i have a 2005 arctic cat 500 manuel and i wanted to see what kind of millage other people are gettin because i am only gettin about 6 miles a gallons 25 to 29miles on a tank of gas (4.75 gallon

 

i have a 06 500 auto and i get over 120 miles a tank (6.5 gallon) and thats ridding pretty hard i figured it out to be alittle over 20mpg hope this helps

 

I think that would be way to hard to compare milage. It depends on what type of riding you are doing and how fast, ect.

 

with my 02 500 auto I am getting easily 65-75 miles.

thats with an 18litre tank and riding double in rough terrain

 

I get close to 30 mpg with my Z400

 

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i have a 2005 arctic cat 500 manuel and i wanted to see what kind of millage other people are gettin because i am only gettin about 6 miles a gallons 25 to 29miles on a tank of gas (4.75 gallon</end quote></div>

That seems pretty low. Almost sounds like you are in low-range instead of high-range.

Some things that you can do:

Make sure you have a very clean air filter.

Check your spark plug for air/fuel mix and if a rich condition exist then you need to check your carb choke for correct operation and you can also increase the amount of air getting to the air box (air-jetting) and/or put a smaller jet in the carb.

Some other things that you can do is to repack your wheel bearings, change the differential fluid. Adjust your toe-in (between 1/16 and 1/8 inch), check your CV boots to see if any are leaking and have gone dry. Pump up your front tires to around 8 lbs and the rear to around 5 lbs.
Get rid of extra weight - Make your girlfriend/wife walk - LOL...

 

Getting around 80-90 miles before going on reserve on my 02 500i manual. That's mostly slow and fast riding, dodging trees and pulling moderate hills.

Comes out to around 18mpg. Probably does a lot better on flatter trails.

 

I've gotten 6mpg with my V2 before, but that was a really hard day for the machine. I was either ***** deep in the carb, or white knuckles on the brake the whole time. You should definitely be getting better than 6mpg.