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Posted: 21:07 - 11 Jan 2017 Post subject: |
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Hey, at least he's provided some figures - better than being told "a tenner lasts me a week" when you ask someone their tank capacity or MPG. ____________________ Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
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sorry i calculated it wrong ( clearly ) maybe the bike is fine then. thanks everyone ____________________ TB09 |
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smallfrowne Scooby Slapper
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... But but we're all on tenterhooks! don't leave it like this for the love of all that is bik lyf WHAT WAS YOUR FUEL CONSUMPTION/AVERAGE FILL/LITRES PER MINUTE/PUND NOTES PER FILL/FAVOURITE PETROL STATION/MAJOR MALFUNCTION/SOMETHING/ANYTHING/MPG ____________________ '90 VFR750; '89 NC30; '95 DR650; '89 CD250U; ~'82 CG125; ~C90 |
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8.5 l is just shy of two gallons, if you are getting three 70mile trips from that without needing to refill, then you have to be bettering 70 to the gallon.
Sounds par to low for a 125, but? Trail bikes aren't the most economical. Learners riders even less so.
Block-tread tyres add a far bit of rolling resistance; on the Range-Rover, 2x the number admittedly, but, swapping from all terrains to muds, of the same size, will knock about 20% off the MPG. Ramp that % a bit or the bigger tyres a 125 trailie has over a 125 commuter, and fact that those knoblies are that much more knblie than a full street, and you are not looking at 'best' economy by any stretch.
Probably more sigificant though is that a trailie is jacked up a good 3" on long travel suspension, has a very upright riding position with the rider stretched wide accross high leverage off-road bars, and you present probably 25% more frontal area to wind resistance than a 125 commuter.
It's NOT a bike that is likely to deliver 100+mpg consumption even in deal conditions.
How a bike or car is driven or ridden makes far larger difference; even shown n the two figures they usually quote for 'urban' and 'highway' mph in the books.
Again, Range-Rover, which has dire economy to begin with exaggerates the difference nicely for example; 'book' suggests 15mpg 'urban' 19mpg 'highway'. 'Real World' I can better the 'highway' by almost 30% and chase 25-30mpg, keeping the right boot light. Round town? Sat traffic going no-where, booting it into gaps on round-a-bouts, I can loose 30% or more and be down into single figures! That's a variance of +/- 30% either way, JUST in how the thing is used.
Your bike? 80mpg 'ish' isn't great for a 125, but, not unreasonable. As a learner, its unlikely you are anywhere near as smooth and progressive as you could be, so it's unlikely to ever delver much better figures. Add some measurement inaccuracy, and it's likely that there's not a lot, if anything 'wrong' with the bike.
Try pumpng up the tyres; changing the spark plug, checking the chain tension. Charge the battery, and pay a little attention to start-up, and not letting it idle for hours to 'warm up'. Measure your mileage from brim-full to brim full, over a few weeks of use, to get a more accurate 'average'. AND worry about your riding; WATCH where you are going! Be predictive! DON'T dive on the brakes and dart into gaps! Reactive riding is the death of economy as much as speed.
If you haven't got a licence... worry about that! six moths on the road, and daily commuting, if you can do that, you can have a licence, no reason you should be on L's!!!!!
But of the small tank and frequent fills is nagging you.... get a different bike without knoblies, or such a high wide front, and a bigger tank, like a YBR.. OR if you get that licence, and it lets you.... a bigger bike, with a bigger tank! ____________________ My Webby'Tef's-tQ, loads of stuff about my bikes, my Land-Rovers, and the stuff I do with them!
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...TankPal? ____________________ Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
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Posted: 01:25 - 13 Jan 2017 Post subject: |
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Does sound a little low, my XR being a bit less powerful would do 140+ miles (think I got 160 once) before hitting reserve, that was just under 8 litres.
By comparison the MT-03 gets through 15 litres in 90-100 miles |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 7 years, 105 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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