Need help with Honda Magna MPG

[Magnum Magna]

Hello all,
I read some review and see that people can get up to 50 mpg on the similar bike.  I can get only 32 mpg.  Any idea why and how I can fix it (if it is a problem).  Thanks in advance.

The Magna is not a bike known for high MPG.  750 twins will get a little better and 750 twin fuel injected gets much better.  32 MPG is a little low my average is around 40 - 45.  The only time I get 35 MPG is doing 70 + MPH and that is the whole tank not just every now and then.  My wife's bike 800 cc was doing 55 MPG doing 70 + and we were two up on her bike.

[MarylandMagnav45]

Hello all,

My wife's bike 800 cc was doing 55 MPG doing 70 + and we were two up on her bike.

So does that mean...you ride bitch behind her?  Ouch, i wonder how that feels....

hahahaha...

just playing

[Magnum Magna]

I make her drive me around you know the view is much better when you are not having to watch the road. 

NOT

[Charles S Otwell]

I haven't checked the fuel milage since my wife started riding the Magna, but when I was riding it, I got a consistant 50 mpg avg. Everything on my wife's Magna is stock except for the resonator mod. I weigh 210 lbs and have been told that I ride aggressively, There are too many variables to put an exact number on what is normal. I do take offense to the insinuation that those of us who say we're getting 50 plus mpg are exaggerating.

[hootmon]

So Charles, you consistantly go 125+ miles on your gen 3 before hitting reserve...
That's great.... I went 129 once... but presently go about 110... I used to go 95 - 100 when I had the 43 / 16 sprocket set up. I'm now back to the stock 40 / 16.

[dgc67]

And all these postings seem to verify what I said in my first comment.  To get 50mpg you can't exceed 45 mph or slow down/speed up for the entire tank of gas.  Or drive downlhill with the wind at your back.

[CoolRob]

Thanks for all the suggestions.  I'll check into it in the next few days.
My Magna has many extra on it but I am not sure about the engine.  According to the previous owner, the bike has not been rejet.
My last trip was the Ride for Kids on Sunday.  I rode 55 miles to the starting location and then another 35 for the ride.  After the ride, I rode for another 5 miles then started to hit the reserve.  I remember one thing is my other Magna, 1998 model, had the same issue with the MPG.  I changed out the sprockets and chain but stick to the factory configuration.  Other than that, every thing on that bike was stock.

[hootmon]

Thanks for all the suggestions.  I'll check into it in the next few days.
My Magna has many extra on it but I am not sure about the engine.  According to the previous owner, the bike has not been rejet.
My last trip was the Ride for Kids on Sunday.  I rode 55 miles to the starting location and then another 35 for the ride.  After the ride, I rode for another 5 miles then started to hit the reserve.  I remember one thing is my other Magna, 1998 model, had the same issue with the MPG.  I changed out the sprockets and chain but stick to the factory configuration.  Other than that, every thing on that bike was stock.

Rob - so you went 95 miles and hit reserve?? That is on the low side, but I've it it at 95 plenty of times,especially when I had my other sprockets... if you took 2.5 gallons to fill up, that would be 38 MPG - which is in the ball park of normal...

I'm still not sure where you are located.. Are you in Texas?? The guys have semi-regular wrench sessions, so they could help you out (IF you are in Texas).
I haven't made a wrench session yet.. Well.. I've had several wrench sessions, but I haven't made a MOOT Wrench Session.. I'll use the "I live in Floriduh" excuse... again...

[CoolRob]

Rob - so you went 95 miles and hit reserve?? That is on the low side, but I've it it at 95 plenty of times,especially when I had my other sprockets... if you took 2.5 gallons to fill up, that would be 38 MPG - which is in the ball park of normal...

I'm still not sure where you are located.. Are you in Texas?? The guys have semi-regular wrench sessions, so they could help you out (IF you are in Texas).
I haven't made a wrench session yet.. Well.. I've had several wrench sessions, but I haven't made a MOOT Wrench Session.. I'll use the "I live in Floriduh" excuse... again...

When I hit 90 to 95 miles, it took over 2.8 gallons to fill up.
I live in Dickinson that is about 20 miles south of Houston, Texas.  I would like to join the wrench sessions, sometimes.

[hootmon]

Someone in the Houston Area Should be able to help you out sometime reasonably soon.. It sound like it's something you can live with for now..
Others will chime in, and watch the posts for Wrench Session info..

[roboto65]

Have been busy with stuff but would gladly have a wrench session as soon as I get off these Boats LOL Come On MOOTMag 

[Sledge Hammer]

Oh, wow, deja vu redux! This is one of those topics that's a sure conversation opener. http://www.magnaownersoftexas.com/forums/index.php?topic=3256.0

The more I've read and heard about mileage people get on different motorcycles, the more I've come to appreciate just how bad it can get. Friends with liter-class sportbikes and the bigger sport touring machines tell me they often get mileage in the low 20s mpg if they get in the habit of rolling the throttle open too far too often.

Lately on my '95, I've been getting mileage in the mid-30s up until the last fill-up, when I calculated a low 40s mpg, but that was with a 55-mile, 35 mph putter in a non-stop group ride thrown in. While I do not ride very aggressively since I live in an area with roads heavily traveled by dim-witted soccer moms, self-important Type A 'tards, and dizzy teenagers, I have been making a point of shifting between 4000 and 5000 rpm to keep the transmission happier, once I figured out that upshifting and downshifting were smoother in that RPM band. I figure the added cost of burning fuel less economically pales next to the expense of rebuilding the transmission.

[L J VFR]

On my last fill-up, I calculated 39 mpg.  But I have noticed myself like Mike C. shifting in the 4-5000 rpm range.  Just seems that is where the bike likes to shift.   Oh, and I like to hear the new exhaust sing.    

[MarylandMagnav45]

On my last fill-up, I calculated 39 mpg.  But I have noticed myself like Mike C. shifting in the 4-5000 rpm range.  Just seems that is where the bike likes to shift.   Oh, and I like to hear the new exhaust sing.    

It must be something with the 3rd generation Magna's. 

The 1st gen v30, v45, and v65 all get pretty good gas mileage.

My neighbors v30 Magna gets 60 MPG....LEMME SAY THAT AGAIN....SIXTY MILES PER GALLON. 

As stated countless times over, I get 45-50mpg when i'm not going past 6000RPM. 

I remember the v65 Magna's got like 40mpg on average.  Not bad for 1100cc of tire ripping power.

[dgc67]

As stated countless times over, I get 45-50mpg when i'm not going past 6000RPM.

There is the key for my results.  My bike won't go below 6k rpm unless I am stopped.