While riding the XT, I'm relegated to a rather mediocre speed of 55-60mph as I crawl along the freeway, though I do have the occasional burst into the 65-75mph range when congested traffic dictates. I can live with the slower speed, although not every day, so I do occasionally throw the old FZR into the mix for some more spirited jaunts down the superslab. Anyway, on yesterday's commute it seemed like I went for ages and never hit my reserve and in fact didn't, until this morning at the 163 mile mark. Why that is significant is that when I topped her off today, I only put in 1.7 gallons.

Some quick math will tell you that at 1.7 gallons and 163 traveled miles I got 95.88mpg or 96-freakin-miles-per-gallon! So while generally Americans laugh at less fortunate countries where it is the norm to see most people riding mopeds and scooters at 90+mpg, here we're content to bitch about paying $4 for a gallon gas, while sucking down 8 miles per gallon as we bomb down our freeways at 80mph so that we can spend an extra 15 minutes laying in bed before work.

So to you Mrs. Yukon driving lady that was yapping on the phone and tailgating me before tearing off down the freeway at a likely 10mpg on your solitary commute to work in a vehicle designed to carry 8, I say I will have the last laugh... when I see you at the pump. ;)