2000 sxr500 70 miles on a tank of gas???

Check the needle and seat. My 500 was burning gas and oil to beat the bandit. I replaced the needle and seat, in each carb, and the gas milage improved considerably.
 
I just got the sled here tonight and took it for a quick ride. 30 mph was reving about 6100. I am going to back off the secondary and gear it up a tooth. What are the stock fuel screw settings, and peak rpm for this motor? Thanks
 
just check our 500 again from our 52 mile ride sat.,,got 10.1 mpg,with that
wet packy snow,not bad,think i'm going to tweek the primary some should
be able to sqweeze more,drop ingagement some, come's in at 4,000 don't
like it that high,get it down to 3,000-3,300 should do better..
 
on the 500 max rpm is 7800. i had a modified vmaxjhon's setup in mine. worked great and had plenty of snap on the trails.
 
500's aren't that bad, you have got to have something wrong, My old one got 9-10mpg punding it through the woods, and yes, the motor is not stock, nor the clutching. It is and 01' my buddy owns it, we went riding last week, I checked my viper at the end of the day and he had 1/4 tank more than me and I got 9mpg. The 01' stock gearing is good for 98 mph.

I think you have another problem
 
mine was a 01 and it was dropped 1 tooth from factory on the top. that is what the tec pages say as well when you compare the gearing over the years. without the tooth best on gps ever was 80.18mph with a 150lb rider. once i did the gear change it would get over 90mph easily with trail clutching. maybe the dealer geared yors up before you got it?
 
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