Economy riding.

[EDBANGER]

So then, whats the best gears and speeds to use to get the most out of your petrol?? Times is hard
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[Sephiroth]

Hmm, push your bike down the road and hope some kind person gives you petrol.

Keep doing that .


On a more serious note (slightly), turn your engine off when at lights for more than 20 seconds, ride in a higher gear etc...

I'd go for the free petrol idea myself .

[killa]

Go out looking for 80’s fords, siphon some petrol from them.
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[Bendy]

I got insane mileage from my CBR when sitting on the motorway at about 85 for ages (was about 7000rpm and I was barely accellerating or decellerating at all.

Reserve light usually comes on at about 130 with normal riding. Pulled into the petrol station showing 165 and still only managed to get £12 into it, so there was probably enough left to hit 200 if I'd kept cruising.

So in short, cruising good, stop/go bad.

[veeeffarr]

Speed: 70mph
Gear: Neutral

Coasting 20 miles: FTW

[Rookie]

[mr.z]

Oddly just came back from a rally yesterday fully loaded.. my tank usually shows empty when i get to 100miles on the odometer.. but its still at halfway and ive done nearly 80 since the fillup on the way home...
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[Simple]

short shifting rather than revving out the engine before changing gear
constant throttle is usually best as opposed to stop start commuting.

I found with the NSR it was thirstier cruising at 80mph than hooning arund town, GPZ is the opposite it likes to short shift, low revs, pootling about. still out accelerat cars off lights etc unless they are attempting a race

Also make sure your chain is lubed up and correctly adjusted,
your brakes arn't binding on the disks /drum.

don't forget to go for a crap in the morning before you set out (weight saving and cheaper than carbon fibre)

simple
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[Itchy]

adopting a racing crouch everywhere? , wearing slick clothing , tieing up all lose straggly clothing and fastners,

losing weight

go slow

barely use the choke

set your carb to go lean (watch out for overheating problems + need new plugs regularly).

ride dangerously * (slip stream off lorries or skitch off them if you dare)

remove everything that serves no purpose , ie foot pegs for pillions
bar ends (watch out for white vibration finger and carpel tendon syndrome)

anticipation , using engine braking vs brakes , since shifting down turns your speed into revs rather than heat in the brakes.

using the tab on your helmet straps so the thing does not hand down and cause drag.

more later.
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[kawakid]

Get about 76mpg at a steady 70 for an hour.

75miles cost me about 4.28

But start stop riding then its not as good.
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[Simple]

[EDBANGER]

[Simple]

[swanny]

getting roughly 80mpg out of my er5.. riding away from lights and not racing it.. coasting into lights and sticking to speed limits in hihgest plausible gear..
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