Real World Mileage of the Can-AM Spyder RT, Sea to Sky- EP 216
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ธ.ค. 2024
- Aegis Moto Adventure analyzes the real world mileage of the Can-Am Spyder RT, Sea to Sky. Please press play, and the Aegis Team will let you know what we found out. This is a great video for those interested in purchasing this machine.
On my 2021 RT-L I average 37-41 mpg. I never use eco mode as recommended by Cam-Am master mechanic and TH-camr Shawn Smoakes. As a rule I “short shift” up shifting in the 27-2900 rpm range. I am rarely doing interstate driving focusing on state, county and local roads where top speeds are in the 60-65 mph range so this I’m sure is a contributing factor to the higher mpg. Enjoying the ride, I’m my opinion, is hard to do when you’re driving 80 in multiple lanes of traffic.
Hey Michael,
Good information. I agreed with the short shifting. As soon as I figured out short shifting dramatically increased mpg, I implemented that tactic thereafter. There's no doubt that lower speeds and just a single rider without gear will create better mileage. Thanks so much for sharing your success and the potential of the Spyder RT.
Take care, Mike
I own a 2021 & a 22 RT Limiteds. I don’t know what the gas tank physically looks like but filling the fuel tank fully is a tedious process. With a standard trip to the gas station, filling is practically impossible. I’m able to fill the tank beyond what I can achieve at the station at home by another gallon and a half easy from a gas can. Trying to make sense out of economy and distance to empty is pretty much futile since purchasing these two bikes.i never drive them in ECO mode and speeds on the Interstate can be as high as 85mph to stay with traffic. These high speeds sure make the Spyder awful thirsty. 🤣
Hey starfish100,
I'm glad you stopped by, and thanks for the input. I'm not sure why you're having trouble at the pump, but the automatic shut-off sometimes provides some grief. As for the sport mode, it costs a little extra, but it sure is fun.
Take care, Mike
@@aegismotoadventures1616 The fuel pumps in my area at the gas stations have a spring loaded filler neck vapor seal upon them. If you fully insert the filler into the neck of the gas tank spring loaded vapor seal is compressed allowing the fuel to flow until the gas pump gets shut off as it rises and contacts the filler end. I have to barely set the nozzle into the filler neck and hold back the “fore skin” on the base of the nozzle to get it to fill.
Even in the best circumstances the gas can only trickle in slowly. I can fill the tank up until two inches from the top but that still isn’t full. The tank will take another gallon and a half or so if I dribble the gas in very slowly. The distance to empty mileage reading is all over the place and seldom reflects what the actual level is. This problem is active on both model years I own and is rather frustrating for such a simple thing as a fill up.
When I fill the tank completely and ride the Spyder the DTE may start off at 208 but will actually begin to climb higher the more miles I ride. At times I have been able to get a reading of 252 miles to empty. When checking the instrument cluster fuel economy it is often under 29mpg. In my experience the whole economy, distance to empty and fuel level readings are all a scientific wild ass guess that really aren’t accurate and to refill at another station to the same fuel fill point I started with is difficult to achieve which makes manual calculations inaccurate. I gave up on trying to find a better way and start looking for a gas station after 175 miles. I’m just curious if you have the same experience with filling up your gas tank too?
I see what you're saying. But no, I haven't had that issue. I'm with you on the calculations the display reads out. It seems so arbitrary that I don't trust it. I'm old school. Just give me an accurate fuel level Guage and a warning light when I hit the reserve level. We are currently using a safe range we calculate manually. Simply set the tripometer to zero at every fill-up. It makes route planning fairly easy. On some of our out of the way trips, we carry extra fuel. The extra fuel has saved us several times. The Spyder is a whole different beast than our bikes, though.
We average around 32.mpg 2 up loaded i really dont find a huge difference using the eco mode 350 to 375 is our usual km per tank
Thanks Darren,
That's good confirmation that we were in the ballpark. And thanks for stopping by.
Take care, Mike