Crying the MPG blues . . .

Mine only has 6600 miles on it and I have not gotten to wind it out yet on a long ride.

Over many years, I have come to believe in marvel mystery oil. I use it in my roadstar because it seems to help with valve sticking. I had thought it might have caused some of this reduction in mileage. On older engines, especially air cooled ones, it is a godsend. Many airplane owners use it religiously.

My problem is now that I am even more discouraged from doing performance mods and retuning thinking that it might even make mpg worse.
 
Yep, that's the reason a few of my friends keep two bikes. Trying to explain that to my wife, lol.
 
I did get 30-35mpg bone stock on mixed roads, but after my D&D pipes and upgraded tune I get about 26 on mixed roads and I've seen 35-37 on the Highway if I can keep her around 75. Regardless, I fill up around 110 miles or so...
-MIG
Did you find the pipes and retune to be worth it? I plan to try that "de-restricting" tune on my tour model to experiment.
 
Did you find the pipes and retune to be worth it? I plan to try that "de-restricting" tune on my tour model to experiment.

I love the pipes! I actually enjoyed the "stock look" and these just have a preferred cut at the ends w/ no cat. With the added tune, it opened her up quite noticeably.
-MIG
 
I picked up my 2014 R3T in April of 2018 with 2,777 miles on the odometer. I bought the bike in San Antonio, TX and rode it 1,200 miles back to Florida. I averaged 31.5 mpg with the worst being 24 mpg and the best being 33.6 mpg. This was all on the interstate traveling 80-85 mph. At one point I got up to 94 mph passing some slower traffic.

Since then I have ridden 11,431 miles in about 4.5 months. The motor, exhaust, and intake are stock. I ride mostly on 2 lane, rural roads and a little in-town. My speeds are generally 45-65 mph. When on the interstate I will do 80-85. The worst I have gotten was 29.1 mpg and the best was 40.1 mpg. I average 34.1 mpg with a standard deviation of 2.3 mpg. This means that on average I should get between 29.5 and 38.7 mpg. I also try to use only top tier gasoline or non-ethanol gasoline. I have found that I get better fuel economy with top-tier gasoline compared to non-top-tier gasoline. Non-ethanol gasoline has been giving me a little better mileage than top-tier gasoline. I record all my fill-ups in a spreadsheet and am tracking the fuel mileage among the different brands of top-tier gasoline and the non-ethanol gasoline in my area.
 

I see your just north of Tampa. I'll be heading to the Miami area in Sep for a 24th month stint. I've never been that far south and am hoping for some good riding.
-MIG
 
Sounds like you are doing great. Do you plan on doing any mods to it as far as performance goes? I am thinking about that de-restricting tune.