MPG on the bike??

[chilli]

Think I've done my sums wrong, but does 45mpg sound about right?

[DamienCBR]

chilli said:

Think I've done my sums wrong, but does 45mpg sound about right?

You could get that if you are riding like miss Daisy....

I was getting about 42 on my CBR600FY but the CBR600RR was about 36

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[chilli]

Well, I wouldn't say that I'm easy on the throttle, but I honestly did notice that whilst in Spain the R6 seemed to fair a little better on the comsumption figures the a mates CBR600RR. Prob just riding styles, but I guess it's there or there abouts.

Cheers.

[sybaseian]

If I'm doing a long motorway journey on the triple - I average 50mpg (250 mile range).

If I'm playing on the back roads - I average 30mpg

[speed8]

Between 45 and 50 mpg on the motorway stuff. Not bad I thought.

Don't know about the back roads, never really looked at it.

[yellowvette]

Not good on the Duke 748. Not sure of the actual MPG, but I use about £10 of fuel to do 120 miles, much of it on Motorway and not hanging around. I also use a little Diesel Corsa van for the same journey and it does better on the fuel than the bike - even at similar cruising speeds. The Yamaha seems better on fuel than the Duke though.

[Pigeon]

yellowvette said:

Not good on the Duke 748. Not sure of the actual MPG, but I use about £10 of fuel to do 120 miles, much of it on Motorway and not hanging around.

I'd call that bloody good, £10 = 2 gallons so it's about 60mpg, which is about what I get out of the MZ.

[yellowvette]

Pigeon said:

yellowvette said:

Not good on the Duke 748. Not sure of the actual MPG, but I use about £10 of fuel to do 120 miles, much of it on Motorway and not hanging around.

I'd call that bloody good, £10 = 2 gallons so it's about 60mpg, which is about what I get out of the MZ.

Absolutely right Pigeon - I was talking out of my arse again .
Got my sums all wrong 'cos I never really look at mpg on anything to be honest (can't run American V8's and worry about such things you know ). I set off with a brimming tank and the fuel low warning light (no reserve on a Duke as such - just a light) comes on when I near the end. That's actually around 3.8 gallons (17 litres), so it's about 31-32 mpg. That's not as bad as I though TBH

[likesbikes]

Too scared of the result to work it out!!

[rsvmilly]

Ranges from about 25-45mpg depending on how I use it

[donteatpeople]

My old CBR125R got 107mpg on the commute and not even a duel carriageway in sight. That was one very efficient bike.

[rsvmilly]

I remember reading an article in Bike magazine about a trip to Italy on a 996 and an SP1. The Ducati was averaging over 50mpg which sounds pretty remarkable for its performance.

[Steve_T]

I bet the SP1 wasn't!

[ballon]

Steve_T said:

I bet the SP1 wasn't!

You're abbsolutely right. My mate ran out of fuel on a French motorway after 78 miles on his SP1.

[rsvmilly]

Steve_T said:

I bet the SP1 wasn't!

I think it was more like 30 odd, given the same riding

[khushy]

999s Ducati - driven enthusiastically all the time - around 45 - 50 mpg!

[2wheelsonmawagon]

Just filed up the Falco this morning, only managed 37mpg. That's with taking it easy on the work commute. Seems v-twins are a bit thirsty but still better than the car

[sporelife]

Averaging 42mpg on VFR 750 on a 44 mile round trip to work each day.

[Kawasicki]

Just got an SP1 with a power commander. At motorway speeds I get about 120 miles for a tenner and on back roads about 80 miles. I got well over 150 miles from a tenner on my zxr400 and about 110 miles when I rode that enthusiastically.

so the SP1 is about 51mpg to 34mpg

the zxr 64mpg to 45mpg.

shane

[Carrera2]

Mine does about 90miles on a tenner - by my reckoning that's about 40mpg. Not bad really but the truth of the matter is I couldn't care less!

749s with Power Commander.