rchitwoo wrote:
> I, started riding my 1996 r1100rt 4 months ago. I have noticed it gets about
> 34.8 mpg this seems really bad.  The bike seems to run just fine but the
> mileage is poor.  I only have 26K on it and no history of prior maintenance
> other than I changed the plugs at 23k.
>   

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