Reducing Fuel Consumption

tow it with another sled! lol[/b]

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Ha ha! lol. I think the sled doing the hauling would burn more gas than it typically would, lol. I think I'll just leave it the way it is. Y'know a 600 carbed is going to be harder on gas than a 900 injected anyway... heck the 900 injected is easier on gas than the 500 carbed. It just sucks that the 500 burns $1 more (well, gas just went up, but one week ago... lol) than the 900 at 73 miles, and the 600 burns $14 more than the 900 after 73 miles. How come every month for the past two months, and now this one, gas is going up ten cents a litre??? Rip off!!! There's no reason for gas to EVER be more than $1/L especially with the current economy in relation to the past 15 years. So why is it now going past $1.20/L??? Mafia... mafia... mafia... and the government...(a part of mafia). It's going to cost me an extra $21 this weekend just because of the increase in gas prices overnight.

Reduce speed. LOL. I answered my own question. When the 3 of us rode around 45mph, dad's 600 burned less than $2 more than my Fusion. When we cracked it open, the Fusion didn't burn any more gas than it did at 45mph than it did at 75mph, but the 600 burned $14 more than I did, once again. It's partly because of the suspension setup, and partly because of the clutching on the touring style sled, even if it's a 1-up. (the 600 classic has a completely different clutch from the XC/SP, The cluth on the XC/SP is identical to the 900 Fusion's clutch). In other words: a performance sled is geared for higher speeds, and gets better mileage above 50mph. Whereas a touring sled is geared for speeds bellow 50mph and gets a better mileage bellow 50mph. Also, the big 9 didn't feel the hills at all, but the other two sleds did. Before the hills, the 500 was getting almost $1 better than me. But once we hit the hills, the 9 stayed a good $4 better than the 5.