£18 to fill up the tank,after 125miles. Normal for a hornet?

[blinky]

I know hornets have a shorter tank range, but is this fuel efficiency along the right lines?

13.47litres the receipt says, and i literally ran out on the way down a hill. thank f*** there was a petrol station at the bottom, no joke!

600, 01, f-y model, 14000miles.

I feel like i got alot more out of her this time last year, but cant swear by it!

cheers
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[P.]

Hornets are known to do 100 miles on a tank

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[MarJay]

Its about 43mpg according to my calculations, which is pretty good for a Honda I think.
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[serlant]

My VTR will get 90 miles to the light and 110 to until i'd too scared to do more and thats 14.5 litres normally, which is about 40mpg, my fuelly says 41mpg
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[mccluskeyd]

Yep ; sounds about right.
I used to do a lot of stop / start short journeys on my 1998 model it would sometimes be only 95 miles to empty !!

Carry a Zippo petrol lighter can about with you in your pocket ; it will extend your range by about 40% !!!!

[Redoko]

Yes, same model as mine. Pretty average. I can usually get a bit more (135) with slower riding.
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[whitedevil]

Totally depends on how you ride, i was getting about 130 miles from 16 liters on my cbr. i tried changing to 6th as soon as and riding everywhere at low revs etc and got nearly 200 to 16 liters but it was nearly as boring as listening to my mrs talking about her day.
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[blinky]

ah shweet guys, thanks very much

@donnie, ye i always have it on centre stand when filling up, and i guess then, it may be a 14litre tank possibly?!

@whitedevil, well, i thought someone might get over-technical! but crikey man, thats a big difference you saved there ....though i think ive tried something similar in the past, staying in sixth gear, but it didnt help my fuel efficiency 'that' much! ...maybe another 5-10miles but that was quite a while ago now.

42mpg is still pretty pricey for my liking, considering i want something faster too! ....thinking fazer for a year, before getting a hardcore kwak or suzuki.... the zx9r looks pretty epic, but not sure im ready for that yet!
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[molex]

My GS500 20 Liter tank

225 miles from 16.5 liter

average 4.5 - 5k rpm

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[chris-red]

[Acemastr]

13.5litres on my RR gets me 120-130 miles generally, works out about 41-42mpg
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[kramdra]

sounds right.... reserve light showing the bars. you use up one bar, and decide well, 4 left. open throttle** and TWO instantly disappear.

170 miles, 13.9 liters on **restricted cbr600, 56mpg, sticking to limits... :/

[molex]

[quote="chris-red"][quote="molex"]My GS500 20 Liter tank

225 miles from 16.5 liter

average 4.5 - 5k rpm[/quote]

GS500s have 17 liters tank AFAIK.[/quote]

GS500 From 2001 - 2010 are 20L tank

https://www.globalsuzuki.com/motorcycle/moto/street/gs500/99999-A0103-111.pdf

[koolio]

If I may, sell the damn thing.

Imho it is one of the biggest fails of a bike Honda ever made and a completely pointless bike ticking no boxes, for the reasons below.

-Its a naked bike that has more power and speed than you can practically use sitting in an upright position unfaired.

-It looks like a commuter, but has too much power and doesn't have the fuel economy.

-It has an average/poor range for a commuter looking bike.

-It's ugly, has way too wide tyres and is impractical for any use I can think of whether you want a sport bike, commuter, all arounder or whatever.

-Riders always seem to dwarf this bike, makes one look like a cavalry officer on a pony. Even the CB500 has a better look

https://specs-honda.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/wpid-Honda_CB_600F_Hornet_2008_14446.jpg

[doggone]

I was looking at them when I bought a Yam Bulldog it had done 130 miles the other day when I filled it - took £11 almost 70mpg

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