S4R 80 miles per tank???

[uglyducky]

for reference . . .

[Speeddog]

Minor delay, it fouled out the horizontal plug...
Squared that away.

Just took it out for a freeway loop, essentially my regular commute.
58.5 miles, 1.488 gallons: 39.3 mpg.
Well within normal range for an S4R.

My S4 will get ~45 mpg on the same loop.

Mileage is reasonable.
The fouled plug isn't.

[uglyducky]

Minor delay, it fouled out the horizontal plug...
Squared that away.

Just took it out for a freeway loop, essentially my regular commute.
58.5 miles, 1.488 gallons: 39.3 mpg.
Well within normal range for an S4R.

My S4 will get ~45 mpg on the same loop.

Mileage is reasonable.
The fouled plug isn't.

well there ya go.  i wonder why a plug was fouled.  probably hanging out with other bad plugs in rich engines . . .

[$Lindz$]

Nice!

I just did 123.4 on 2.795... 44.15 mpg (mostly highway) on my S4RS with Jesse's old Termis (cut up and shit... thanks again dude, what a good deal $30!!!!).


Glad to hear it's running better. No more wounded Duc.

[BoDiddley]

My well tuned S4RS is getting anywhere between 35 & 40 MPG depending on how hard I'm punishing the old girl. For the most part I'm seeig numbers very close to 40.For comparison I'm running the DP ecu and full termi system. I suspect that you will find your problem had to do with the FI setup. Once I took my RS to the dealer for a little FI tuning. When I got the bike back she made gobs of power in the upper RPM range but was super rich everywhere else. I was also only getting about 25 mph.  It was then that I decided to buy a few tools and teach myself to tune Ducati FI. Turns out all the dealer did was crank up the trimmers 25 points.. DUH can't imagine why it was soo rich..

I'm sure you'll have it sorted out in short order

Cheers
Mike

Mike : What references did you use to teach yourself to tune your FI.  On the brain scale how much did it take.............Thanks

[uglyducky]

Nice!

I just did 123.4 on 2.795... 44.15 mpg (mostly highway) on my S4RS with Jesse's old Termis (cut up and shit... thanks again dude, what a good deal $30!!!!).


Glad to hear it's running better. No more wounded Duc.

i shoulda asked for $40.  i knew it.  well, when i get her back let's go split lanes when the 405 shuts down!  that's some pretty good gas mileage for that bike man . . . still running stock ecu?

[$Lindz$]

Yeah, still stock ecu... I put clip-ons on her and rode Malibu a ton today... heading to NZ to see my girl for 5 weeks starting Wednesday, so most likely we'll have to ride together after I get back in August.

I am real good about eking out great mileage on the freeway (little to no braking, smooth throttle input, lotso 6th gear...) so that helps to offset the canyon jaunts.

P.S. $40 go to hell. What a ripoff! Haha

[uglyducky]

hahahaha.  sounds good man.  have a great trip!  call me when you're back state side and we'll carve up some canyons . . .