BGN wrote:

> On 27 Aug 2008 14:24:39 GMT, "Krusty" <dontwantany@nowhere.invalid>
> wrote:
>
> >> As pretty much all of my trips are now commuting I'm getting fed
> up of >> paying for 20 littes of fuel to cover 150 miles. Expensive.
> >>
> >> So I am looking at either buying another, more wallet friendly
> bike or >> getting rid of my Triumph Tiger 955i and just using said
> replacement. >> So there will be an '04 Tiger for sale soon.
> >
> > If you're only getting 34mpg, either your Tiger's fucked or you're
> > ragging the arse off it. I get over 55mpg from my '03 when in
> > 'commuting' mode.
>
> We've had a similar conversation in UKRM about Tiger fuel economy
> before on the 955i model and the 150-175 miles per tank range seemed
> to be quite normal.

It's not normal - far from it. 240+ is normal, based on the several
hundred Tiger owners on the Yahoo groups I run/moderate. There's
something wrong with your bike - duff sensor or faulty tune at a guess
(assuming you'd notice if one of the dodgy tank connectors was cracked).

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