Realistic Fuel Mileage?

[Kiwicol]

224 miles? I start getting the squirts if I hit 120 miles and I'm looking for a gas station. I don't think anyone has gone over 200 miles. You got nerves of steal.

Just gonna add my 2cents worth to this thread . . .

I regularly get 280k's - to 320k's per tank (170 - 200 miles) it depends if it's local running or open roads. The fuel computer on board is your friend, it shows you how far you can go with your remaining fuel. My fuel light (last 2 bars) comes on when I have 65 - 75k's (40 - 46 miles) of range left.
I often switch between trip & fuel while riding, trip shows me how far I've gone since filling up & fuel shows me how far I can go on what I have left. Bit of mental arithmetic (something to do while cruising) & it gives you your range for that tank full. I've had it showing (added up to) 350k's & more a couple of times, but I never pushed it that far.

If you find yourself short on fuel & the next stop is a long way off, just slow down to 75 - 80k's (45 - 50mph as an emergency measure) at that speed the bike uses bugger all fuel, I've had mine over the 55mpg figure at those speeds. Gas up & you're off on a fast camel again, much better to be riding slow than push this beast!

 

[Tal]

Just gonna add my 2cents worth to this thread . . .

I regularly get 280k's - to 320k's per tank (170 - 200 miles) it depends if it's local running or open roads. The fuel computer on board is your friend, it shows you how far you can go with your remaining fuel. My fuel light (last 2 bars) comes on when I have 65 - 75k's (40 - 46 miles) of range left.
I often switch between trip & fuel while riding, trip shows me how far I've gone since filling up & fuel shows me how far I can go on what I have left. Bit of mental arithmetic (something to do while cruising) & it gives you your range for that tank full. I've had it showing (added up to) 350k's & more a couple of times, but I never pushed it that far.

If you find yourself short on fuel & the next stop is a long way off, just slow down to 75 - 80k's (45 - 50mph as an emergency measure) at that speed the bike uses bugger all fuel, I've had mine over the 55mpg figure at those speeds. Gas up & you're off on a fast camel again, much better to be riding slow than push this beast!

...true story...the other thing ive done is watch how much youre using in different gears....if youre in a built up area just idling along at 50kph (30mph) in 4th...go into 6th and watch the fuel consumption go down...its quite considerable.

 

[Kiwicol]

Agreed, but in 6th gear it's pretty lumpy. Round town I don't go above 3rd - (50kph or 30mph)

 

[2023R3GT]

around 15.4km/l equating to 270ish km on a tank

 

[Tal]

Agreed, but in 6th gear it's pretty lumpy. Round town I don't go above 3rd - (50kph or 30mph)

Yeah it is...i dont leave it in 6th but good to watch the gauge moving around...i'm getting 15.9 km/l currently.

 

[Kiwicol]

what the hell is 15.9km/l in real money? I know we should have used that as a standard when we changed from MPG, but everyone went to L/100k, so that's what I'm used to now, I still know the old mpg though.

 

[wjb]

I had a friend plug the numbers in to a government super computer and it turns out that 15.9km/l is a theoretical space alien algorithm that translates into earth numbers as:

37.39912 earth miles per red neck American gallon.

Who knew?

 

[Einar]

I've been using Fuelly to track my fuel usage (and costs). Over the past 5,000 miles it's averaged 33.819 US MPG (or 14.37 km/l or 40.6 UK MPG). Nearly all of that was pre-tune.