550L gas mileage?

[Charley Davidson]

What do you consider Bad/Average/Good?

I'm getting 30 mpg most of the time and it's still running bad. My tank only holds 2.5 gallons from bone dry to full. I keep hearing people say the tanks are 5 gal. but I have 3 and all are 2.5

 

[tkent02]

The Ladies models have smaller tanks, but I don't even think the standard 550 is five gallons. 4.something gallons maybe? Not sure. It should get near 50 mpg if everything is working well. More or less depending on how and where you ride but in that range.

A lot of factors can influence gas mileage, in addition to your riding habits, everything from cam timing to tire pressure, carburetion, alcohol content, oil weight, there are a lot more.

 

[Charley Davidson]

The Ladies models have smaller tanks,

Actually I have the gay mens model, The bung is so loose it won't hold any gas

 

[tkent02]

The bung is so loose it won't hold any gas

That's probably your problem.

 

[cowboyup3371]

My 550T is just over 3 gallons and I'll do 40ish on the gas mileage. Listen to Tkent and run through the maintenance.

 

[850 Combat]

In my experience, anything that is "still running bad" uses more gas. I would expect 40-45

 

[Dougbo]

My GS550T gets about 47 mpg. It has a 3.2 gal tank (12 L) .

 

[tkent02]

Mine was always 50mpg whipping the bejesus out of it, but that was a long time ago, gas is different now.