How far will your bike go on a tank?

[XTC]

How far will your bike go on a tank before reserve??

My XT600E would only do 200 before reserve.

[Jonty]

How far will your bike go on a tank before reserve??

My XT600E would only do 200 before reserve.

Really depends on how you ride it. Takin it easy on the highway about 230ish

[marty]

i'll get 275 miles at cruising speed using THIS tank, but it will use about 500 gallons of jet a2

[marty]

that's 0.6 miles per gallon....... :)

[marty]

yeah, well if i put my bike on the tank (like the title says - How far will your bike go on a tank? ) that's how far it will go. Pillock :)

[SPman]

K4 - about 220k afore the little light comes on - but 270 and still gas in there....

[gamgee]

for the gpx about 200km at a guess seeing as i just got it yesterday it's hard to know
for the vt250f about 170km it's got a smaller tank though (14l)

[Leong]

I got about 320 at the start before I found the other side of 7000rpm, now getting about 280km

[onearmedbandit]

Open road fastish riding gets me about 200km.

Marty, obviously someone deleted their post or you're hearing voices in your head again...

[SARGE]

depends on which fuel i use and how i ride..

on my homebrew (60/40 BP98 / Elf Fast Burn and Elf Octane boost..) i get about 300 / tank when im riding with some restraint (BWAHAHAHAH...)on straight BP 98 i get 275 to reserve and on shit Shell 91 i get about 240 to reserve

giving it death.. subtract 70-90 km/ tank

[myvice]

Bike slides for about 200 meters on its tank befor it goes across a ditch then on to a reserve depending on the speed I fell off at and the type of roading surface.

[Teflon]

130 to 150kms

[Toast]

2002 ZX6R...

Nearly 300km before reserve at super-ultra-nana pace...

A reliable 260km with mix of commuting and brisk riding, much of it in top gear, seeing x00km/h on occasion.

Going fairly hard on the track, 130km sees it sputter to a stop unless you reach down quick enough to change to reserve.

[Jackrat]

Got 230 before I found a gas station,,,,I have no reserve on the Z because somebody in some shop rooted it somehow.This was when the previous owner had it and I'll fix it when I get round to it.
The XS gets 250 to reserve and I belive about another 25-30 after that.

[Ixion]

Grumble grumble. The piss poor range of most bikes nowdays is one of my pet grumbles.

Very few can do more than 300km before reserve. Which is actually WORSE than the 200 - 250 miles on Briddish iron donkey's years ago.

Despite the fact that with modern design and some sensible restyling the designers could easily give us 10 gallon tanks. And all the advances in engine design , we still don't see more than 40 or 50 mpg from big bikes. Should be 100 mpg at least. Then we'd have a usefully decent fuel range. 'Tis a pain constantly having to stop for fuel just as one is getting into the swing of things.

[Motu]

My XT used to get 220km with the standard tank,with the Acerbis I've gone 360km without going to reserve,kinda scary pushing it to reserve if stations aren't around.Today was only the 2nd time I've gone to reserve on the DT230,looks like it's 165km,with 2 litres in reserve,I hope.But that's mostly on gravel,maybe 180km cruising on seal?

[gamgee]

Grumble grumble. The piss poor range of most bikes nowdays is one of my pet grumbles.

Very few can do more than 300km before reserve. Which is actually WORSE than the 200 - 250 miles on Briddish iron donkey's years ago.

Despite the fact that with modern design and some sensible restyling the designers could easily give us 10 gallon tanks. And all the advances in engine design , we still don't see more than 40 or 50 mpg from big bikes. Should be 100 mpg at least. Then we'd have a usefully decent fuel range. 'Tis a pain constantly having to stop for fuel just as one is getting into the swing of things.

get a scooter and turn the under seat storage into a reserve fuel tank, then you'll get around 70km for every $5 spent, should be able to fit about 15l of fuel in a tank in there, so then you should be able to get about 420km to a "tank" and then if you put yet another 10L tank on the gap between your legs you'll be able to add roughly 230km to your 420, to get 650km off your three tank scooter, of course the bloody thing probably won't go over 40 up hills cause it's carrying so much weight in petrol, and you'll look like a dick filling up your three petrol tanks, and you'll lose that underseat space where you used to put you're lunch, but at least you'll get 650km from a tank

[XTC]

My XT with the tour tank and the std will now do 350 before reserve. Much better. Can get to work and back 3 days on that.

[XTC]

130 to 150kms
Bloody Hell! You must really have to plan your trips.

