Fuel consumption of motorbikes?
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Bailey93 said:
My Lexmoto Venom 125cc
14 litre tank - 1.6 litre reserve
I usually fill up with ~11 litres and achieve ~300 miles which is 124.09MPG - that's pinning the throttle around town
on a longer run I may get more miles ? but i'm not sure as it'll be sat on the redline for mile after mile, anyone else have experience on that
Around town riding is bad on fuel economy as it's usually quite stop/start lots of braking and accelerating whereas as longer runs on A roads and things is much smoother. If I'm just sat on the motorway there's rarely and need to change gear or tap the brakes and my fuel light won't even start flashing until the sort of miles I'd be running dry on doing my commute.14 litre tank - 1.6 litre reserve
I usually fill up with ~11 litres and achieve ~300 miles which is 124.09MPG - that's pinning the throttle around town
on a longer run I may get more miles ? but i'm not sure as it'll be sat on the redline for mile after mile, anyone else have experience on that
K1300S running on Tesco 99RON
My commute each way consists of 20 miles of country A and B roads, 40 miles of dual carriageway/motorway and 15 miles into the centre of London, all done at speeds that would get me lots of points but should let me keep my license.
I fill up each day and consistently get:
- 151 miles between fill ups – reserve light not on and between 45 and 60 miles left on computer.
- 49 or 50mpg
I have, on a couple of occasions, run a tank to 200 miles before filling with the range computer showing between 2 and 5 miles left. I’ve never been brave enough to go beyond that!
My commute each way consists of 20 miles of country A and B roads, 40 miles of dual carriageway/motorway and 15 miles into the centre of London, all done at speeds that would get me lots of points but should let me keep my license.
I fill up each day and consistently get:
- 151 miles between fill ups – reserve light not on and between 45 and 60 miles left on computer.
- 49 or 50mpg
I have, on a couple of occasions, run a tank to 200 miles before filling with the range computer showing between 2 and 5 miles left. I’ve never been brave enough to go beyond that!
Mark-holy-thread-resurrection-batman-RSi said:
CBR JGWRR said:
Bike mag, and it was a (ER6F,) ZX-10 and 250R that they tested also. (Assuming we read the same article)
Before I get mauled by the dreaded thread resurrection police/holy batmen etc, does anyone know which mag/issue this was in?IAAFC, my Street Triple does 45mpg everywhere, possibly 47.9 on a longer run. Previous Daytona 675 got 55mpg easily, although I reckon I'm a lot faster on the Street
Bailey93 said:
My Lexmoto Venom 125cc
14 litre tank - 1.6 litre reserve
I usually fill up with ~11 litres and achieve ~300 miles which is 124.09MPG - that's pinning the throttle around town
on a longer run I may get more miles ? but i'm not sure as it'll be sat on the redline for mile after mile, anyone else have experience on that
How many miles have you done in total? If it is quite a lot then how has it coped with it, reliability wise?14 litre tank - 1.6 litre reserve
I usually fill up with ~11 litres and achieve ~300 miles which is 124.09MPG - that's pinning the throttle around town
on a longer run I may get more miles ? but i'm not sure as it'll be sat on the redline for mile after mile, anyone else have experience on that
BuzzBravado said:
How many miles have you done in total? If it is quite a lot then how has it coped with it, reliability wise?
Just hit 2000 miles no reliability issues at all, the manual choke took some getting used too, other than that ive changed the oil three times and adjusted the chain accordingly and its greative ridden into London and further down south many times and not feared being stranded
Gold star - good effort!black-k1 said:
My commute each way consists of 20 miles of country A and B roads, 40 miles of dual carriageway/motorway and 15 miles into the centre of London, all done at speeds that would get me lots of points but should let me keep my license.
I fill up each day and consistently get:
- 151 miles between fill ups – reserve light not on and between 45 and 60 miles left on computer.
You have to fill up every day you commute? Sounds mighty irritating, especially if you've made an effort to get a move on.I fill up each day and consistently get:
- 151 miles between fill ups – reserve light not on and between 45 and 60 miles left on computer.
Range on some of these is terrible, seems like only the 125s have anything decent.
TheInternet said:
black-k1 said:
My commute each way consists of 20 miles of country A and B roads, 40 miles of dual carriageway/motorway and 15 miles into the centre of London, all done at speeds that would get me lots of points but should let me keep my license.
I fill up each day and consistently get:
- 151 miles between fill ups – reserve light not on and between 45 and 60 miles left on computer.
You have to fill up every day you commute? Sounds mighty irritating, especially if you've made an effort to get a move on.I fill up each day and consistently get:
- 151 miles between fill ups – reserve light not on and between 45 and 60 miles left on computer.
Range on some of these is terrible, seems like only the 125s have anything decent.
My bike range is 200 miles which I think is pretty decent and better than most 125s I can think of.
black-k1 said:
Did you miss the bit that said 151 miles between fill ups?
No 
black-k1 said:
If I didn't fill up every day then but went for every other day I'd need a 302 mile range as a minimum.
Exactly, and it doesn't seem widely available outside 125s. I presumably hate filling up more than most and don't even do it very often.Fastdruid said:
Between ~110 (I ran out) and >200miles (I still had some left) out of the VFR750F but normally about 130
20l tank, so that's between 25mpg and 45mpg and mostly about 30mpg or so.
For some reason I get much better mpg when it's wet....
On my VFR750 I get an easy 150 miles to a tank, after that it all depends how its been ridden, but I could probably get 180 miles if I was gently on the throttle.20l tank, so that's between 25mpg and 45mpg and mostly about 30mpg or so.
For some reason I get much better mpg when it's wet....
Fleegle said:
My TRX is averaging 38mpg on my commute
The TDM850 I commuted on for a while was much better than the VFR which was a bonus. I just couldn't get on with how slow it was. But literately thinking about it now I've just realised that while I thought at the time I was getting ~45mpg 'ish, due to the smaller front wheel and the speedo over-reading I was probably also getting 38mpg.
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