Just returned from a trip from Denver to Fort Walton Beach for the Florida State HOG rally. Had a great time, but experienced some interesting "effects" on the 3,000+ mile ride. Seems my TriGlide likes our 91 octane / corn fuel / high elevation better than 93 octane / sea level. Gas mileage went to hell for the most part while there, but didn't care too much because of how warm it was and the scenery was certainly different than the mountains we have here.
Usually get around 32 mpg here in the mountains and down there I was lucky to get 20-22 mpg. Seemed to have plenty of zip, but definitely sucked the gas down. Anyone else experience something like this? Not sure if living in lower elevations and then going to sea level does the same thing. Most of my travels have been to the higher elevation states, so no change in mpg that was noticeable.
All in all it was a great ride and we had perfect weather the whole time. No rain and plenty of sunshine.