The other day I set out for some geocaching on the KLX. I thought I had mapped out caches that were mostly on dirt roads, but it didn't exactly turn out that way. So I rode mostly on highway running between 70 and 80 mph (indicated). At 82 miles (I zero out the trip meter after filling up) I had to flip to reserve. The bike runs absolutely perfect....I thought this bike was supposed to get 70 MPG?

 

I used to get the same mpg as yours and I was really disappointed to for expecting 70+ from what I red here before buying the bike (bone stock).

Last week I went for a ride with my girlfriend (2 up) and managed to keep the bike mostly below 5k (sometimes 6k at max). The result was a nice 72 mpg!

Let's just say that this little bike is really throttle sensitive when it comes to gas consumption. I had no fun driving like I did with my gf on the back, but it seems to be the way many people treat their bike on a daily basis for getting such high mpg.

 

Is your bike stock? If it is stock, 55 mpg seems low no matter how you're treating the throttle on pavement. I run mine pretty hard on my 30 mile daily commute and get around 66 mpg.

 

If i remember correctly , reserve is a half gallon. You would have burned 1.4 gallons before reserve, and at those speeds , you wouldn't be getting the best mileage. Pretty wound out.

 

80mph would be pretty much WOT, your mileage will suffer.

 

Hey dude!...are you back from the trip yet? And guess what, speaking of gas mileage? Got a TM36 pumper on its way.

 

I think I got close to 70 when my bike was stock. But after my mods it dropped to 60 mpg. Which quite honestly is a hell of a lot better then the 12 mpg I get in my RAM truck.

 

I did 115 miles on Monday, and got 73 mpg, but my max speed was 60 indicated (55 actual), and I probably averaged about 30 mph, since a lot of it was dirt roads.

 

i do almost all highway commuting at near wot on my jetted klx250sf...i use to get 65 mpg with the oem tires...but, after the big chunky dual sport tires, i get 55 mpg now...

 

I'm home.... been working on editing all the video/pictures. I am going to post on a blog.. targeting this weekend to finish, about 3/4 done.

Was going to ride up to around flag this morning, but the rains came.

Great riding with you, been thinking.... Canada next year....?

duriel