Quote from: scratch on March 14, 2006, 10:28:50 AM
The HH's I'm running on the front (only) are almost through, and I got them a year ago, or about 15k-18k miles ago.

Wow, that's much better life than I will get/am getting.  Riding style certainly plays a large role.  As does riding type .. my daily stop-and-go commute isn't exactly efficient.

Timing the lights helps.  If it doesn't get you run over.  If you can go slower on a four lane street (2 lanes going both ways), cars will go around you if you're obviously going slower, let them go around you to trip the light.  For certain, wider-laned stoplights with the left-hand turnsignals that turn before the straight signals change, I'll time the left signal so that my arrival at the front (splitting) is such that I wont have to put my foot down for when my light turns green.

scratch's helpful hint #46

Excellent tip, Scratch.  I wish I had the self control to do so.  The legality of lane splitting would be nice, too.

Unfortunately, I just don't care enough about consumables to maximize efficiency.  And I suffer from a right wrist that's as "heavy" as my right foot.  As well as a mindset devoid of patience.  Oh, and going slow in Atlanta is akin to a deathwish.

All of which explains why I only average ~46 mpg.