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GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MOTORCYCLE => Topic started by: QTL1978 on April 08, 2013, 12:06:44 AM

Title: 91 gsf400 mpg
Post by: QTL1978 on April 08, 2013, 12:06:44 AM

Hi all,
    I'm the proud owner of a 91 gsf400. I've been riding it for just about a year now and I really love her. Have had to do quite a bit of work on her over the past year, but she's been riding pretty smoothly lately.

     My question is as to what is the typical mpg for a 91 gsf400? The previous owner put on a Yosh exhaust on it and I have no idea if he tuned the carbs (I have a feeling he didn't).

     Doesn't seem to matter if I'm screaming along at 13krpm or just putting around town, I generally always get about 34mpg.

I'll be doing a lot of commuting this summer (90miles each day, m-f) and was debating whether I should get a stock exhaust or tune the carbs... or if the price of any of that would be worth the few mpgs I might gain.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks ahead of time!   :grin:

Title: Re: 91 gsf400 mpg
Post by: PALERO on April 10, 2013, 08:25:41 AM

Check out what people are getting here:
http://www.fuelly.com/motorcycle/

I'm adding my new Bandit 400 to this list as soon as I get past my first tank!

Fuelly is great for tracking trends with your riding and trends with your bike maintenance.

Title: Re: 91 gsf400 mpg
Post by: melikeytacos on August 12, 2013, 04:37:34 PM

Mine seems to get low to mid 30's.  Fuelly is a good site, I've been using it for a while but my data is sporadic because I keep filling up and forgetting to record the numbers.  Link to mine: http://www.fuelly.com/driver/melikeytacos/gsf400-bandit