fuel consumption

carefull now!

Hi all, was just wondering what kinda fuel your averaging. My f650gs single cyl takes about 12 litres to fill and I get between 145 to 160 miles. I thought this was good but I wonder is a twin cyl better?

jameshayes

my sv650 done about 200kms for on a tank of 20 quid .... by 600rr does about the same

Idleater

Current usage as per fill this morning for the sv1000 is 240 km per 12.91 litres or ~5.4l/100k

Henry Ford III

carefull now! wrote: »

Hi all, was just wondering what kinda fuel your averaging. My f650gs single cyl takes about 12 litres to fill and I get between 145 to 160 miles. I thought this was good but I wonder is a twin cyl better?

57mpg. Not bad at all.

Alkers

Get about 180km out of my Sv650S (€20 tank) all city driving though in fairness.

phoenix0250

I get 400-450 km for €15 on my yzf r125...winning

galwaytt

Harley 1450 - 46mpg. On a gentle spin of a Sunday.........over 50 sometimes.
Aprilia Atlantic 500 - 43mpg. Maybe.........
Suzuki RGV250K - 25mpg.

Alkers

phoenix0250 wrote: »

my yzf r125...winning

honeybadger

40ty to the gallon here depending on petrol station

galwaytt

carefull now! wrote: »

Hi all, was just wondering what kinda fuel your averaging. My f650gs single cyl takes about 12 litres to fill and I get between 145 to 160 miles. I thought this was good but I wonder is a twin cyl better?

My SO used to ride and F650ST and used to regularly get 55-60mpg from it, and once, once, 69mpg.

I think the F is one of the lightest bikes on juice in the market.

I had an F800R for a weekend lately, and it returned 73mpg.

CJhaughey

The XTZ660 has returned very good figures in a recent test in Morocco,
Worst of 52 MPG and best of 86mpg!

Sputnik

With mixed riding I get an average of:

TDM 900 - 68 mpg
CBR600fs - 48 mpg.

Flyin Irishman

Ninja 250 usually gets around 60mpg, thats without any effort made to ride economically, so I could probably squeeze a bit more from it

The MT-01 is a thirsty beast. Fuel light came on yesterday after only 140km. The best I've gotten is around 180km. Theres usually around three or four liters left when the light comes on though.

Donnelly117

i would have thought mpg figures from bikes would be far higher considering they are small engines and quite light (compared to cars).
(sorry i know very little about bikes)

Donnelly117

Donnelly117 wrote: »

i would have thought mpg figures from bikes would be far higher considering they are small engines and quite light (compared to cars).
(sorry i know very little about bikes)

My bike has a 1.7 ltr engine. It's bigger than my car!

Idleater

Donnelly117 wrote: »

i would have thought mpg figures from bikes would be far higher considering they are small engines and quite light (compared to cars).
(sorry i know very little about bikes)

You are not really comparing like with like- most bikes power to weight ratio and performance would put them in skyline, 911, ferrari territory. So in that respect, 55+ mpg is admirable.

carefull now!

Thanks for the response lads, I've been told by a few more knowledgeable than I that my f650gs is great on fuel but I can only compare it to my tdr 125 which was pretty good. I'm itching for a new bike so I guess I'm just looking for excuses!

CJhaughey

You could always go for an Innova 125i if you want good fuel consumption.

Sputnik

Most bike manufacturers have never really been concerned about mpg figures, expect maybe for small cc machines.

Might be changing though. Bmw's new G650 GS has reportedly been returning 80+ mpg.

cantdecide

Got 51mpg from my new Busa.

Flyin Irishman

cantdecide wrote: »

Got 51mpg from my new Busa.

Why havnt we seen pics of this busa???

cantdecide

Flyin Irishman wrote: »

Why havnt we seen pics of this busa???

You mean this Busa?

Jonybgud

Brings back memories, I had an XL1000 with a one gallon tank, I knew I had 25 miles on reserve and it was a very heavy bitch to push.

