My Tank is like the Tardis!

[Breed777]

Ok heres the dilemma.... I had done 80km on my 88 GSXR 250.... at this point the Fuel gauge says bout 1/4 of a tank left.... now this is a 16 litre tank so im told... and Im thinking well thats super bad fuel economy... so I go fill her up.... to the brim... and it only takes 6.9 litres? what gives?

I worked that out to be just over 11km per litre? pretty bad huh? bike has just been serviced, Carbs checked etc... I thought the gauge might be wrong but previously when the gauge has said empty within minutes the bike has run out of gas which tells me ite pretty accurate.... but then to say 1/4 of a tank left and to take 6.9l to fill her seems odd....

what do you guys get km/l from your 4 stroke 250s?

Anyone got a 250 GSXR that can compare mileage?

[Blackshear]

Mine's pretty close to a 250 GSXR.
Gets about 13~L per 200k's, so 15km/L.
And I thought my bike was hungry :lol:

[MarkH]

Fuck - them toofiddies are thirsty! My 400 isn't a sports bike (or even close to one) but it varies from 22 to 28 kms per litre depending on how I ride it. It is also heavy (200KG dry) and has crappy aerodynamics (Givi screen is 150mm higher than the factory one and a bit wider too).

I suggest you guys get your full license and buy something 650cc - 1000cc because if you are going to get 11 to 15 kms per litre you might as well have a grunty bike!

[Katman]

Fuel guages on motorcycles are notoriously inaccurate.

Can't see the point of them myself.

[Ragingrob]

First thing I'd say is don't go from the fuel guage, judge the petrol level by the amount of k's.

[Blackshear]

First thing I'd say is don't go from the fuel guage, judge the petrol level by the amount of k's.

Tripometer gets much attention around the 160 mark :niceone:



Also, yes. I needs moar money to sit my restricted, and by the time 6 months rolls across, I can do defensive driving or whuteva that stuff is.

Then a nice 600 will do me :clap:

[Breed777]

First thing I'd say is don't go from the fuel guage, judge the petrol level by the amount of k's.

My gauge seems pretty accurate in that it says empty when it is empty.

[Harvd]

dont worry about the gauge, ride the bike lots and when it dies, flick to reserve, and see how far you went.

[6ft5]

So fill up your bike, set the tripmeter to 0, fill up a container with 5 ltr and ride until you run out of fuel. That will give you a good gauge on your max distance per tank

You could do the same when you start using reserve. Hey its a bike not a precision machine enjoy the ride rather than worry about fuel consumption.

[MarkH]

My gauge seems pretty accurate in that it says empty when it is empty.

It is often the way:
Gauge - Actual
Full - Full
1/2 - 1/3rd
Empty - Empty

If it was able to accurately tell you how many litres of fuel you had left then it would not be called a fuel gauge - it would be called a fuel meter!

I would definitely recommend resetting the trip meter on each fill-up. You will soon get to know how many more kms you can travel before the bike runs out of the go-juice. It is at least a good backup if your fuel gauge ever stops working (stuck float, broken wire, whatever). I learnt that one with my old car once.

[boman]

160 - 180km to reserve on 1995 250 Bandit VVT. 240 kms with about 1.5litres left 2008 Sv1000 (took 15.5 litres to fill 17 litre tank).

[davebullet]

A few things to check.
1. Are your brakes binding?
2. Is your clutch fully engaged?
3. Don't labour your engine.

11 k/l sounds like you have a leak or something.

Our VTR250 consistently gets between 27 - 32 km/l

[Tone165]

My hayabusa uses no fuel at all for the first 80-90 k...then it sucks the whole tank down in the next 80-100 k.

I reset the trip meter...160k and look for a servo if Im going hard. Have done 250 taking it easy.

Fuel Consumption was a lot better when it was standard...but I don't remember how many Ks in a tank.

