Fuel economy

[Marcg868]

Does this sound right I get 130 miles to 15 litres of fuel. Bike is Suzuki GSR 600 about 90bhp I do 40 mile 5 days a week there and back on the motorway to work. Seems to be costing me a fortune.
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[andys675]

try getting up earlier and keep your speed between 55 and 70 in top, bet you're doing 85-90 and running late?
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[fatpies]

That's about 40mpg which sounds OK.

Maybe try keep it under 6500rpm?

A cheap (£10-20) mod you might want to try is to change the gearing so you get more speed per given RPM.

The trade off is acceleration though.
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[Marcg868]

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[Marcg868]

Fuel gauge seems highly iffy. Sometimes I can string 130 miles out of it and the other day it was flashing (3 litres left according to the manual) at 72.2 miles of town riding. Would a fly screen help with the wind buffering and drag?

M65/M6 is quite busy towards Preston at that time.
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[charlie74]

[Wonko The Sane]

I get similar out of my ZZR,

Sometimes I only get £12 in at 140 miles, sometimes I get £16 in at 140 miles.

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[Marcg868]

I think I'm noticing the fuel cost more because my normal wage is around £1900 a month and I've dropped by 900 quid due to being on the sick. Used to spunking 100 quid a week on fuel when it's sunny going for a blast and commuting.
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[Dean-J]

My Gsxr 600 used to give me around 100-120 to the light coming on ( never tried stringing it out although im pretty sure id get 20miles+ outta it).

Be interesting to see what i get once i get bike back from mapping tomorrow however....
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[woo]

dunno what riding your doing but on the motorway my R1 gives me 160miles before the reserve light comes on and thats at an average speed of 80mph

town riding with stop and start gives 100 miles before the reserve light comes on
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[kawakid]

You need to work it out properly.

When you next fill up, zero your clock

Then when you next have to fill up your tank and make a note of the number of litres including the 2 decimal places

ie 13.54 litres

You now multiply 13.54 by 0.22 (this makes the litres in to gallons)

Thus 13.54 litres = 2.9788 UK gallons


Okay say you did 140 miles


This would then equate to 140 divide by 2.9788

Which equals 46.99 mpg


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Going to work I get about 45mpg, best I have got on a long run at legal speeds was 73mpg.
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[Golgarth]

Go for the full retard pose (sorry, streamlined) pose and see if your mpg increases. I managed a faintly ridiculous 80mpg by getting as much body out of the wind as possible (and riding at a mind numbing 60mph)

[Derivative]

75-80 is a bad speed for fuel efficiency.
Accelerating on the slip road shouldn't matter too much if it's a one off.

[spnorm]

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[Sako]

Should never concern yourself with trivial things like fuel consumption when you have a bike.

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[Stowelly]

sounds a little low. but only marginally. usually get 140 miles out of 13 litres on my gsxr 600 and i like to "make progress"

[Aff]

I get low to mid 40's normally on the Blade, up to nearly 50 on the motorway cruising at about 90.
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[R1stu]

My ninja takes £18 to brim at present at 1.33pl and I'm getting about 150 miles to reserve and around 170 miles till gauge stops moving
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