25 years ago I met a girl who lived 30 miles from me, we met on a Friday evening at my local pub, I can count the days we've been apart since...:p, anyway, at the time mpg meant nothing to me as I could get 60 out of it if I was civilized or I could let major air into the Mikuni's and get a return of about 20mpg.

Moral of the story, a rainy nights sleep a few miles from home or push the beast for a few miles thought me to respect the throttle and think ahead...;):cool:

Cuddlesworth

I get 200km per 12 litres. But I drive with a heavy right hand. Changed my driving style once and got 260km per 12 litres. Too boring to me though.

Twin Cylinder 650.

rameire

i get about 340km to a 19 litre tank.
Deauville 670cc

50.25 MPG
17.78 Km per litre
5.62429 litre per 100Km
Averaging 13.73 cent per mile
So 21875 miles ( 35000km travel i do a year) would cost €3003.44

how to calc

I like to go between 100kmh and 140kmh for a full hour each way a day, if i took it easier I could get better milage, but no.

AnonymousPrime

about 45 mpg on a 01 bandit

KamiKazi

~115 miles to a 16 litre tank on the SV.

Miscreant

37mpg average over 3 and a half years out of my ST1100 Pan European. Mixed driving (M50 and City suburbs), 5 days a week, few trips to Galway in that time too which gave me over 50mpg. Usually get about 37 - 38 on the work runs.
I keep tabs on how much petrol I put into it and go from empty to full at each fill. Wife thinks I am mad but I do the same for the cage too

honeybadger

cantdecide wrote: »

Got 51mpg from my new Busa.

no offence but no way are ya getting that mpg from a busa and me r6 is gettin 40 mpg doing communting 43 on the main roads fook that and tdm doing deisel car milage its hard to belive till i own one ha

cantdecide

honeybadger wrote: »

...no offence...

None taken. I always check mpg in all my vehicles as a means of verifying it's running as it should. Using the same formula, my Passat TDI got 46 mpg (50+ me hole), my Legacy B4 got 23mpg, my A6 quattro got 26mpg.


OK. Maybe I exaggerated a little - 50.7mpg! Maybe taking it handy helps.

goldie fish

Register with fuelly.com
Enter your refuelling figures and mileage, and it will keep track of your fuel efficiency.

Fiskar

235 miles from 15 litres on the ER6f, approx 71 MPG with cruising speed of 70 to 80 MPH.

Perfect bike, perfect power!

Cuddlesworth

Fiskar wrote: »

235 miles from 15 litres on the ER6f, approx 71 MPG with cruising speed of 70 to 80 MPH.

Perfect bike, perfect power!

I think your confused. I have the same bike unfaired and same engine and there is no way your getting 4 litres to 100km. Its possible if you work it out as km/gallon instead of converting it.

The bike averages around 45-50 mpg, high fiftys if all you do is steady motorway cruising. Every forum and roadtest out there backs up those figures.

stratowide

Looking at the figure's here my V-strom 1000 is guzzling petrol..

Distance covered..160 miles.
Fuel used............22 litres.
Cost of litre.........1.50 euro.
MPG...................33.0
Km per litre..........11.7.
Litres per 100km...8.547.

Surely I should be getting better economy than this...?

Fiskar

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

I think your confused. I have the same bike unfaired and same engine and there is no way your getting 4 litres to 100km. Its possible if you work it out as km/gallon instead of converting it.

The bike averages around 45-50 mpg, high fiftys if all you do is steady motorway cruising. Every forum and roadtest out there backs up those figures.

Sorry but it is and has always averaged 67 +MPG.
My bike is a UK import and is in miles, I get 235 miles from my run between Navan and Sandyford meaning I re-fill every 3 days costing at the mo between 23 and 24 euro for 15 litres. I always have it serviced every 7500.
Faired bike will always do better MPG than unfaired. Best I ever did without running out of petrol was a 241 miles but I was skinning it at that. Always brim the tank to get the most between fills.

MrPudding

My current average on my 1200 adventure is 41mpg. I have had it, with sensible riding at close to 50, but that does not seem to last long. I get around 300 miles out of a tank of fuel.

