Fuel Economy

[quik_d]

I'm not sure how to work it out to MPG but my bike does about 200Km to a tenner, is that bad? its only a 400 and i was talking to my uncle the other day who was shocked it did that little.
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[Kickstart]

Assuming 91p a litre, £10 is 2.42 gallons, so 200km is 51.6mpg.

Which is pretty good.

But just going on the basis of £10 of petrol for 200km is very inaccurate. Keep a log over a couple of tank fulls of all the fuel you put in and how far you go (and do not skip any tanks) and then you have a chance of something slightly more accurate.

All the best

Keith
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[instigator]

125 miles to a tenner. My SV650 does roughly the same.

Nothing bad about it. What does HE own? A cg125!!

[Kickstart]

Hi

Plenty of people think "bike, therefore does a stupid amount to the gallon". The mileage rate where I work for a motorcycle is 5p a mile (so less than the petrol costs let alone tyres, chains, servicing, depreciation, insurance, tax, etc).

All the best

Keith
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[quik_d]

ok, well i have been watching the fuel and setting the trip meter everytime i re-fuel for the past month,

I get about 170-180km before i have to flick to reserve,

If i refuel just as i flick to reserve it costs about £7.50 and i know it costs a tenner to fill completely

Therefore i reckon its about 200km from filling to dry

Bros 400 by the way, thats good fuel economy then?
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[quik_d]

uncle owns a peogeot 406 estate diesel and he was like i get 350 miles to a tank (tank prob about £50 fill up. But then they are prob all motorway miles, half mine is town riding
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[Kickstart]

Hi

You need to be a lot more accurate than that to get a decent idea.

For example with your figures you say ~175km for £7.50, which equates to a full £10 tank doing you 233km. The difference between doing 200km and 233km on £10 of fuel is about 8mpg.

All the best

Keith
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[dave1rs]

[Rookie]

My mum has the petrol version of that car, she can get more out of a tank than that! Tell him that!

[mattsmith95]

My Honda Rebel is doing very well petrol wise, after a new clutch the
fuel economy has got a lot better, now upto 85MPG which is so much
better than before.

As for my CB250, still running @90MPG and on some good days 93MPG.

To be Honest I wouldn't ride a bike that CANNOT do 80MPG

[Kickstart]

[riichy]

my zxr400 gets about 86k to £4....dont think i have ever put a tenner in. well am a student what you expect
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[Groove]

filled my zxr250 up with £6 on monday, had only covered 80 kms from being full...
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[Paivi]

My 125cc Vespa does 25km/litre, so about 72mpg.

[riichy]

if only petrol were free.....
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[dodsi]

About 40MPG on the bandit.

[dotti]

Around town I get about 88 MPG out of the GN. On the open road it's usually closer to 95MPG. Naturally, much better than the car, which comes in at around 30MPG
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Nasty subject * move's on*
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[MikeH]

Getting roughly 100miles to £11 full to reserve I'm doing mixed riding so back lanes 40mph, main roads 60-70MPH and dual carriageway 80-85mph.

Worked it out and at £4 per gallon my 500 is only doing about 35MPG!! my missus 1.6 shitroen Picasso does 42MPG

Better than the Landy though that struggles to do 23MPG and it's a diesel !

I think I need to adjust my riding or fit a throttle stop !
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[glenbat]

does it vary greatly depending on driving style? my old, cough, 360bhp cossie would do about 100 miles to a tank (£55) tearing up castle combe but on a leisurely run to wales (Llandow circuit) I could do over 400 on a full tank
cant comment on my bike as i dont own one... yet (recently made the leap across)

[haGGard]

I got about 100 miles to a tank on my speedfight.
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[Dom_]

£12 gets me 165kms, best is 170kms worst i got was 145.

[stinkwheel]

My GPZ500 CAN do better than 60mpg if ridden sensibly. Drops to closer to 40mpg if you rag it.

My H100 seldom does less than 100mpg even if mercilessly flogged.

My PC50 did around 150mpg.

My RD350 YPVS regularly dropped below 20mpg, as does my Dads kawasaki triple.
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[The Tot]

12 quid gets me a full tank (15 Litres or therabouts), which is sufficient to get me from loughborough to london (108 miles) and down into central london and back (25ish miles round trip) giving me a grand total of 133 miles at which point or thereabouts, i run dry.

My bike's high revving so 80-90mph down the motorway = 13-14,000Rpm in top gear which isn't good for the economy.

Slow it down to 11-12,000rpm, i can get my 250 from london to loughborough just on reserve tank (8 quid) -9-10 litres.

HTH

so that's roughly 0.1 miles per penny of petrol consumed. OUCH
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