Fuel Consumption

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So I ran out of petrol today. First time since I've had the bike, so I wasn't sure quite how far I'd go on a tank. Turns out it's 160km (100 miles) or so. Now, it cost me £15 to fill up, so my tank's about 3 gallons. This makes it 33mpg. Most of this riding has been done getting to work, so city commuting, sitting at traffic lights and stuff.

Now a couple of people at work have told me that's terrible, their car can do that etc etc. So what I want to know is:

Is this "normal" for a Bandit 600? Or should I be able to do more?
Has my fuel consumption been altered because it's restricted?
How can I improve my fuel consumption?

Thanks for any help.
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My bike: Suzuki Bandit 600 (33bhp)
Previous bike: Peugeot Speedfight 2 100

[acwman]

[the grim reaper]

I get about 35.47 mpg on a 98 Blade, it may be comparable to a 2 litre Mondeo but I know which gives better performance

Cheers

Grim
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[akaDAVE]

I'm not sure I want to know what the consumption on my ZXR400 is.
I have ran out once and vowed not to again but it does seem to be a lot of £6s I'm chucking in every time I go out on the thing!!
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[TOM M]

[Mr.Everready]

[mrtEE]

i get 10mpg out of my cbr400 but thats doing a steady 145 mph for a few thousand miles. (without a break)

[alex_t]

me gets 74mpg take me hour n half to do 74 mile but hey
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[Harold_Shand]

I get about 36 commuting. A tenner for 100 miles. It's not as good as most small cars, that's true, but I know what I prefer. My 600 is restricted ( mistake, won't be doing that again ), but they are 'falling out' next weekend. It'll be interesting to see if it does make a difference. In more ways than one...
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Harold_Shand's theory might be the best explanation.

[craigs23]

I'd have thought 45-50mpg would have been the average for commuting miles on a Bandit 6. Thrashing my 400 delivered around this figure, the Blade does around 40-45 on a good day, a little bit less when hacking along, but the earliest I've needed reserve is around 145 miles.

[bennyboy]

My RS125 does about 100miles per tank, £10ish a tank. Thats pretty bad isnt it?
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[ram_doom]

With great pride and light wallet, I reveal that my zxr is returning 32mpg on average cursed carbs!
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[Groove]

£10 100 miles or so for me

Filled up with £6.50 the other day and got about 70/80 miles out of it though being shlow(ish)!
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[instigator]

Dot-comm

Try and ride as conservatively as possible on the next tankful of fuel and see how far you can get. I mean ocne you can get into the next gear without labouring the engine, do it. Switch the engine off when you know the lights are going to take over 20 seconds or so.

With that sort of riding, it should see a good improvement over what you get now. If not, something is defientely wrong.

[Sephiroth]

£8 to fill a tank completely, gets about 110-115 miles without reserve tank.

[Kickstart]

Hi

Much of it is probably down to where you are riding. Extreme example was my old 1.3 lhd Alfa 33 which would manage about 20mpg when used round town, cruising at 90 on the motorway it was just shy of 40mpg.

My played with 1200 Bandit manages a bit over 45mpg in general use. FZR600 nearer 50mpg. FZ750 a bit more that that.

Noticeable that when the 1200 Bandit had the gearing lowered with 1 tooth less on the front it increased fuel consumption by 10%.

All the best

Keith
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[PsychoHippy]

My Blackbird gives me a consistant 45mpg on my commute to work, ridden at around 80-85mph, a bit less if I decide to have some fun.
The Benelli however has never given more than 35mpg, and when having fun that can drop to about 30!
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[craigs23]

Is it me, coincidence, or just random figures, but average mpg seems to have lowered over the years - or are more modern bikes more thrashable (or require more thrashing?)

[JonB]

W T F!

I ride a restricted Bandit not that liberally and I easily get 160 miles out of my tank at about 50MPG!
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[Rob W]

[MikeH]

XJR1300 does about 100 miles to reserve tatting around with plenty of fast blatts (about 30 MPG) but it will see 35-40mpg on a long steady 80-90mph motorway run.

My KLE500 used to do 35 however hard it was ridden and my mates Bandit 650 does about 45 on his 50mile commute upto Manchester each day, but then he rides pretty conservatively.


Have you thought of getting a C90

Mike
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[tsmith]

i'm getting 250 miles to a tank on my '02 GPZ 500. The tank is 18 litres, and it costs me £16 to fill it. Petrol is 93.9p a litre

[TOM M]

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