[SARGE]

get a scooter....*snip*...and you'll look like a dick


YUP... my thoughts exactly

[marty]

Open road fastish riding gets me about 200km.

Marty, obviously someone deleted their post or you're hearing voices in your head again...


attachment added - here's me being a funny cunt and forgetting the punchline :doh:

[TwoSeven]

How far will your bike go on a tank before reserve??

My XT600E would only do 200 before reserve.

It depends on the tank. A challenger II will get you at least 500miles :)

[Hitcher]

Between 425 and 450km to "reserve" and then another 75km until empty.

Still no takers for a one-fuel-stop "race" from Wellington to Auckland?

[Magua]

Best I got was 150kms including reserve on my fzr. :blink:
That thing had worse economy than my car, and the engine was 6.4 x smaller than that of my car.

[2much]

I've had anything from 160-220k's to reserve depending on riding. That's 15 litres down, 3 to go.

Oh, and using 96 or 98, wouldn't touch that 91 crap.

[Toast]

130 to 150kms

You sure it's not leaking or something...

then again, maybe if you turned it off when everyone else stopped you might use a bit less :niceone: Is the bike starting better now?

[heavenly.talker]

Not quite sure as I just got the bike.
Let me tell you though...yesterday it was about 5km's not far enough!

*blushing* when I picked up the bike on Thursday afternoon Mike said "I've put a full tank of gas in for you girl* yay! I thought to myself, I took a long ride Thursday night and went to Warkworth yesterday. I had just finished impressing hubby with my cornering when putt, putt, putt, slowing down...
I lent down to switch to reserve...uh oh...it was already on reserve! Boys at bike shop must have played a trick :-( I never thought to check it was not on reserve as I thought the bike shop would have done that!

Lesson learnt! I will never make this assumption ever again.

Hubby was not impressed and had to ride into Warkworth to get me some gas. Lovely hubby!

So it seems it only went 200kms on the tank, however...I'm not how full a full tank of gas meant, so I will wait until I have completed another tank before I can be certain. (I certainly hope its more than 200 km's...it looks about to be a 13-15 litre tank).

[trumpy]

On my Speed Four I get about 230km before the reserve light comes on and then about 65ks before dry........but that may be because I ride like a girl's blouse........:ride:

[Beemer]

The Goose hits reserve at 269 but I expect that to get a bit better now it's run in properly. The Beemer doesn't have a reserve, but the fuel light comes on at about 350 from memory.

The RG150 I had used to do 225 to start with, but once I started ringing its neck, it only did about 165!

[marty]

i reckon the busa would get 350 out of a tank - it does 260 easy with a fair bit of fanging.

[marty]

Not quite sure as I just got the bike.
Let me tell you though...yesterday it was about 5km's not far enough!

*blushing* when I picked up the bike on Thursday afternoon Mike said "I've put a full tank of gas in for you girl* yay! I thought to myself, I took a long ride Thursday night and went to Warkworth yesterday. I had just finished impressing hubby with my cornering when putt, putt, putt, slowing down...
I lent down to switch to reserve...uh oh...it was already on reserve! Boys at bike shop must have played a trick :-( I never thought to check it was not on reserve as I thought the bike shop would have done that!

Lesson learnt! I will never make this assumption ever again.

Hubby was not impressed and had to ride into Warkworth to get me some gas. Lovely hubby!

So it seems it only went 200kms on the tank, however...I'm not how full a full tank of gas meant, so I will wait until I have completed another tank before I can be certain. (I certainly hope its more than 200 km's...it looks about to be a 13-15 litre tank).

i would have been ringing the bike shop for some road-side gas - not switching back to the main tank is pretty amateur

[marty]

Open road fastish riding gets me about 200km.

Marty, obviously someone deleted their post or you're hearing voices in your head again...

yeah - XTC deleted his post. sort of lost it's punchline (for the second time now!!)

[bane]

:blink:
Between 425 and 450km to "reserve" and then another 75km until empty.


how big is that tank Hitcher? :eek5:

[bane]

FXR150: around 240km (on 10L!)

GSXF: around 250km (on 15L)

pushbike: around 100m before something runs out of fuel :whistle:

[cowboyz]

my bike has a fuel gauge YAY!!

However from full to 1/2 is about 160k. Then from 1/2 to E is about 80k That makes about 240 so not too bad by the look of it. I was expecting it to go a bit further on a tank but it is what it is. All open road riding usually sitting on 120-140k with the odd zip to 180 when I wake up late for work.

