Fuel consumption (eek)

[Visitor Q]

I may be repeating an old subject here long covered, however the new cbr seems to have alarmingly low fuel consumption (to me).

My riding at the moment generally involves if im honest, crawling along at too high a gear for my speed (i find im better behaved in less responsive gears), or im somewhat gunning it intermittently on straights. Also when i go to my favourite road (my naughty road so to speak, im sure you have yours too) im rarely below peak torque and i spend about 90 % at over a ton (its a nsl btw). So thats another 14-15 miles booting it out of this 110.

But basically i seem to be getting around 25mpg on a cbr 600... (£12 in petrol lasts me about 110 miles). Is that normal? Asides from not doing my favourite road and being very behaved, any other tips for conserving petrol?
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[Visitor Q]

ok apparently its closer to 35.5 mpg (my maths is very numpty ish).

In theory £12/.85 = 14 litres, 14 litres divided by 4.5 = 3.1 ish, 110 divided by 3.1 is 35.5 ish (its late, im tired, so forgive me my cack handed ness)

Still abit steep.
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[instigator]

Yup. Thats the downside. It's crap isn't it

35mpg sounds about alright I guess. I'm assuming you're riding faster than you will be once you get more used to the bike so it'll get better fuel consumption with time.

130-140 miles seems the normal, I'm afraid.

[iCraig]

I'd say 35MPG is normal for a 600 being ridden like it should, though no where near as much as it should be.

I get 50MPG, even if I cain the GPZ, so I think I shall be putting off my upgrade for abit.

[Visitor Q]

[G]

Does it still have the restrictors in (if you got them)?

[Bendy]

I get about 130 miles to £12 when riding normally.

[Visitor Q]

[Mr C]

I used a full tank of fuel on the dyno on saturday

15 quid's worth of Optimax in 60 miles
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[wildcat]

I haven't let my tank go empty yet, but I top up every 80-100 miles, I usually get £5-£6.50 in.
I think this is very low Althought I can fill the wee cbr for about £6 and get at least 120 miles out of her.
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[instigator]

while = two weeks for most (if that)

But good on you anyway.

[Visitor Q]

[G]

It's not going to make nearly as big difference on a klr600.

[KLR600]

Yeah, I suppose it depends what kind of bike you got.

I have a KLR600 trailbike so I'm not going to really notice much difference anyway so the way I see it I may aswell as leave them as it's not going to make too much difference at the end of the day. (I rode my bike on a private road before it was restricted and I only really notice the difference at the top end going past 80mph, might be my in-experince not picking up on stuff for me not noticing the difference though) And as you say, it's one less thing to worry about if I get pulled. (I'm very paranoid )

I doubt it'll take me long to get used to my bike, I'm going on out on it on the weekend if I'm not working and I plan to do a fair bit of mileage.

But yeah, I'll probably wonder why I didn't take them out sooner.......

[kawakid]

Now then, I know im a newbie and all.

But my CG125 does about 100mpgb, put in £6 3 weeks ago.

Do 10 miles a day.
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[Dr Nick]

I get 80 miles to £11 when riding normally . (Downgeared which puts MPG down even more as its in the rev range more than the standard gearing). The only thing i dont like about my hornet is the fact it eats tyres and is very very thirsty. Otherwise its tip top.
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