fuel consumption

carefull now!

Hi all, was just wondering what kinda fuel your averaging. My f650gs single cyl takes about 12 litres to fill and I get between 145 to 160 miles. I thought this was good but I wonder is a twin cyl better?

jameshayes

my sv650 done about 200kms for on a tank of 20 quid .... by 600rr does about the same

Idleater

Current usage as per fill this morning for the sv1000 is 240 km per 12.91 litres or ~5.4l/100k

Henry Ford III

carefull now! wrote: »

Hi all, was just wondering what kinda fuel your averaging. My f650gs single cyl takes about 12 litres to fill and I get between 145 to 160 miles. I thought this was good but I wonder is a twin cyl better?

57mpg. Not bad at all.

Alkers

Get about 180km out of my Sv650S (€20 tank) all city driving though in fairness.

phoenix0250

I get 400-450 km for €15 on my yzf r125...winning

galwaytt

Harley 1450 - 46mpg. On a gentle spin of a Sunday.........over 50 sometimes.
Aprilia Atlantic 500 - 43mpg. Maybe.........
Suzuki RGV250K - 25mpg.

Alkers

phoenix0250 wrote: »

my yzf r125...winning

honeybadger

40ty to the gallon here depending on petrol station

galwaytt

carefull now! wrote: »

Hi all, was just wondering what kinda fuel your averaging. My f650gs single cyl takes about 12 litres to fill and I get between 145 to 160 miles. I thought this was good but I wonder is a twin cyl better?

My SO used to ride and F650ST and used to regularly get 55-60mpg from it, and once, once, 69mpg.

I think the F is one of the lightest bikes on juice in the market.

I had an F800R for a weekend lately, and it returned 73mpg.

CJhaughey

The XTZ660 has returned very good figures in a recent test in Morocco,
Worst of 52 MPG and best of 86mpg!

Sputnik

With mixed riding I get an average of:

TDM 900 - 68 mpg
CBR600fs - 48 mpg.

Flyin Irishman

Ninja 250 usually gets around 60mpg, thats without any effort made to ride economically, so I could probably squeeze a bit more from it

The MT-01 is a thirsty beast. Fuel light came on yesterday after only 140km. The best I've gotten is around 180km. Theres usually around three or four liters left when the light comes on though.

Donnelly117

i would have thought mpg figures from bikes would be far higher considering they are small engines and quite light (compared to cars).
(sorry i know very little about bikes)

Donnelly117

Donnelly117 wrote: »

i would have thought mpg figures from bikes would be far higher considering they are small engines and quite light (compared to cars).
(sorry i know very little about bikes)

My bike has a 1.7 ltr engine. It's bigger than my car!

Idleater

Donnelly117 wrote: »

i would have thought mpg figures from bikes would be far higher considering they are small engines and quite light (compared to cars).
(sorry i know very little about bikes)

You are not really comparing like with like- most bikes power to weight ratio and performance would put them in skyline, 911, ferrari territory. So in that respect, 55+ mpg is admirable.

carefull now!

Thanks for the response lads, I've been told by a few more knowledgeable than I that my f650gs is great on fuel but I can only compare it to my tdr 125 which was pretty good. I'm itching for a new bike so I guess I'm just looking for excuses!

CJhaughey

You could always go for an Innova 125i if you want good fuel consumption.

Sputnik

Most bike manufacturers have never really been concerned about mpg figures, expect maybe for small cc machines.

Might be changing though. Bmw's new G650 GS has reportedly been returning 80+ mpg.

cantdecide

Got 51mpg from my new Busa.

Flyin Irishman

cantdecide wrote: »

Got 51mpg from my new Busa.

Why havnt we seen pics of this busa???

cantdecide

Flyin Irishman wrote: »

Why havnt we seen pics of this busa???

You mean this Busa?

Jonybgud

Brings back memories, I had an XL1000 with a one gallon tank, I knew I had 25 miles on reserve and it was a very heavy bitch to push.

25 years ago I met a girl who lived 30 miles from me, we met on a Friday evening at my local pub, I can count the days we've been apart since...:p, anyway, at the time mpg meant nothing to me as I could get 60 out of it if I was civilized or I could let major air into the Mikuni's and get a return of about 20mpg.

Moral of the story, a rainy nights sleep a few miles from home or push the beast for a few miles thought me to respect the throttle and think ahead...;):cool:

Cuddlesworth

I get 200km per 12 litres. But I drive with a heavy right hand. Changed my driving style once and got 260km per 12 litres. Too boring to me though.

Twin Cylinder 650.

rameire

i get about 340km to a 19 litre tank.
Deauville 670cc

50.25 MPG
17.78 Km per litre
5.62429 litre per 100Km
Averaging 13.73 cent per mile
So 21875 miles ( 35000km travel i do a year) would cost €3003.44

how to calc

I like to go between 100kmh and 140kmh for a full hour each way a day, if i took it easier I could get better milage, but no.

AnonymousPrime

about 45 mpg on a 01 bandit

KamiKazi

~115 miles to a 16 litre tank on the SV.

Miscreant

37mpg average over 3 and a half years out of my ST1100 Pan European. Mixed driving (M50 and City suburbs), 5 days a week, few trips to Galway in that time too which gave me over 50mpg. Usually get about 37 - 38 on the work runs.
I keep tabs on how much petrol I put into it and go from empty to full at each fill. Wife thinks I am mad but I do the same for the cage too

honeybadger

cantdecide wrote: »

Got 51mpg from my new Busa.

no offence but no way are ya getting that mpg from a busa and me r6 is gettin 40 mpg doing communting 43 on the main roads fook that and tdm doing deisel car milage its hard to belive till i own one ha

cantdecide

honeybadger wrote: »

...no offence...

None taken. I always check mpg in all my vehicles as a means of verifying it's running as it should. Using the same formula, my Passat TDI got 46 mpg (50+ me hole), my Legacy B4 got 23mpg, my A6 quattro got 26mpg.


OK. Maybe I exaggerated a little - 50.7mpg! Maybe taking it handy helps.