Correct gear for speed/revs?

[guile]

A real noobie question - but how do you select the right gear in terms of engine health and fuel economy?

On a 125 you can feel the engine splutter when you're in too high a gear or over-rev in too low a gear, so it's easy but now I'm on 33bhp, I find I can ride at 30-40mph in gears 3-6 and it doesn't feel/sound much different.

Does higher revs = more fuel consumption or what? What RPM is correct for cruising?

[P.]

You are worrying about fuel economy. I said keep the 125...

But no, revs being lower doesn't mean more MPG.

[iMark]

[P.]

You are worrying about fuel economy. I said keep the 125...

But no, revs being lower doesn't mean more MPG.

[iMark]

Oh and if you are massively hell bent on tracking you're mileage and petrol usage, use Fuelly

I've started using it out of curiosity as to what MPG I get... so far between 50 and 62... lol


Just use your trip meter, reset it to 0 every time you fill up.
When you fill up take note on how many miles you done, and how many litres you put in the tank to "fill" it.

Go to Fuelly, enter your Miles done and how much you filled up, it then calculates how much MPG you get and tracks it for you.

e.g.
https://mefi.us/images/fuelly/smallsig-uk/160000.png
click
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[P.]

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I think I must get about the best fuel ecconnomy when at ~8k on the motorway. I never seem to match the miles per tank that I get there anywhere else

Also I'm fairly sure I need new spark plugs which can't be helping.
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[P.]

I blame the engine. It makes peak power somewhere and is most efficient at certain ranges.

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