I'll guess.....
I better be careful about this reply. After all, we don't want to get into a political discourse intertwined with a fun trip...
I venture a guess and say gas prices will be in the 3.50-3.75 bucks per gallon of regular unleaded when we rock the Rockets to Smashville. Watching economic indicators, I'll also venture a guess and make a prediction that by the end of summer, gas prices will be in the area of 5 bucks a gallon and possibly higher, though I believe when prices hit 5 bucks, the rank and file taxpayers in this country are going to go ape ****te. Of course there will be a lot of finger pointing but the American people need to turn that finger around and point it at themselves but then that's getting political so I'll desist.
Was anyone here worried about gas mileage when we bought the Hummers of motorcycles, hell no. My cage does almost as good as the Rocket but my cage is nowhere the 'smiles per miles' that the R3 gets so if you want economy, buy a Vespa but if you are going to take your Vespa to Nashville, better leave a few days prior to Friday so you can get there.
Come to think of it, my T100 with the sidecar gets better mileage than the Rocket. I never considered the R3 to be miserly.