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Reevo8
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PostPosted: 09:06 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Fuel. Reply with quote

What price do you pay in fuel for a tank full of petrol, how far does it get you?

And which bike do you own?

Looking for an 'excuse' for why I want another bike as right now it doesnt seem in my financial interest! Tell me why it is in petrol savings! lol.

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PostPosted: 09:11 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

£15-17, 140-200 miles, VFR800.

Not particularly accurate figures, I don't really give a crap about fuel economy, which seems to be a strange obsession with bikers?!
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PostPosted: 09:20 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

a 19 litre tank , at motorway cruising on the NTV can get about 130ish miles then I get paranoid and stop at which I can only put in another £10, so theoretically if I run it on fumes I can probably get 210ish.

And Tobes, the less I pay for fuel the more money stays in me pocket for other things and the less Gordo gets his hands on it.
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PostPosted: 09:30 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

CB500. 196 miles to reserve, about £16 to fill from there. Range maybe 235 miles running on fumes.
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PostPosted: 09:40 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

'03 Bandit 600S

Mine does 155 miles to reserve, costs ~£14 to fill up.

Works out at roughly 52mpg commuting, 46mpg messing around.

Much more economical than the other half's Daewoo 1.4 Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 09:43 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Havent really done it myself, roughly 130, 140 to a tank.

My bike is a ZX10R, and only use Vpower.

My GSXR11, Ive only put a few quid in. Ive got no idea what its gonna be like next year.
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PostPosted: 09:56 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

yzf750r wrote:
Havent really done it myself, roughly 130, 140 to a tank.

My bike is a ZX10R, and only use Vpower.


Won't make much difference as the ZX10R doesn't have a knock sensor. The 2007 CBR600RR *does* have a knock sensor, so it might make a difference in that. As does the BMW K1200R.

Recently filled up my Subaru with V power, and it didn't seem to make much difference over BP and texaco super unleaded, but my Fuel consumption has dropped dramatically... Confused

I'm not really sure about my fuel consumption as I've only really filled up my bike a couple of times. My Buell took about £11 worth (at 96p) and did about 35-40mpg.
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PostPosted: 10:00 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Got a CB400 SF that gets around 100-120 miles if i give it the beans and about 130-140 if i dont.

It always seems to want £10.03 or some thing silly like that Rolling Eyes

Sports Can (ART) does affect it though i think.
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PostPosted: 10:03 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

£10 - 200miles for my ybr if i drive it smoothly Laughing
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PostPosted: 10:19 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

£23-25 and 200 miles if I go into well into the fuel warning light being on - which I don't as the damn thing (GL1800 Goldwing) weighs 350kg and takes a lot of pushing!
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PostPosted: 10:24 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

bandit 6 - £17 at 102p p/l will get me 185 miles on my commute

Gix 1000 - £14 ar 102p p/l will be lucky to get past 75-80 miles.
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PostPosted: 10:27 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

£9 from bottom, 230 miles on my cg

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PostPosted: 10:37 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is it worth filling up on the 'super' unleaded fuels the petrol companies offer?

Bearing in mind I ride a 1989 CG125, I'm not sure what 'enhancements' have been implemented in the engine Smile
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PostPosted: 10:41 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shay HTFC wrote:
Is it worth filling up on the 'super' unleaded fuels the petrol companies offer?

Bearing in mind I ride a 1989 CG125, I'm not sure what 'enhancements' have been implemented in the engine Smile


absolutley no use mate, just extra cost and your engine cant use the advantages. just keep on top of chain maintainance and oil changes every 1k and itl keep going for years Thumbs Up

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PostPosted: 11:04 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

$7.75 for a full tank of super so £3.75 Laughing

2005 GSXR 600

80 - 110 miles to a tank.
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PostPosted: 11:10 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

I get around 125 miles for £12-£13 of gas.
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PostPosted: 12:06 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

On my varadrero 125 I used to get 250 miles for my £10

Sold that and got a gsx 600 f used to get around 155 miles for a tenner suppose you could get more if you rode sensibly.

My bandit 600s gives me 165 miles then I go and chuck another tenner in. I Never go down to the reserve. I set the trip everytime I fill the tank and keep an eye on it. AJ Very Happy
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PostPosted: 12:20 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Usually about £15 gets me 120ish miles if i'm good, >90 miles if i'm not.

Although i have noticed that amount drop significantly since it got cold...damn you auto choke!
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PostPosted: 13:10 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

~£10 used to get me about 140miles (which is JUST before reserve) but since fuel prices went up it's more like £11.50.
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PostPosted: 13:29 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

fazer 600, £15 about 200 miles on average, unless I am late for work and have to rag his balls off, then it is about 120miles to £15
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PostPosted: 16:06 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

07 50'cc Piaggio Ice,
£4.60-£5.00 for a full tank,supposedly get 120 miles to a tank,but im not too sure on that. Thinking Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 16:59 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

bout £14 - gets me 22 miles a day 5 days a week, which is 110miles, but i ride like a tit. think i could get 160 if i rode smother!
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PostPosted: 17:09 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

At the moment i'm riding like a total granny because of the silly petrol prices. I fill to the brim, ride carefully until I hit reserve, record the milage, fill up to the brim and repeat. I lock the throttle at 4500RPM in 6th (55mph on the flat) and don't deviate from this unless the speed limit drops. Boring but it really works though.

2002 GPZ500S (EX500E9)
306 miles on a single tank (did 296 before hitting reserve - one day I will crack 300 )

Cost £17 to fill to the brim. Petrol was 99.9p/litre.

I think that works out at a shade under 80mpg. Not bad for a 500.

It takes discipline and you get overtaken by everything but why give my money to a fat politician when I can save it for myself?

If petrol prices continue to rise like this (my local Tesco is £1.01 a litre now) I'm giving the 140mpg 150cc Honda Unicorn serious consideration. Failing that it will be back to another 100mpg Honda CG125 again.
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PostPosted: 17:12 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

£14 - 70 miles....
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PostPosted: 17:22 - 28 Nov 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

tomsmith wrote:
At the moment i'm riding like a total granny because of the silly petrol prices. I fill to the brim, ride carefully until I hit reserve, record the milage, fill up to the brim and repeat. I lock the throttle at 4500RPM in 6th (55mph on the flat) and don't deviate from this unless the speed limit drops. Boring but it really works though.

2002 GPZ500S (EX500E9)
306 miles on a single tank (did 296 before hitting reserve - one day I will crack 300 )

Cost £17 to fill to the brim. Petrol was 99.9p/litre.

I think that works out at a shade under 80mpg. Not bad for a 500.

It takes discipline and you get overtaken by everything but why give my money to a fat politician when I can save it for myself?

If petrol prices continue to rise like this (my local Tesco is £1.01 a litre now) I'm giving the 140mpg 150cc Honda Unicorn serious consideration. Failing that it will be back to another 100mpg Honda CG125 again.

I'm using about 50% more fuel than you! Shocked . But I only ride mine for pleasure, not for commuting Smile .
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