why is my bike eatting petrol like a fat kid in a sweet-shop

[riichy]

ok i used to have a 50cc ped and that cost me like £4 a week for a full tank. but now i have my 400cc i filled it up to like just under 3/4 full and i only am getting 90kpm. as well i am doing like 30mph to work and back and am not even going over 4000rmp. so is there somthing worng, or is this normal....

if its normal i need another job
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.......... PLOD ............ zx636 2004

[strag]

what does "i only am getting 90kpm" mean? Its obviously going to use more than a moped. Just fill it up, clock the mileage and work out what it is doing to the gallon.

I get about 145 miles to reserve on a tank that holds £13 of fuel and thats a litre bike.
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carbon bling

[mr motorbiker]

i get about 60miles untill reserve then ussualy it only takes £5 to fill up again.
it seems my bike either has a massive reserve tank or very poor mpg.

[Flip]

Filling your ZXR4 tank without reserve will cost around £10. This will cover 120 miles (ish) depending how you ride.

[Flip]

[TOM M]

why would a fat kid in a sweet shop drink petrol?????
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Now owner of a 1200 Bandit

[iCraig]

My GSX600F is the same, but I know my bike is running stupidly rich!

I get about 120 miles to about 15 litres, if that sometimes.
I have been known to use 15 litres in 83 miles!

[Flip]

[mr motorbiker]

i'm on a zxr400 aswell.
i don't think there's a problem with my bike, it runs well.
what i dont get is why the tank will only take a fiver when i fill up just as the bikes hit reserve.

[riichy]

well in miles i would i get about 50miles on a 3/4 tank of petrol then i have to hit reserve.
i think mine could be running very rich as when i start it up it stinks of petrol more than anyother bike i have been near.
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.......... PLOD ............ zx636 2004

[Kram]

i get about 120-130 before i hit reserve... but i rarely ride "conservativly"
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FS1E -> SR125 -> CB400N -> CB650 -> FZR600 Genises -> VFR400 NC21 -> CBR900RR Fireblade -> Renault Clio 1.4

[bish777]

I get 40ish to the gallon out of my 1100. All my 750+ sporty machines have done about that.

My old gt550 got 60 or so to the gallon.

My 125 got 120 or so to the gallon.
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GSXR1100J

[tatters]

l get 90 miles from 14 lilters


YZF1000R
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