Poor Fuel Mileage

[FuzzyWuzHe]

What really gets my goat is that we produce it right here in our backyard, the refinery is 40 miles away, and our gasoline cost is the highest in the state! Go figure...

Well duh ... you get it fresh ...

[MDO]

Crude oil prices are at their highest in 3 years. I saw a notional story saying Missouri had the lowest prices in the nation.

On my trip through California last summer, we paid $4.50 a gallon at 1 place up north.

They are mandated to use a different blend of gas in the summer & it's a lot more expensive that the winter blend.

[Capt.Bob]

Fellow Harley trikers, One of the things that I just learned yesterday which I failed to share was the fact that I know the M8 makes more power/torque at lower RPM than the Twin Cams. As I was tooling down the road, I got to thinking, "Hey, this M8 makes power down lower than a Twinkie and I should not be carrying as high an RPM if I want to increase my mileage".

It is funny how we get into habits like worrying about twisting a crank like folks have done on the Twin Cams when in fact the M8 engine makes power in a significantly different way (more torque down low and less revvy than a TC). I decided that I could carry less revs up gentle slopes without fear of lugging the engine because it is of a different design. Doh!

[rhino 2]

Crude oil prices are at their highest in 3 years. I saw a notional story saying Missouri had the lowest prices in the nation.

On my trip through California last summer, we paid $4.50 a gallon at 1 place up north.

They are mandated to use a different blend of gas in the summer & it's a lot more expensive that the winter blend.

The more Crude oil gos up the more Iran makes on selling it to our friends in Europe , Just like ISIS Was doing with the oil they stole from Iraq and Syria..

[Jack Klarich]

Fellow Harley trikers, One of the things that I just learned yesterday which I failed to share was the fact that I know the M8 makes more power/torque at lower RPM than the Twin Cams. As I was tooling down the road, I got to thinking, "Hey, this M8 makes power down lower than a Twinkie and I should not be carrying as high an RPM if I want to increase my mileage".

It is funny how we get into habits like worrying about twisting a crank like folks have done on the Twin Cams when in fact the M8 engine makes power in a significantly different way (more torque down low and less revvy than a TC). I decided that I could carry less revs up gentle slopes without fear of lugging the engine because it is of a different design. Doh!

IMO with the knock sensors the M8 can take lower RPM with out struggling

I have run mine as low as 1750 in 6th gear on flat roads