[shcabbeh]

I only get like, 140km from top to bottom. I'm not sure if that's normal for '88 Gixxers but it sucks either way. :(

[kro]

450km on an XR650, I shit you not.

[juzzer]

140 - 160km...bloody Honda's...

[Matt Bleck]

I'm only getting 200-240km's, depends on how hard it gets pushed.....

[XTC]

yeah - XTC deleted his post. sort of lost it's punchline (for the second time now!!)
Yeah sorry marty - Was just me being childish anyway so got rid of it.

[Hitcher]

how big is that tank Hitcher?
A mere 29 litres...

[miSTa]

Tend to average 320 - 340 to reserve with a theoretical maximum range of 420km. Though once I managed 360 to reserve - had a tailwind from chch to dunedin.

[Teflon]

You sure it's not leaking or something...

then again, maybe if you turned it off when everyone else stopped you might use a bit less :niceone: Is the bike starting better now?

Nope, small tank, plus being geared down doesn't help.

Starting prob is fixed.

[Zed]

My bike has a 24ltr tank which takes me an average of 250kms before the reserve light comes on, and that is not at Nana pace either. The most I've ever had out of a tank is 280kms, not sure what I did right there though...:blink:

[T.W.R]

Ashburton through to Wanganui which is 653km on the ZXR, left Ashburton with full tank (18lt) put the equivalent of another tankful through the bike during the trip & managed 2 days running around wangazs before having to turn the reserve on. on the trip up averaged 120kmh so that works out at roughly 19.4km/l and it wasn't a slow trip, wellington ferry terminal to Anzac parade (wangaz) in under 2hrs.

[VasalineWarrior]

200 if your thrashing it, 230 if taking it easy on the highway

[What?]

F650GS hits reserve at about 300K (13 litres) and has 4 more litres in reserve.
CB1100 casually sips its 16 litre main in about 180 - 190Km, then also 4 in reserve.
CR250 Elsinore has a prodigious thirst...

[SARGE]

when I picked up the bike on Thursday afternoon Mike said "I've put a full tank of gas in for you girl* y
I lent down to switch to reserve...uh oh...it was already on reserve! Boys at bike shop must have played a trick :-( I never thought to check it was not on reserve as I thought the bike shop would have done that!
).



he did fill it up...


right after he washed it ...

[crash harry]

The CBR is about 230-240km on a tank no matter how hard I fang it.

The 9R used to do up to 270km (well, it did once) before reserve, but since I dropped the gearing (1 tooth down on the front 2 up on the rear) I can only get about 220km. Much less if I give it some welly...

Not that I'm complaining though... the torque is worth it...

[ducatilover]

The CBR is about 230-240km on a tank no matter how hard I fang it.

The 9R used to do up to 270km (well, it did once) before reserve, but since I dropped the gearing (1 tooth down on the front 2 up on the rear) I can only get about 220km. Much less if I give it some welly...

Not that I'm complaining though... the torque is worth it...
my bros [now buggered and under repair] got 180 km granny riding it at 80-90 kmh and it gets 140 riding like i do:yes: crash not included

[Grinner]

Nice easy riding 240 ish untill reserve.

[DEATH_INC.]

The 7 fiddy does 200k cruising,150ish if giving it shit....
The ZX12 when I had it would nearly consume a tank(the light would come on) from south aucks to wellsford up 16 if I gave it shit (dunno how far that is?)
The champ is the turbo though,a full tank(about 19l) from south auck (papatoetoe) to HALFWAY to wellsford! :blink: Thank god for helpful farmers with spare fuel:2thumbsup

[zadok]

Approx 360km +

[rudolph]

my 175 BSA Bantam dose 100 MPG on a:banana: flat road

[Motu]

Despite the fact that with modern design and some sensible restyling the designers could easily give us 10 gallon tanks. And all the advances in engine design , we still don't see more than 40 or 50 mpg from big bikes. Should be 100 mpg at least. Then we'd have a usefully decent fuel range. 'Tis a pain constantly having to stop for fuel just as one is getting into the swing of things.

It's a puzzle alright....how come those inefficient old British twins could easily do 100mpg? My Triton had all the go gear,and would get me the 52 miles as it was then to Welsford on half a gallon.We've gone a hell of a long way in engine design since then....backwards!

[sefer]

250K or just under/over and I'm pushing it to the gas station...
(first time I discovered there were no straws in my tap, thus no reserve, second time I was running it empty to see how much reserve I now have after putting straws in..honestly :) )

Just filled up with 95, so I'll see if I get any better mileage.

