GSX-R1000 fuel economy - I'm impressed

[jrandom]

I filled up the K2 yesterday after using up a tank around town, a bit of filtering through rush hour and a bit of time on the motorway, no open road riding.

268km on the trip meter, and it took 15.5L.

That's 17.3km/L, or 5.8L/100km.

Pretty impressive for a 140+hp machine. I must say, I expected far worse.

:2thumbsup

Of course, at less-moderate speeds on the usual closed private roads, that efficiency drops somewhat. But, still, it's nice to see that a 1000cc inline-four monster can be a reasonably efficient commuter if you treat it right.

[Cajun]

thats far better than my 600.

lowest i get is about 6.4l/100kms
fuel light comes on around 200kms, average, have to really think about it 220-230kms

[jrandom]

lowest i get is about 6.4l/100kms

You gotta plan, banana man, not use those fists of ham.

:p

[Cajun]

i lie looking back at some my milage reports i can get it down to 5.5l sorta thing but that is my communting to akl for work, so its 200kms sitting at 100-110 sorta thing.

normal around town is 6.5,

[bungbung]

Pretty impressive for a 140+hp machine. I must say, I expected far worse.

If you actually use your 140hp, you'll need more gas :Pokey:

[Mikkel]

Pretty impressive indeed... I get just about 22 km/L on my 45 hp 250cc :)

[jrandom]

If you actually use your 140hp, you'll need more gas :Pokey:

But of course.

I'm saying, it's impressive that Suzuki can make a 140hp engine that also works efficiently when you're only using a third of its ponies.

[MotoGirl]

But of course.

I'm saying, it's impressive that Suzuki can make a 140hp engine that also works efficiently when you're only using a third of its ponies.

Just imagine what it'd do with me on it then :Pokey:

[Roj]

My 79 CB does something similar, trouble is that technology should be better than that, it doesn't really seemed to have improved that much in the last 30 years, but I think the focus has been on power rather than economy...

[Chrislost]

But of course.

I'm saying, it's impressive that Suzuki can make a 140hp engine that also works efficiently when you're only using a third of its ponies.

gas in = horses out.

i think, otherwise somebody would make a engine that ran on rubbish and creates foward movement in the form of dreams.

[skelstar]

Wish I knew how much the Mille used but the friggin battery is shagged and the trip metre keeps reseting!

[jrandom]

gas in = horses out.

Incorrect.

Gas in = (horses out + waste heat + incompletely combusted hydrocarbons).

Getting the 'horses out' term of that equation as high as possible in relation to the other two across the entire range of an engine's operating conditions is the trick.

[kiwifruit]

what a nana!!!!!

[SPman]

All very well - but whats that economy in REAL figures - you know - m.p.g.!

[jrandom]

what a nana!!!!!

90 points on licence.

Broke.

Not my bike.

Nana good.

[jrandom]

All very well - but whats that economy in REAL figures - you know - m.p.g.!

40.

Google Calculator (http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&q=17.3+km+per+liter+in+mpg&btnG=Google+Search&meta=) is your friend.

[onearmedbandit]

Partial throttle means fuck all gas used, means good economy, makes perfect sense to me. However when you really open the taps and flog the thing for all it's worth then that's when it truely becomes a 150hp beast, and will use gas accordingly.

[crash99]

[QUOTE=jrandom;1284219]I
That's 17.3km/L, or 5.8L/100km.

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Yeah, I got about 35mpg or so over several tanks full on a recent trip - 100-130ish km/h. Not bad.

[Mikkel]

90 points on licence.

Broke.

Not my bike.

Nana good.

Ouch, now that has got to be good for your fuel consumption!

[Coyote]

Haven't worked out what my VFR does as the trip meter has lost it's reset switch

The ol' RG150 did 100km on $10, so that works out to under 10km/L. Plus oil. Anything from now on is going to seem economical to me

[HungusMaximist]

Hmm anybody know much about the fuel economy of the Suzuki SV's? Cheers.

[Shaun]

2 laps around the Isle of man TT course is 75 miles, ( Not sure how many K's)

one of these GSXR 1000's will do 2 laps with 18.7 litres put in the tank, and there will be 750mil left at the end of 2 laps at flat out riding.

I know the claim is 18ltr for a tank, but if you fill up slowly and burp the air out, you can get the extra fuel in the tank.

[jrandom]

2 laps around the Isle of man TT course... 18ltr...

That's 6.6km/L.

Only two and a half times less efficient than pootling through traffic, and still more fuel-efficient than my first car.

:D

Nice to hear the measurement from the other end of the efficiency spectrum Shaun!

[Cajun]

That's 6.6km/L.

