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Maine--todays paper claims we busted the 4.00 mark,filled up yesterday and went for a 34.9 mile ride according to GPS by time I got back by gas station, refilled did the math and averaged 23.4mpg. Surprised me how crappy the gas mileage was with the 99 500Magnum, stock sized tires, only mod is K&N Filter and K&N Jet Kit - I would of thought it should of gotten a lot better then that.
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stendori I was looking at your "more pics" and was wondering about your winch, I bought one of those gorilla 2500lbs w/synthetic cable and mounting plate model specific@ $99.99 + 26.99 shipping brand new and been hesitant to put it on because it seems as though its going to block the radiator. A couple of quick questions if you don't mind.....How has it held up&do you think it was worth the $? Were you able to use stock bumper and still have it bolt up? Have you noticed your fan kicking on more often? A buddy of mine claims that I need a different bumper or a brush guard to have it bolt up without interference to the cooling system and that they are junk compared to a warn winch thats the reason for me asking.
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I would be happy with your miles per gallon.....I have had 5 500's and have never been able to get more than 50-60 miles per tank riding in High gear around 15 mph. How are you getting such high MPG? Riding it like a vehicle down gravel at 40 mph? I am also at 1100 feet for elevation.
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I live in Franklin County Maine and ride state ATV trails, old unused logging roads with plenty of mud holes and some off road hill climbing and all the usual and UNusual messing around that us guys tend to due and for elevation my house is at 1260 so its safe to say anywhere from 500 to 3500ft GPS elev. in my area is easy to ride in. The way I was thinking is that my 2 stroke 3cyl/3carb modded big block snowmobile gets 12-14mpg cruising basically SOME of the same trails and my HD Fat Boy gets 34-42mpg city/hwy and I was just thinking that a 500 single cyl/single carb 4 stroke would do a lot better stump jumping/puddle hopping and cruising at slow fun speeds then what I been getting 18-24