Fuel Consumption- what's yours?
Discussion
I estimate my Triumph Speed Four to do about 40-45 mpg on my commute, and slightly more on the open road. Which sounds OK until you consider my car with an engine twice the size, and 4-5 times the weight does the same.
I have a theory that parallel twins produce the best fuel consumption... post up your figures here and let's see if I'm wrong or right.
I have a theory that parallel twins produce the best fuel consumption... post up your figures here and let's see if I'm wrong or right.
MPG is a mystery to me (I grew up in a land of the Metric system - and too old to re-learn!). I know 30 mpg is good (my daily hack car), and under 20 mpg is bad (my fun car).
But as for my bike, 1 litre gets me around 9-10 miles on average. So the bike needs to have fuel stuck in it around 160 miles (18l tank). Less if it is getting trashed, like in the Alps
My K1200S gives a pretty consistent 45mpg to 46mpg (Nice and easy to calculate as the number of litres going into the bike is 1 tenth the distance travelled since the last fill up.) That’s with commuting over 100 miles each day across the wilds of East Anglia on a mixture of dual carriageway, country lanes and town roads.
2002 Blade - I get somewhere between 40-45 mpg. No commuter use, mainly swiftish evening rides. I've had a PCIII fitted for a few years now & am sure this has helped increase my mpg by a little although I have never actually sat down and worked it out.
Edited by Yoda954 on Thursday 7th August 10:30
My blackbird is returning 30-40 MPG depending on how its being ridden and where. Round town its the lower figure, out of town the higher figure. Thats a swing in real terms of 50 or so miles per tank!
I have to say I haven't pushed the reserve area of the tank, I would say that Honda have set the fuel gauge (yes it actually has a digital one) very conservative as to when it flashes on the last segment. I think I need to bungee on 5litres and find out for sure.
I have to say I haven't pushed the reserve area of the tank, I would say that Honda have set the fuel gauge (yes it actually has a digital one) very conservative as to when it flashes on the last segment. I think I need to bungee on 5litres and find out for sure.
Edited by sjtscott on Thursday 7th August 11:27
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