Want to maintain good mileage, then stick to a pz30/VM26 clone and dial in the jetting (especially the needle).
As others have said, a lot of it is how you ride and where you ride. My first Hawk had an exhaust, vm26 carb, and a modded airbox with 17/45 sprockets. I had that carb dialed in perfectly.
If I rode it at a steady 45 to 55mph on relatively flat terrain I could confidently say I would average around 80mpg. I say that because one trip I went on saw me on a back highway with a few hills mixed in at an average speed of 55. I roughly calculated 74mpg
That same bike holding between 60 and 65 would drop into the 60mpg zone simply from being wide open at 7500rpm.
Total mixed on road mileage on average for that bike was around 65 to 68mpg
EDIT: Not sure why there is a thumbs down in the title. Didn't mean to add that and I can't get rid of it lol. DOWN with fuel economy!
Last edited by Megadan; 04-20-2023 at 06:09 PM.
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