Greetings from Canada

[DavidR8]

Hey everyone, brand new to the forum. I've had my 06 BlueCat for about a week. I traded an 09 Bonneville T100 straight across for a mint 06, 18k on the clock with full factory luggage and heated grips.

So far I've emptied one tank (just shy of 40 mpg) which is better than I was getting on my Bonnie. The 955 engine is amazing. This is my first litre-class bike so I have no comparison but wow, that is some kind of torque.

Here she is:

[John Stenhouse]

Welcome to the party, grab a beer and browse

[birddogone]

Congratulations,  she sure looks familiar!

[Montydog]

Looking good, enjoy

[JTT]

Nice!    Welcome to the asylum

[aeronca]

welcome aboard

[Sin_Tiger]

Congratulations.

You must have given the T100 some serious thrashing  good man

[DavidR8]

Congratulations.

You must have given the T100 some serious thrashing  good man

Aye, it was ridden not babied. Might be a bit before I feel comfortable on the Cat to push as hard as I did on the Bonnie.

[blacktiger]

Congratulations.

You must have given the T100 some serious thrashing  good man

Aye, it was ridden not babied. Might be a bit before I feel comfortable on the Cat to push as hard as I did on the Bonnie.

The beauty of the Tiger is that you don't need to thrash it to make good progress. e.g. I rarely rev higher than 6K which gives a good mid to high 50s UKmpg.

[DavidR8]

True enough Blacktiger. I did almost 200 miles on Sunday, rode fast but didn't twist it that hard. Wound up with a trip average of 48 mpg. They way it worked out I did exactly 1% city and 99% highway on that fill.

It might be worth noting that I'm at sea level so the mixture might be richer than someone riding at 3,000 ft.

I topped 40 mpg once in four years on my Bonnie. Chatted online with some folks who claimed they see 50+ mpg on their Bonnies all the time.

[Bixxer Bob]

Altitude won't affect it, the ECU monitors atmospheric pressure in the airbox and adjusts the fuel injection accordingly. :icon_wink:

[Sin_Tiger]

50+  was that the Triumph Granny forum?

[blacktiger]

Altitude won't affect it, the ECU monitors atmospheric pressure in the airbox and adjusts the fuel injection accordingly. :icon_wink:

I think it does actually. I always get better mpg in the mountains. As the air thins and has less oxygen, the EFI will squirt less fuel in. You do, of course, get a corresponding drop in performance.

[Bixxer Bob]

Ok, I wasn't clear, I meant altitude won't affect the MIXTURE (which is what we were taking about in that sentence) as the ECU compensates for the thinner air.

Higher altitude always means lower power (ever watched the DAKAR??) but I'm not sure how MPG improves.  Nitbsaying it can't, just I'd have to look at the FI maps to see why.  Cruising at 5000 rpm with less fuel going in because of the thinned air means the calculated load is higher and so a different part of the map is used compared with lower altitude. 

[DavidR8]

Altitude won't affect it, the ECU monitors atmospheric pressure in the airbox and adjusts the fuel injection accordingly. :icon_wink:

I think it does actually. I always get better mpg in the mountains. As the air thins and has less oxygen, the EFI will squirt less fuel in. You do, of course, get a corresponding drop in performance.

Just to pile on this idea, my fuel mileage is less when the air temperature is low. I attribute this to the colder, denser air requiring more fuel in order to maintain the appropriate air/fuel ratio.

But I could be dead wrong!