HD Trike gas milage

ktallen · Jul 7th, 2009, 05:11 AM

My mpg around town and by myself has been 35 to 38 mpg on my 09 Tri-glide. This past weekend my wife and I went on a 900 mile trip to eastern Oregon. Coming back we were on the Freeway and going about 70 most of the way. With the added weight of my wife and all our stuff and higher speeds and a head wind it dropped to about 25mpg. I think that is normal for what we have. Good luck and ride safe.

09TRIGLIDE · Jul 15th, 2009, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by woodsman

i took my trike for a little romp the other day, about 250 mi. Most of this was on freeways, kept it at the speed limit, 70 mph. I did this just to check the gas milage, and for some bike time of course, i averaged 29.6 mpg. way off of what they advertise. What kind of mpg is everyone else getting?

the hd site says 48 highway, 33 city.

i get around 33-35 around town on my 09 triglide i live in the country so not alot of traffic when i start getting it on i go down to around 25-28 i havent done the remapping/aircleaner or pipes yet i may just wait till winter to do that as i am not sure of what i want for pipes an dont really want to spend more then 350 on them prefer less anyone have any suggestions for the pipes i blv i am gonna go w/k&n aircleaner as i have always not sure on what hyper chip i gonna get eaither

strokizator · Aug 31st, 2009, 04:34 PM

Wow, I thought my '09 TriGlide was bad because of the Calif emissions but some of you are doing worse. I recently went from CenCal to Denver and averaged 33 on the highway but got as high as 40+ mpg in Colo going through the mountains at 9000 ft. That was unexpected.

I'm hoping opening up the intake and exhaust will free things up and let the engine breathe more efficiently.

Jul 7th, 2009, 05:11 AM	#21
ktallen Start The Engine Ride: 2005 ultra classac Join Date: Dec 6th, 2008 Posts: 11	Re: HD Trike gas milage My mpg around town and by myself has been 35 to 38 mpg on my 09 Tri-glide. This past weekend my wife and I went on a 900 mile trip to eastern Oregon. Coming back we were on the Freeway and going about 70 most of the way. With the added weight of my wife and all our stuff and higher speeds and a head wind it dropped to about 25mpg. I think that is normal for what we have. Good luck and ride safe.

Aug 31st, 2009, 04:34 PM	#23
strokizator New Family Ride: 2008 Road Glide Anniversary Edition Join Date: Sep 20th, 2007 Posts: 1	low to mid 30's here Wow, I thought my '09 TriGlide was bad because of the Calif emissions but some of you are doing worse. I recently went from CenCal to Denver and averaged 33 on the highway but got as high as 40+ mpg in Colo going through the mountains at 9000 ft. That was unexpected. I'm hoping opening up the intake and exhaust will free things up and let the engine breathe more efficiently.

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