I'm still bedding in the Tiger after a lot of over-winter maintenance. When I was having idling issues last year I messed around with the fuel mapping and upped all the idle speeds, but now that the idle's working perfectly I'm left thinking that this high idle is just wasting gas. The first long ride of the year took me up to the edge of Georgian Bay to look at the water before coming back through the Grey Highlands and over the farm desert I live in to home.
That ends up being about 320kms and I topped the tank the day before and did it again today, so I have an accurate idea of how much fuel I used, which was 18.83 litres. That works out to 5.72 litres per 100 kms or about 41 miles per gallon. According to the interwebs, the 955i Tiger should be getting 5.6 litres/100kms or 39.5mpg, so the old Tiger is still coming in ahead of the factory expectations, and it's not like I'm light handed with it.
I turned the camera on when I got to Beaver Valley and Graham Hill:
...and then on up Beaver Valley to Thornbury Harbour:
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| Being landlocked is tough for a kid who grew up by the sea. Georgian Bay isn't the sea, but it'll do. |
...then it's down behind Blue 'Mountain' and through Singhampton to Duntroon near Creemore.
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| The twists and turns of Noisy River Road just outside of Creemore... |
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| And the Noisy River itself - nice place to stop and have a break in COVID land where you can't stop anywhere else... |
Yesterday I reset the fuel mapping for idle and enrichment and then took the bike out for a spin. The engine was a bit inconsistent when I came off the gas, kind of like it was hunting on the overrun, but this seems to have fixed it. Having too high idle settings on the fuel map can give you odd off-throttle behaviour as the bike attempts to hold the high idle even when you're slowing down.
With a new tank I'm thinking the mileage will be even better next time around.
