dduelin
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Motorcycles possess terrible coefficients of drag and aerodynamic drag kills mpg on this motorcycle. I've been many miles on mountain roads twisting the throttle on and off constantly in quick riding and still get 65-70 mpg per tank but on the open road getting to the mountains the mileage drops into the 50s. The difference is in the mountains the speed range is 35 to 55 mph and on the open road it is 65 to 75 mph.Over the weekend I was able to remove the device -- it is, as predicted, a BoosterPlug. Coincidentally I also just ran through my first tank of gas, hitting the reserve on Friday evening's commute home. I got about 165 miles on 2.87 US gallons, which is 57.5 mpg (the dash reported ~58mpg avg). That's much less than I was hoping for with this bike -- my 2015 CB500X reliably got 62mpg on the same commute. Today I rode the NC to work for the first time w/o the BoosterPlug, and I couldn't tell a difference in the bike. According to the dash gauge, I'm getting about 58mpg, so no big change there. I was really hoping to get at least 65mpg with this bike!