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Motorcycle & Scooter

TxVietVet

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4. Most metric cruisers get good gas mileage.

Reply to Lady Freedom Returns (Original post)

Sun Oct 12, 2014, 12:48 PM

Oct 2014

I traded off my 2008 Honda VTX 1300C for my Honda Goldwing F6B. Both got around 40 mpg.
Just talk to folks on forums and get their opinions.
Metric cruisers from 600cc up will get up to 50 mpg I'm told. Also, a shaft drive takes a lot less mess and maintenance.
I know what mpg my bike will get. Learning to properly shift helps in keeping the gas mileage up also. You run the gears up high on rpm's and you will burn gas.

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