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Yeah the low fuel light comes on ridiculously quick in these bikes. I find mine comes on right around the 1/2 tank mark.

You can burp another quarter gallon when filling. Fill to neck, rock side-to-side, repeat. Still, my light comes on around 100 miles mix city/hwy, ride another 10-20 miles, and still never pump more than 3.3 gallons. There's a really good thread on squeezing all you can out of the Hyper. All highway can net 180-200 miles at non-ticket speeds.

I just changed my rear sprocket from the stock 45 to a 42 in hopes of getting better mileage at highway speeds (read: ticket speeds ).

My bike is still torn down for the 18k service, and MN is supposed to get tons of snow this weekend, so testing that theory anytime soon will be a no-go.

Dropping the rear sprocket to a 42 will lower approximately 500 RPM at 70 mph. So not very much, however it will affect the power delivery and chain wear significantly.

If you want to see what sprocket changes will do, go here and load the Hypermotard 821 SP specs:

Gearing Commander: Motorcycle Speed, RPM, Chain & Sprockets Calculator <--- click