[The Stranger]

300k around town.
400k on a trip

[Ixion]

my 175 BSA Bantam dose 100 MPG on a:banana: flat road

The 175 always was a thirsty beast compared with the 125.

[FlyingDutchMan]

Man oh man... My bike can do 25 km/l with a tail wind @ 110km/h, but generally it does 20km/l. Dunno what it is till reserve though - the fuel tap only has one setting - on, on or on. 280 km before it dies.

[zooter]

Gsx1100g. 16.5km/l =264k's to reserve, ~ 330ks on the whole 20 litre tank.
vespa 150 165ks to reserve and supposedly a litre left to go another 25ks.

[Toast]

It's a puzzle alright....how come those inefficient old British twins could easily do 100mpg? My Triton had all the go gear,and would get me the 52 miles as it was then to Welsford on half a gallon.We've gone a hell of a long way in engine design since then....backwards!

Amen to that...current design is simply incompetent rubbish...the old boys of the Motherland could have gotten 180hp/litre from an engine and get 50mpg IF they wanted to...but they knew better than those half witted Nippon chaps...20hp/litre was just more sensible, and in line with the skyrocketing petrol prices of the time, not like today, gosh no...

[takarada]

around town my scooter gets about 350km per tank full (about 15 liters) or about 450km out of town crusing at 100 to 110 km/h.

does not have a reserve but the digital display warns you of the expected time till the bike dies.

[Motu]

Amen to that...current design is simply incompetent rubbish...the old boys of the Motherland could have gotten 180hp/litre from an engine and get 50mpg IF they wanted to...but they knew better than those half witted Nippon chaps...20hp/litre was just more sensible, and in line with the skyrocketing petrol prices of the time, not like today, gosh no...

Cars have damn near doubled in HP since the sixties,and improved in fuel ecconomy,why not bikes?

[NordieBoy]

20Km/L on the Nordie with a 10L tank and the Spitfire bar mounted screen.
15Km/L without the screen.
This is on 91.

Dunno what the XR250 gets on it's 8L tank but I do have a 21L tank for it if needed :D

[clint640]

Cars have damn near doubled in HP since the sixties,and improved in fuel ecconomy,why not bikes?

Yeah, but them gallons was much bigger back in those days...:yes:

The 640 is good for 200+ to res on the standard 12L tank, as long as I'm not chasing sprotbikes. I haven't managed to hit reserve on the big 20L tank yet but it should be good for 400+km to empty.

Cheers
Clint

[Lou Girardin]

Amen to that...current design is simply incompetent rubbish...the old boys of the Motherland could have gotten 180hp/litre from an engine and get 50mpg IF they wanted to...

Of course they could.
850 Commandos used to grenade themselves at, what? 50hp per litre?

[R1madness]

Depends how i am riding. If crusing i will see 265k per tank 2up or 275k solo but if hammering i will only get 145k per tank but thats on the limit and on tight twisty 2nd and 3rd gear roads like the Akaroa GP er sorry highway haha

[bane]

It's a puzzle alright....how come those inefficient old British twins could easily do 100mpg? My Triton had all the go gear,and would get me the 52 miles as it was then to Welsford on half a gallon.

yes, but the british twins also got around 100mpg of oil...

[The_Dover]

We talkin' Challenger or M! Abrahms?

[Bonez]

Cb750fc2 gets 280-320kms on the main depending on type of riding. GB400 300-320kms. CB550FA 220km. GSX750EZ 280kms. They're all older than 15 years old so cannot even be remotely considered "modern".

[sels1]

I used to fill the BMW F650 up at 200K - never tested the reserve.
The Tiger is good for around 400+K and is has both fuel gauge and warning light - luxury!

[Korumba]

I did 240km before the reserve lights started flashing on one of Yoshi's Slow/Medium rides and got 300km yesterday without hitting reserve on the way back from BBTs.

[Biff]

300+ on the Biffbird. At a fast cruising kinda pace.

Now piss off Hitcher with your mobile gas station. I have the biggest penis - ok!?

[Hitcher]

300+ on the Biffbird. At a fast cruising kinda pace.

Now piss off Hitcher with your mobile gas station. I have the biggest penis - ok!?
Let's make that a one-fuel-stop "race" from Wellington to Whangarei then...

[Biff]

Let's make that a one-fuel-stop "race" from Wellington to Whangarei then...

Wooohooo - a penis race. :blink:

[Hitcher]

Wooohooo - a penis race. :blink:
And no Viagra...