MrP

Idleater

stratowide wrote: »

Looking at the figure's here my V-strom 1000 is guzzling petrol...

considering I've the same engine, I know you can get better economy, but it depends on how and where you were driving those 160 miles.
What size tank is on the v-strom? The sv is 11.8 before reserve and I get 220-240 km which is only slightly more than 160 miles isn't it?
That's mainly 100-120kmph cruising though. if I go into town I get 210-220km.

stratowide

Idleater wrote: »

considering I've the same engine, I know you can get better economy, but it depends on how and where you were driving those 160 miles.
What size tank is on the v-strom? The sv is 11.8 before reserve and I get 220-240 km which is only slightly more than 160 miles isn't it?
That's mainly 100-120kmph cruising though. if I go into town I get 210-220km.

I'ts tank hold's 22 litre's,Mixture of motorway and town driving mostly.
I'd push it on during motorway spin's.I'v noticed on our Sunday spin's out that I am putting more pertol into the tank than the other guy's.
Its hard to see busa's,FJR 1300 or ZX12's lighter on juice than my v twin..or maybe not.:D

positron

I've started riding a Fazer 600 Drogheda to City Center, so it's mostly motorway with a bit of filtering at both ends. Fazer has a 22 liter tank, and while I haven't had a close look at what mpg I am getting, I have a feeling that I am not getting 4 round trips on one tank - so that's less than 50 mpg..

Fiskar

For those of us in the 70 MPG club!

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/user/21713/August/Kawasaki-ER-6F-owner-report/Kawasaki/ER-6F/_/R-EPI-93271

Great place to be lately with fuel prices the way they are!

Idleater

stratowide wrote: »

Its hard to see busa's,FJR 1300 or ZX12's lighter on juice than my v twin..or maybe not.:D

V-twins get terrible on fuel economy at high revs. Much worse than il4's. Use the low down grunt more
I got 180km to 14l on a track day, and that was taking it easy in the wet.

goldie fish

I always get 300km out of 15l with my Deauville, and at least half of my normal driving is motorway, with the remainder in 3rd or fourth gear.

positron

2003 Fazer 600.

I filled up last Sunday evening, and reset the trip meter and after 4 days of Drogheda - Dublin commute, I filled up the tank again today. I see I got 236 miles and the refill today was 16.66 liters (25.31 euro).

16.66 ltrs are 3.66 UK gallons. Which would mean I am getting 64 mpg. Am I doing this right? Or do people usually talk in US gallons?

In metric, I am getting 14 km/l. (Some drop from my last bike which did 70 kpl!)

KamiKazi

€25 would get me about 150 miles on the SV

KTRIC

300klms on 22 litres with a GSX1400, considerably less around town.

galwaytt

KamiKazi wrote: »

€25 would get me about 150 miles on the SV

my Suzuki twin - two stroke - would only get about 90miles :eek: . I aspire to your 150 !

cantdecide

KTRIC wrote: »

300klms on 22 litres with a GSX1400, considerably less around town.

I'll get about 270km in mine but it's 10 years old.

BlackWizard

Use a mpg calculator to get your MPG

http://www.eforecourt.com/calc_mpg.htm

It's confusing when everyone is saying they got X miles/km from Y fuel

cantdecide

That can't work very well. If your tank was 8% full when you filled it and you drove 300 miles and your tank was now 4% full, that's a big discrepency in terms of fuels used.

You can only do it accurately retrospectively;

1) Fill the tank,
2) Reset the clock,
3) Empty your tank,
4) Refill the tank, record your gallons (litres divided by 4.54)
5) Divide the miles on the clock by your total gallons

6) Reset your clock and start again.

In other words, your approach should be: how far did I go out of that tank and how many gallons did I use getting there.

A good friend of mine calculates his differently- how many days to the twenty :rolleyes:

positron

^^^ is what I am doing. However, you don't need to really empty the tank for the above to work.

Yeah, so I am getting 64 mpg - which sounds good actually, especially since most of this is on M1.