My Dorta had a GSX250 (Across) for a while...it used to show empty after it had used only 6 litres. I do not know the (under the seat)tank size, but I doubt it was 6 ltrs!

[Rayray401]

Our VTR250 consistently gets between 27 - 32 km/l

Are you serious??????? 27 - 32?????????...i get like 24 out of my VTR ><

[cowpatz]

Fuel gauge! What luxury. I use the trip meter and reserve light.

[Brownstoo]

Fuel gauges are shit. Mine has no gauge or reserve light or anything to tell me to fill up.

Also the inline 4's like yo gixxer tend to be quite thirsty for their size from my experience and what I've heard, but they're sportsbikes so yeah...

[Blackshear]

Fuel gauge! What luxury. I use the trip meter and reserve light.

RESERVE LIGHT?! What is this luxury? :bleh:

[vindy500]

fuel gauge! What luxury. I use the trip meter and reserve light.

reserve light??????????

[Conquiztador]

With no working trip meter and no fuel gauge I have always relied on gut feeling. Tends to get me to fill up a little early. But so what?

Just been to Welly with my latest: K100. No adjustments or work on motor yet (she needs it!) and riding 120-150k/h I used 28l. Lets see, that makes... about 11 - 12k/litre. So I recon if I was easier on the throttle I would do better.

So as I have 750cc more then you I recon someone is siphoning your tank when you are not watching!

[xwhatsit]

So as I have 750cc more then you I recon someone is siphoning your tank when you are not watching!
No those transverse four 250s use extraordinary amounts of fuel. Not too bad when you consider they're making two-stroke levels of horsepower (the top ones made 45hp, which is more than a hotted-up RD250LC.

Consider also they nearly all use CV carbs and by this stage they're all a couple of decades old -- flogged out needles/emulsion tubes making them a bit rich and use a bit more fuel as well.

They pretty consistently suck down the juice like that.

Even the detuned nakeds, like the Hornet and the Bandit still have high fuel consumption, a little bit less but not by much.

[gatch]

On my first bike the fuel tap was poked and I didn't care enough to fix it, so fuel was on or off, if I ran out that was it, no res haha.

You soon learn to guage when you need to top up from odometer k's..

[Blackshear]

No those transverse four 250s use extraordinary amounts of fuel. Not too bad when you consider they're making two-stroke levels of horsepower (the top ones made 45hp, which is more than a hotted-up RD250LC.

Consider also they nearly all use CV carbs and by this stage they're all a couple of decades old -- flogged out needles/emulsion tubes making them a bit rich and use a bit more fuel as well.

They pretty consistently suck down the juice like that.

Even the detuned nakeds, like the Hornet and the Bandit still have high fuel consumption, a little bit less but not by much.

1990 - 45hp WHEN it came from the factory. Don't forget, even rolling down a hill with engine breaking, they're still suckin gas down like a thirsty thing.

I heard a story of a certain Diesel VW Golf that got 800k's on a full tank, wot costed him around $60 to fill up. That's 25% more economical than my bike.

[xwhatsit]

1990 - 45hp WHEN it came from the factory. Don't forget, even rolling down a hill with engine breaking, they're still suckin gas down like a thirsty thing.

I heard a story of a certain Diesel VW Golf that got 800k's on a full tank, wot costed him around $60 to fill up. That's 25% more economical than my bike.
Well it doesn't matter how much horsepower it has now, that's the horrible thing about old bikes... there's two line graphs that start from the moment they leave the factory. One is falling at a constant rate, that's your horsepower. The other one is rising at a constant rate, that's your fuel/oil consumption :blank:

[mossy1200]

Are you measuring in miles or smiles?
Turn the bonneville to reserve when it splutters.Thats about an hour and a half into the ride.:spanking:

[Boob Johnson]

Fuel gauge? Ha ha, never had one of them fancy things before! I always zero in the trip meter on every fill up & I leave the reserve on at all times.

18.66 litre tank & get around 240km's from it on a 97 ZX7R