Fuel Consumption- what's yours?

[RizzoTheRat]

Hyperion said:

Just to make this more interesting for real world biking - How many miles before your reserve light comes on?

Reserve light? Not got one of them. Or a fuel guage. Hence needing to know a rough idea of MPG so I know that if I'm cruising on a motorway I should start looking for a petrol station at around 180 miles 'cos if I'm not quick enough to switch to reserve it seems to take several minutes before enough fuel soaks through the carbs to get it started again

[Hooli]

Hyperion said:

Just to make this more interesting for real world biking - How many miles before your reserve light comes on?

no reserve light on mine either. just a two stage flashy thing on the guage (the whole gauge flashes basicly). first flashy bit is about 140-160miles & a gallon later the 2nd flashly bit is about 180-200miles. i then have 2 1/2 litres to find a petrol station. best ive managed to get in a 22ltr tank is 22.3ltrs who needs that airgap at the top anyway?

EDIT: on stroppy about 3hours i think. speedo doesnt work & mileage is out by 30% so who cares? she doenst use enough to get expensive anyway.

Edited by Hooli on Saturday 9th August 16:59

[Matthew-TMM]

Fire99 said:

Matthew-TMM said:

GS500 - around 65-75mpg.

holy moly.. that is alot.. kicks the CB into touch on the MPG score..

I'm not what you might call a fast rider though.

[King Herald]

I appear to be getting 60mpg out of my 1200 Sportster.

I've only filled the tank twice so far, but with a mere 2 gallon tank that doesn't equate to many hours in the saddle.

[rich_vw]

As some have said before i'm not really fussed how much mpg I get out of the bike, she's purely for pleasure but if it helps I get around 110 - 120 miles to a tank (£16 of super juice), to early on a monday to work it out.

[Chilli]

120-130 for me on the GSXr. No idea how much that costs, but I know I've never managed to get anywhere near 17 litres in it.

[RizzoTheRat]

King Herald said:

I appear to be getting 60mpg out of my 1200 Sportster.

I've only filled the tank twice so far, but with a mere 2 gallon tank that doesn't equate to many hours in the saddle.

And as an American bike they're smaller gallons than the rest of us use

[King Herald]

RizzoTheRat said:

King Herald said:

I appear to be getting 60mpg out of my 1200 Sportster.

I've only filled the tank twice so far, but with a mere 2 gallon tank that doesn't equate to many hours in the saddle.

And as an American bike they're smaller gallons than the rest of us use

So I should be paying less at the pump?

[Beemer-5]

Just back from France.
The 1098S used the equivalent of 48 gallons of petrol to do the 1676 miles round trip to Grenoble and back.
So 35 mpg overall.

Edited by Beemer-5 on Thursday 14th August 15:04

[Rubin215]

Just been using a works car for three days while on a course; Citroen C3 diesel.
It has one of these on board computer things that worked it all out for you at the press of a button.
Steady 80 mph returns over 70 mpg, carrying me, two others and everyones' firekit and change of uniform.

Who says bikes are more economical...

[Beemer-5]

The shape of the car gives it a real advantage compared to a bike and rider combination.

[Hooli]

Rubin215 said:

Just been using a works car for three days while on a course; Citroen C3 diesel.
It has one of these on board computer things that worked it all out for you at the press of a button.
Steady 80 mph returns over 70 mpg, carrying me, two others and everyones' firekit and change of uniform.

Who says bikes are more economical...

yeah but its a stron so they basicly have to pay you to be seen in it

[toxgobbler]

Mr Gear said:

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.

(46.23 MPG) (16.36 Km per litre)(6.11246 litre per 100Km)
Averaging 11.01 pence per mile

http://www.torquecars.com/tools/uk-mpg-calculator....

On the CBF100 with Spirited riding on a commute, have been known to get more than 50 when being gentle (But where's the fun)

[jon-]

The Daytona 675 does about 65mpg on a careful run. Realistically i ride hard and i average about 45mpg to the tank (pump measured, not trip computer)

After a recent thrash the trip computer thought I'd managed 14mpg which would be some sort of record for a 600cc bike!