Only two and a half times less efficient than pootling through traffic, and still more fuel-efficient than my first car.

:D

Nice to hear the measurement from the other end of the efficiency spectrum Shaun!

but it goes a wee tad faster than your first car, with more hp

[jrandom]

bit it goes a wee tad faster than your first car, with more hp

You're telling me a race prepped GSX-R1000 is faster than a 1963 Valiant?

Never!

[bungbung]

1963 Valiant for a first car? fantastic.
Pimply faced youth?

[jrandom]

1963 Valiant for a first car? fantastic.

Yes, that's what I thought at the time.


Pimply faced youth?

I was compensating.

[Mikkel]

That's 6.6km/L.

Only two and a half times less efficient than pootling through traffic, and still more fuel-efficient than my first car.

:D

Nice to hear the measurement from the other end of the efficiency spectrum Shaun!

Hmmm, if it's 2x75 miles... that's about 240 km. 240/18=13.33 km/L

;)

[jrandom]

You had an AP5?

Sure did, was waiting for someone to ID it. :D

The Regal sedan. Slant six 225, bench seats with fold-down arm rests, push-button TorqueFlite auto trans, trunk (on Chryslers it's a trunk, not a boot) big enough to fit two bodies in, etc.

Also, it liked to get sideways into roundabouts.

:love:

[jrandom]

Hmmm, if it's 2x75 miles...

Shaun said that two laps is 75 miles, which is what I was working from. You'd be doing pretty fucking well to get better than 13km/L from a 1000cc racebike at full chat!

[Mikkel]

Shaun said that two laps is 75 miles, which is what I was working from. You'd be doing pretty fucking well to get better than 13km/L from a 1000cc racebike at full chat!

True enough... brain lapse on my part! Must be time to leave work I reckon...

[jrandom]

Maaaaaaate...I had a convertable :eek: Got bored one day and hacked the fucker off,was mean as e hoa!

You jammy bastard, that would've been mint.

Got any photos of it?

[jeremyb]

But of course.

I'm saying, it's impressive that Suzuki can make a 140hp engine that also works efficiently when you're only using a third of its ponies.


Imagine how far it'll go on a tank of gas if you just use the starter motor!

[SPman]

Shaun said that two laps is 75 miles, which is what I was working from. You'd be doing pretty fucking well to get better than 13km/L from a 1000cc racebike at full chat!
Thats better consumption than an S2 Kawasaki with a pillion!

[homer]

just of interest to anyone

my bandit 1200 K3
it gets approx 270 km maybe nearer 280 km and you then have to turn on the reserve theres ment to be another 4.4 litres in the reserve
thats with mostly open road and little round town , Just a normal ride really bit of open throttle to.:niceone:

[VF AAR]

after discovering i had two petrol tank leaks, $20 to fill my tank with 98 lasts 210ish km while getting the occasional first gear ring out. so thats mint

[bully]

07 r1. 208kms, then reserve light on. moderate highway and back road riding.

[riffer]

While we're talking about it, my RF gets 145 MILES for $27 of 96 octane.

That's about 14km/litre, or 33MPG.


Or three trips to work and back - Upper Hutt over Haywards round the inlet road (Grays Rd) to Plimmerton, and down SH1 to Tawa.

Before I replaced the chain recently, I only got 125 MILES... :(

[boomer]

every time i went out on my 600 i used a hell of a lot more gas than the seven fiddies and thous did. All part of the logic for an upgrade. :woohoo:

i've checked my mileage once on a run down south, at 17.6/L

[banditrider]

every time i went out on my 600 i used a hell of a lot more gas than the seven fiddies and thous did. All part of the logic for an upgrade. :woohoo:

i've checked my mileage once on a run down south, at 17.6/L

Exactly! On the 2005 Southern Cross my mates GSX750F used about 24L more fuel than my K2 Bandit for the 5,560km we travelled.

Now he has a Bandit and I'm on the 14. He generally does a little bit better but I think that the bike's now run in (6,300k's) as it's getting a lot better economy - best so far is 5.45L/100km but generally in the high 5's. The Bandit has about a 70kg weight advantage though.

It's all about how hard the bike is working.

[jade]

I can get thru a full tank on my bike in 90 km's if I go hard enough..
But can also get 200 plus If i follow the speed limit

[MacD]

Fourteen months of records for my Bandit 1200K1 gives an average of 16.5km/l or 46.4mpg.

My RF900 was fairly similar.

[Sollyboy]

If you actually use your 140hp, you'll need more gas :Pokey:

Yeah its about 600ml every minute when fully open

[EJK]

Scorpio does 3L/100km, thats not too bad for a thousand cc bike! :gob: