Sidewinder trail gas range.

[Firedawg1998]

Ya, I couldn't be more happy. Mileaged my apex upto 20,000km and switched to the srx for the comfort upgrade so now I rode even harder. But tuned and running a 22t has helped. Now my 900t friends all share roughly the same range as i

 

[SumpBuster]

Best end of last year was 15.6 mpg, average farmland trail riding, filled to the cap both times. Better than the apexs, including my 06.

 

[Doc Harley]

Best end of last year was 15.6 mpg, average farmland trail riding, filled to the cap both times. Better than the apexs, including my 06.

Good numbers...i think there's a good amount of guys in the 12-13mpg range. Blame 90% of that on flipper control. who wants to buy a race sled and ride slow?!?! Probably just me & you. Haha...

 

[SumpBuster]

Good numbers...i think there's a good amount of guys in the 12-13mpg range. Blame 90% of that on flipper control. who wants to buy a race sled and ride slow?!?! Probably just me & you. Haha...

Yeah, its not flat out for sure, but some nice speeds in the bigger fields.

 

[Motorhead]

Yeah it all matters when it comes to mpg. Gearing, clutching, track lug height, amount of fluff or sticky snow in trail, etc!

With a 4 stroke, I’ve found that low rpms at cruising speeds gives best results!

So what is a good rpm for your cruising speed, and what do you consider a good cruising speed. Gotta love how much speed one can get with little throttle on one of these!!

 

[SumpBuster]

Nice to know how far one can go, under normal conditions, especially when that wrong turn and no gas stations happen!

 

[Kuzzy]

I did get 200km/tank, but now i am closer to 160km, all seemed to happen after i took it to the dealer for some stub shaft warranty work. I am about to pull off the valve cover to make sure i didnt spit any shims and that my timing lines up, after that i am not sure what to do, probably the closed loop. I have my suspicions that one tooth is jumped on the cam gear but wont know until i open it up

 

[Doc Harley]

I did get 200km/tank, but now i am closer to 160km, all seemed to happen after i took it to the dealer for some stub shaft warranty work. I am about to pull off the valve cover to make sure i didnt spit any shims and that my timing lines up, after that i am not sure what to do, probably the closed loop. I have my suspicions that one tooth is jumped on the cam gear but wont know until i open it up

I thought I read somewhere in regards to closed loop & fuel consumption inconsistency's.
It's just nice to know exactly what happened & why it happened, so you can move on. Ugh.....
Maybe put a call in to manufacturer and see what they say?!?!

 

[KnappAttack]

I did get 200km/tank, but now i am closer to 160km, all seemed to happen after i took it to the dealer for some stub shaft warranty work. I am about to pull off the valve cover to make sure i didnt spit any shims and that my timing lines up, after that i am not sure what to do, probably the closed loop. I have my suspicions that one tooth is jumped on the cam gear but wont know until i open it up

If it was to spit a shim you'd know it. It would run like a twin cylinder.

 

[1nc 2000]

The biggest difference that I have seen on fuel mileage is trail cruising rpm's for your normal speed that a person rides. Clutch setups make a difference here. Say like 7000 rpm vrs 6300 rpm's.

 

[KnappAttack]

The biggest difference that I have seen on fuel mileage is trail cruising rpm's for your normal speed that a person rides. Clutch setups make a difference here. Say like 7000 rpm vrs 6300 rpm's.

Correct, it's why the bigger the tune, the better the mileage. Big tunes carry big clutch weight for the power, hence better mileage by keeping RPM lower at cruising speed. As a bonus the added power when you mash the throttle!

 

[earthling]

Correct, it's why the bigger the tune, the better the mileage. Big tunes carry big clutch weight for the power, hence better mileage by keeping RPM lower at cruising speed. As a bonus the added power when you mash the throttle!

As well as being able to leverage a better gear ratio which also keeps RPM lower. If someone is running 24/50 I would expect RPM to be nominally higher always.

 

[Doc Harley]

Correct, it's why the bigger the tune, the better the mileage. Big tunes carry big clutch weight for the power, hence better mileage by keeping RPM lower at cruising speed. As a bonus the added power when you mash the throttle!

Which tune do you think would provide the best fuel consumption? Or are you saying all of them, in general?

 

[KnappAttack]

Which tune do you think would provide the best fuel consumption? Or are you saying all of them, in general?

More power requires more drive clutch weight, so the bigger the tune, the more fuel mileage potential.

 

[Doc Harley]

More power requires more drive clutch weight, so the bigger the tune, the more fuel mileage potential.

I didn't know....ty