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Old 07-02-2009   #23 (permalink)
northernman
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Originally Posted by solitary View Post
It's not possible to lose 10% fuel mileage without something else going on since you're putting in ONLY 2.5% maximum less energy per gallon.
If you've lost 10% fuel economy, there's something else going on. I bet you didn't know what your gas mileage was before and only started paying attention when ethanol was added.
My gas mileage goes down a good bit by Nov. compared to Mar. when I start riding, the reason being in Mar. I'm extremely cautious, by Nov. I'm running the **** out of the bike and fuel mileage suffers from running near WOT much of the time.
But at even at 48 mpg, I'm not too concerned.
funny then that myself and others do burn 10 % more to drive the exact same distance in a car, truck, bike etc.

sigh..............
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