26 miles per gallon?

[MotoGoosy]

Seem to be getting about 26 mpg with an '02 EV11.  Kinda poor, huh?

[JeffOlson]

I don't know anything about your bike, but around town my Norge drops into the 20s.

[Vasco DG]

Yup, it's the bike's fault.

 ::) ???

It's either incredibly badly set up or broken.

Tune it, fix it or, if you are amoral? Sell it!

[Chuck in Indiana]

Both of them have something seriously wrong with them..

[Kev m]

Both of them have something seriously wrong with them..

The bikes too eh?  :BEER:

[Lannis]

Both of them have something seriously wrong with them..

The massive vibration is shaking all of the gas out of the tank.   

The breathing in of all those gas fumes would also explain a few things.

Lannis

[Vasco DG]

Oh it's *That* trolling idiot.

Sorry, carry on.

Pete

[56Pan]

 :+1 Enjoyed all this with my morning coffee.

[Murray]

I can achieve that on my 1100 sport, although it doesn't take very long to cover the 26 miles.

[Aaron D.]

Connect the other spark plug.

[Stormtruck2]

I can achieve that on my 1100 sport, although it doesn't take very long to cover the 26 miles.

I was going to say the same about my Centys.  I have gotton less than a 100 miles on a tank before needing fuel.  And I know for a fact that the bike was in fine fiddle, except for that loose nut that holds on the handle bars.  ~; ::)

[w123driver]

Can's say anything if the bike has carb, but if it is fuel injected, sharp decline in MPG (given no fuel leak, no misfiring cylinder, normal tire pressure) is almost  always caused by defective oxygen lambda sensor. Stuck open O2 sensor "tells" CPU that the mixture is too lean and CPU makes injectors to deliver longer squirts of fuel. Hence the poor MPG.

[Wayne Orwig]

Can's say anything if the bike has carb, but if it is fuel injected, sharp decline in MPG (given no fuel leak, no misfiring cylinder, normal tire pressure) is almost  always caused by defective oxygen lambda sensor. Stuck open O2 sensor "tells" CPU that the mixture is too lean and CPU makes injectors to deliver longer squirts of fuel. Hence the poor MPG.

There is no such thing on a 2002 EV in the US.

[JeffOlson]

There is nothing wrong with my bike. My MPG may dip into the mid-20s around town, but it reaches the mid-40s out on the highway. It really depends upon how it is ridden. I imagine the OP's mileage varies, too. He did not give us enough information...

[MotoGoosy]

Well, thanks for the few intelligent answers.  Didn't expect 40mpg putzing around town.  Just wondered if other 1100's get about the same.

[not-fishing]

My Griso 1100 averages in the 40's, in-town on the freeway -- no real change but it may be because of my Rule #1:  Never be the first through an intersection.

You wouldn't have some Swabbie borrowing a little gas would you?

[Chuck in Indiana]

The lowest injected Guzzi mileage I ever got was in the Winter on the Centauro before I put a brass temp sensor on it. 33 mpg. After that, normally it got around 42. Got over 50 on a trip one time putzing along with Harley Bob on his softtail at about 60-65.
20s?? I still say there's something wrong.

[w123driver]

My average MPG is 44 in town/county roads on my 2007 Breva.

[Stormtruck2]

I usually get 160 miles until I'm walking with the Centy. That works out to about 35 MPG. I would imagine I could get 40+ mpg if I was a little more mature in my riding style. :bike ;) :D  It also has a bit more of a load to haul with me on it rather than you Chuck.  :D I run nothing but alcohol free premium gas in them.

[Wayne Orwig]

I had my Centauro under 30 MPG. I've had it over 50 MPG.
I used nothing but the cheapest swill gas I could find.

[atavar]

I have no idea what mileage my Norge gets.  I purposefully ignore that.  Gasoline is the cheapest part of owning a bike. 
I typically spend more on tires in a year than I spend on gas.  Perhaps if I lost 100 pounds and rode more maturely that would change.
Range on the other hand is more important.  I tend to get a tad over 250 miles between fills.  I guess that puts mpg about 40ish .  StarTron helps that quite a bit.

[LowRyter]

That's the bike that vibrates worse than a hard mount sportster?

Something seriously wrong here.   jus sayin'.  <hint  hint>

[Nick]

I get anywhere from 40 to 50 on my '03 EV. It depends on my right wrist  ;)

[Chuck in Indiana]

I have no idea what mileage my Norge gets.  I purposefully ignore that.

Fuel mileage is a pretty good indicator of state of tune...

[dl.allen]

ive owned a lot of bikes but my 04 v11 lemans is the most variable in gas mileage depending how I ride it.  From 30 to 45 mpg.  Syching the throttle bodies helped a little.
My 75 850T get great mileage no matter how I ride but then again it doesn't produce much power either.
I would just give it a tune up, fresh plugs and see what you get

[MotoGoosy]

Oh, it's all tuned up, but I ride around town mostly and those stoplights eat most of the gas.

[Dilliw]

Oh, it's all tuned up, but I ride around town mostly and those stoplights eat most of the gas.

How do you check your mpg?  No reason to think the stock speedo/odo  is accurate.

[MotoGoosy]

Loosely.  This week was the first time and I just took the mileage off the odo before and after fillups and divided it by 19 liters.

[Aaron D.]

If I understand you, you are doing it wrong.

Tell me, what is 19 liters?

Never mind. I knew another person who did the same thing when calculating fuel mileage. They should have known better, too.

[Kev m]

My reply was only partially tongue in cheek.

My 00 Jackal was tuned somewhat rich, but despite entire tankfulls of spirited riding only rarely dipped into the HIGH 30's in the dead of winter. Generally turned in low 40's on our cheap E10 and occasionally kissed 50.

My 06 Breva 1100 was about the same, rarely dropping anywhere in the upper 30's, and, especially after a Guzzitech reflash, regularly got in the mid to high 40's.

If either ever dropped into the 20's I'd have immediately looked for fuel leaks.