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Old 19-05-09, 16:17
Mech Mech is offline
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Fuel consumption

Well I was hoping for good fuel consumption, but i've only really managed about 40 to the gallon. Then last week I realized this was doing 70 - 80 on the motorway. So last week I stuck to back roads for my commute and did a trip to Brighton on A roads at the weekend and I managed 194 miles on 15.42 liters of fuel, which if I calculated right is 57 miles to the gallon and gives a theoretical 326 mile tank range! The lesson learnt here is don't do motorways... Back roads are more fun and don't really take that much more time, but use considerably less go juice!
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Old 19-05-09, 17:12
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Well I was hoping for good fuel consumption, but i've only really managed about 40 to the gallon. Then last week I realized this was doing 70 - 80 on the motorway. So last week I stuck to back roads for my commute and did a trip to Brighton on A roads at the weekend and I managed 194 miles on 15.42 liters of fuel, which if I calculated right is 57 miles to the gallon and gives a theoretical 326 mile tank range! The lesson learnt here is don't do motorways... Back roads are more fun and don't really take that much more time, but use considerably less go juice!
It not just motorways its anything above 70mph. I find that i get good mpg when commuting as long as i dont sit at 75mph i dont know why but there seems to be a massive difference between 70mph and 75mph in mpg figures.

I know that when you increase your speed its harder to get your bike to push through the air etc etc but at 70-75 i wouldnt have thought it was that hard.

I still find your mpg figures low, i normally get 50-60 mpg and thats giving it some. Either that or you must be caining yours
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Old 19-05-09, 23:32
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I'm doing between 300/320 km before the fuel gauge flashes and the F Trip appears.

I've done up to 380km and added 21l to the 22l tank.

My commute is 60km (each way):
20 in town
35 on motorway
25 on back roads
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Old 22-05-09, 21:25
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I ride almost 100% on the motorway and even if I cruise 85-90 I can still get 52-55mpg (typicaly about 15-16l after 185miles - 2 days commuting). This is with a top box and a kreigs R35 rucksack which do seem to help reduce drag (increasing fuel effeciency by about 10%). Sub 80 does help and if I keep to nearer 70mph I'd almost certainly get over 60mpg.
I do always get much better economy off the motorway however, hardly surprising if you're usually running the bike at 5-5.5k rpm range.

The bike does seem to loosen up with age however, mine has done 12k miles now.
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Old 02-06-09, 14:56
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For a city commute i'm getting a pretty consistent 48mpg. When running in my bike i once got 60mpg!
Overall i'm very happy with the fuel consumption - i don't treat the bike gently and getting nearly 50mpg in snarled up London traffic is impressive.
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Old 02-06-09, 15:18
duibhceK duibhceK is offline
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Did 1500km last weekend on the Ten. About 350km highway and the rest was, let's call it "spirited", riding in mountainous terrain.
Consumption was consistently under 5L/100km.

The fuel indicator does seem a bit pessimistic though as every time it had gone to reserve and I filled her up again I could not get more than 16,5L in the tank.
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