2-strokes are expensive to run

[Blue_SV650S]

If you think about it, fuel is 111.9p/liter ... that is £5.09/gallon to you and I

My pre-mix 2-stroke oil for the KTM works out at 48.43p's worth of oil to mix with 1 liter of petrol ...

So ... that essentially makes fuel 160.3p/liter or £7.29/gallon ....

So +£2.20/gallon for2-stroke!! .. at only what 30mpg?? ... that has to add up!!!
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[delvey91]

My crm does 45 mpg and i top up the oil when the light comes on which is about a litre every 500 miles. But i never worry bout fuel prices, if u enjoy something then to hell with the cost tbh
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[Blue_SV650S]

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[UnspeedySam]

Don't say that; I just bought one! Although I'm sure the good MPG of the RXS will more than make up for the 2-stroke cost, which I though was pretty cheap anyway.
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[ms51ves3]

I'm probably getting about 600 miles to a litre of 2 stroke oil, I think I paid £8 for my last litre, and I get 40 mpg.

So my fuel to oil ratio is 68.25:1

So at £1.11 a litre for petrol, it's costing me £1.23 a litre for the mix. That's not too bad.

Did I do that right?

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Y'know i wish they'd just go metric to.
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[smegballs]

Time to enjoy the two strokes while fuel is at a somewhat affordable price.

I think I can safely say that fuel will only get more expensive from now on and we are not likely to ever see a significant decrease in petrol prices again.

Come along now, smoke em up and lets kill some kittens/penguins!!

[Blue_SV650S]

[G]

But it's worth it .
Probably still better than my car or van all-in, but then if I wanted cheap, I'd use the push bike (which hopefully I will be on Sunday, but that's another matter ).

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[Blue_SV650S]

[Paulington]

The Gilera SC125 used 1 litre of oil per 22 litres of fuel or so, crazy consumption.
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[Kris]

They're not *that* bad really, especially when you compare to 4 cylinder machine service costs.

IIRC my NSR125 over 4000 miles used 8 litres of Esso race 2-stroke at £9 a litre, 2 spark plugs and I can't even remember changing the air filter...if it had one.

The Bandit uses 4 plugs, 4 litres of 4-stroke oil (£18) an air and oil filter.

I reckon there's less difference than most think. Valve clearances for a 4cyl at a dealer could easily equate to a simple rebuild of a 1 cyl 2-stroke. Plus my NSR's insurance and tyres / brake pads were cheaper etc etc.
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[Blue_SV650S]

[ms51ves3]

[Kris]

[st3v3]

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They're not bad when you consider the cost of servicing a proper-light weight 4 stroke enduro bike at the prescribed intervals .
(Yes, you seem to have been unlucky with your smoker, but seen plenty of people have bad luck with their diesels .)

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[Mord]

Mine is 50:1 roughly. I use fully synthetic oil. And 50:1 is what it says on the bottle (Motul 710).

I get 45mpg.