[phaedrus]

I get about 300K before the guage says empty. But I have pushed 400 without running dry, and I have a guestimation of 430

[What?]

Cars have damn near doubled in HP since the sixties,and improved in fuel ecconomy,why not bikes?
Not so simple, really. On the whole, bikes do put out a heap more horsepower for a given displacement than those of 40 years ago, but aerodynamics (on unfaired bikes) remain constant. Most of your fuel is going in to defeating air resistance. Take the fairing off a Busa or Blackbird and see what happens to the fuel consumption. Now compare an '05 Commodore's airflow characteristics to an A40 Devon...

[fishb8nz]

Usually do approx 280 km/week for about 7 litres. This week on a slow (even by GN125 standards) did 348 km for 7.71L, which equates to 45.16 km/litre or 127.7 mpg. 10.3 litr tank would give a theoretical 450 km but 380 for normal commuting. That's cheap commuting.

[marty]

Usually do approx 280 km/week for about 7 litres. This week on a slow (even by GN125 standards) did 348 km for 7.71L, which equates to 45.16 km/litre or 127.7 mpg. 10.3 litr tank would give a theoretical 450 km but 380 for normal commuting. That's cheap commuting.

fcukin hell!

[marty]

We talkin' Challenger or M! Abrahms?

the 70 tonne M1 for me

[tracyprier]

Doing the weekly commute and weekend fun stuff mine does 410 on 95.
That's about 40 more than what it was before I removed the catalytic converter element... bloody California emmission regs :(

[carver]

my dt 175 will do 153 km to 8.5 lt
which is approx 18 km a lt, with my usual thrashing
and 200 km to 1/2 a lt of stroker oil
its a pain, because the range is shit, anyone know where can get a tank from?
carver

[jeremysprite]

has done about 285 so far, on this tank, just on the edge of the red empty zone, then i'll turn it onto reserve for another 60k or so. and i thrash my bike a lot :nono:

[Monsterbishi]

Managed a new best fuel economy on the YZF750R this week, 174k's before the fuel light came on...

[Motu]

Not so simple, really. On the whole, bikes do put out a heap more horsepower for a given displacement than those of 40 years ago, but aerodynamics (on unfaired bikes) remain constant. Most of your fuel is going in to defeating air resistance. Take the fairing off a Busa or Blackbird and see what happens to the fuel consumption. Now compare an '05 Commodore's airflow characteristics to an A40 Devon...

But around town? Aerodynamics don't come into it.My XLV750 had about the same HP per cc as my 650 Triumph,both twins,but it only got half the mileage,something is wrong as far as I'm concerned.97.5% of riders haven't experianced a 100mpg bike that can cruise at 130kph and give those figures,they think half that is pretty damn good....well I don't.

[What?]

Hmmmmmmm, got me there, Motu. My Daytona managed about 65mpg, more if I had to push it some of the way...

[XTC]

I have the biggest penis - ok!?
You better spit that penis out then the owner might want it back!

[2wheels in Red Beach]

I get about 230 before I hit reserve. 200k's of that is commuting about 80k's of that spent in 3rd or 4th gear lane splitting.....

cost $18 for 230k's.

[Ixion]

But around town? Aerodynamics don't come into it.My XLV750 had about the same HP per cc as my 650 Triumph,both twins,but it only got half the mileage,something is wrong as far as I'm concerned.97.5% of riders haven't experianced a 100mpg bike that can cruise at 130kph and give those figures,they think half that is pretty damn good....well I don't.

Hm. My experience is that on a four stroke twin, twin carbs would give a very small extra usable power boost, at the expense of a very large increase in fuel consumption. My Speed Twin would easily do 100mpg, which compares interestingly with Mr What's (admittedly more powerful) Daytona.

So if twin carbs mean a small increase in power and a big increase in consumption, what will 4 carbs do I wonder.

Obviously, valve sizes and timing come into this too. I suspect modern bikes have these on the raw edge, to extract as much hp as possible, at the expense of very poor fuel economy.

Basically, once fuel consumption was an important factor in consideration of a new mount, top speed less important, so long as it was adequate. An extra 10mph at 100+mph was not considered a very useful benefit and not worth sacrificing 30mpg for . Nowdays top speed is everything, the only consideration. Manufacturers design accordingly. It is all part of the philosophy of racing bikes on the road, as opposed to practical transport.

[Mattyc]

on the ZX9r i get about 300kms commuting, on about 14l , a bit less if i pull wheelies / try to replicate the miss in 5th at 11,500