This is an "issue" I've been dealing with on the TriGlide since I've had it. I live at just over 5,000-feet in elevation. I have tuned the trike (PowerVision) and a done a few other things to run well, and it runs strong when we head to the mountains with elevations up to or over 10,000 feet and I average 34-35 MPG. It's when I go down in elevation that the problems begin. Here's the latest example:
Went on a three day ride last week at an elevation of 3,300 feet. My gas mileage fell to 26.5 MPG on averaqe. Then on the return trip home, the higher the elevation got, the better my gas mileage got. Riding on the highway, doing 75 at elevations above 5,000 feet, it was back to 34.5 MPG. The worst I've seen my mileage go was on a trip to the Florida panhandle where it dropped down to 24 MPG or so. It's not tire pressure because I check that. It just seems as though for every 1,000-foot drop in elevation, my gas mileage goes down 2-3 MPG.
So my question is this...does anyone else have this problem? The only solution I can think of is to ride down to an elevation of 3,000, run some tunes and save it as the tune to use at that elevation and then do the same for an elevation of 1,000 feet. Then I could swap out to the 'correct' tune for where I'm riding to at least get closer to the right tune and improved gas mileage. I'm not a "tune guy" or have any other engine abilities, so this is just a guess on my part.