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So, a few tanks later... city riding is 6.6 l/100 km (35 mpg) highway (one tank, spirited mountain riding) was 4.7 l/100 km (50 mpg). I feel much better now.

We shouldn't bash Harley's. I'm told 80% of all Harley's ever build are still on the road today. The other 20% made it home. :BLAA:

+1 on the WD40. Mine had troubles after a good washing - I got a little water in the lock and it became very difficult to turn. WD40 got rid of the water and lubed up the mechanism.

I went the Competition Werks way and added Bike Master arrow LED signals. I'm adding LED's up front as well and plan the pod light mod sometime soon.

I have all of two tanks on my '08 and both were about 7l/100km (33 mpg) commuting in the streets of Vancouver. It seems much worse than my old KLR650. For this tank I am riding much more conservatively and hoping for an improvement. I don't know if I can handle the speed! It's way too slow...

Hi all, I picked up my '08 last month. It is a great daily driver. Once the weather gets better I'll start taking it on longer trips (say the grocery store 2 hours away). Here is the beast.... Except for frame sliders, it was totally stock. so far I have a fender eliminator and LED...