Fuel consumption of motorbikes?

[s2kjock]

My K1300GT rarely strays below 50mpg on a 50:50 mix of m-way/fast A and slow/twisty A/B road. I tend not to stray over c 80 on the faster stuff, but don't hang about when it gets more twisty.

Key feature of the bike for me - great range, relatively comfortable riding position, yet monster (straight line) performance when you want it.

Only ride one up mind you, and with minimal luggage.

Certainly beats the cr@p out of the so-called "frugal" hired superminis I have been thrashing in vain on the same journey recently which in real life are only c 15-20% better on mpg than my Honda S2000 was.

[CBR JGWRR]

podman said:

...and the larger engine will be revving much lower for a given MPH, my Busa is great on fuel considering the performanve, 50mpg at a steady 90ish MPH, one of the mags tested a Blade against a Er6f recently and as speeds rose, the Er6 was much more thirsty.

My car is claimed to achieve 57mpg but in fact its more thirsty than my old 2.0td as it needs working harder for any given accleration/speed.

Compared to a performance motor bikes are good on mpg, if yiu want to get good mog, look at some of the newer BMWs or the NC700 Honda, which has been designed for good real world mpg, which as WHICH mag found recently, most cars dont achieve apart from on a static dyno..

Bike mag, and it was a ZX-10 and 250R that they tested also. (Assuming we read the same article)

[Dare2Fail]

Charlie Foxtrot said:

Badgerboy said:

Bordtea said:

Get about 55mpg on my carbed SV650, got 120mpg on my old Yamaha YBR125!

Considering their weight and size, 120mpg really should be the figure for most bikes...

Bikes have very poor aerodynamics in comparison to cars, this has a big impact on their fuel use, especially at speed.

I would have thought the engines spinning up to twice or three times that of a car's has something to do with it.

Probably a combination of the two. Pretty sure I read ages ago that the then most aerodynamic bike (original Hayabusa) had the same drag coefficient as a Hummer.

[CPC]

My RSV1000R is normally between 39/43 mpg

[Mario149]

My GSX650F did low 30s commuting through town traffic but would do 50 in mixed out of town riding. My street triple 675 did low 40s through town traffic and 48 or so on a euro tour. Basically, heavy but slippery with less torque vs light and torquey with the aerodynamics of a brick

[AceOfHearts]

My Ducati averages about 60mpg, but have seen nearer 70 on a long run to Wales.

[shanes]

RSV4 No idea 8-10 litters a session last time out
CBR1000 hmm about 35-40 litters for 4 x 20 min sessions
SXF 350 couldn't tell you
SX 250 i never mix more than 10 litters as if i use all that I'm to tired to ride any more
125 twist and go scooter i don't think it uses any i put fuel in it every 4-5 weeks


over all who cares it as they are toys to play on and the smiles are worth the fuel

[bennyboysvuk]

cheadle hulme said:

I get 43mpg out of this without trying. The F800S I had before it did 65mpg.

Th Skoda 1.6TDI the wife runs does 54mpg since she got it, which proves the OPs point really.

However, the Skoda won't do 0-100 in under 11secs...and if it could it would probably average half the mpg of the GS.

[RemaL]

18ltr tank on my speed triple. Best managed 155 miles before the light come on and was my best. Was trying for best mpg then while touring.

My current Blade: best on a17.7 ltr tank again touring. 160 miles before the fuel light came on. While touring Spain seen a moving average mph showing 52mpg at 80mph and 50 mpg at 90mph

Worst on the blade I managed 90 miles to a tank when on a run one morning. I got no idea what mpg I get on track. Never took any notice

[spareparts]

33mpg on the 1098R
Priceless smiles per gallon though

[GTIR]

ZX9

£20 to fill and I do about 110 miles but that's hooning constantly.

[toxgobbler]

Triumph Tiger 1050 19 litre tank, normal tank range of just over 200 miles, the onboard tells me 47mpg frequently, but I don't ride it gently.

[ZesPak]

I get about 40mpg on the VFR1200, and that's not treating it nicely.
For a long, more sedated, run, I get about 50mpg.

[Mr OCD]

R1 ... that is perfectly fuelled... 51mpg average over 13k miles

[ooo000ooo]

Synchromesh said:

Thanks. What about bikes 200-400cc?

Why isn't there much difference between 400 to 1400cc bikes?

My cbr250 does 70 odd to the gallon, 6 miles on the motorway, 4 miles in stop start city traffic 5 days a week.

[Desiato]

v15ben said:

Desiato said:

MY GSXR750-K7 averaged 52+ mph over 40k miles, ridden daily in all weathers with "enthusiasm"

Was that a typo there, Mick?
Either 52mpg or 52mpg would be impressive over 40k though

Well spotted, must have missed the 1 off of the mph average ;-)

[Riknos]

My old CBR6F got about 42 MPG on the m-way at about 90ish for most of it (kph, of course )
and then just below 40 around town.

My (carb'ed) R6 seems to get lower than 40 constantly, probably needs balancing I guess.. Still more economical than the car and much faster

[Hooli]

Desiato said:

v15ben said:

Desiato said:

MY GSXR750-K7 averaged 52+ mph over 40k miles, ridden daily in all weathers with "enthusiasm"

Was that a typo there, Mick?
Either 52mpg or 52mpg would be impressive over 40k though

Well spotted, must have missed the . off of the mph average ;-)

5.2mph?

[bigdom]

The 12 is doing around 27 mpg at present

[VidalBaboon]

Worst:
ZX7R 95 miles on a full tank (empty)
Tuono 56 miles (into reserve)

Best:
ZX7R 120 miles on a tank (reserve)
Tuono 115 miles on a tank (into reserve)