Saving on fuel is really no excuse for the missus! What fuel economy do you get?

**racefactory** · 5th August 2010, 19:28

Who else agrees that most bike's fuel economy is pretty appalling for how light they are.

I am still astounded at the fuel economy of my 02 GSXR750. Even without gassing it (how can you with speed limits anyway), it is worse than my Nissan wingroad wagon on fuel. about 6.8l/100km with a mix of motorway and 60k zones.

250's and 400's were not that much better too...

What fuel economy do you guys get for which bikes?

**v8s&2wheels** · 5th August 2010, 19:58

I had a '90 zxr250 which worked out at about 4.5-5L per 100km.

Then a '00 zx6r which worked out at about 6.5L per 100km.

Now i have a '07 gsxr1000 which works out to be 6.5-7L per 100km.

Those are good figures in my eyes. a zxr250 would do 0-100 in about 6.5 seconds from memory. Find me a car that will do that 0-100 and give you 5L per 100km.

Same thing for the other 2 bikes.

I dont know of any car that will do 0-100 in under 3 seconds and return you 6.5L per 100km.

My v8 is about 16L per 100km around town and that will only do a 0-100 in about 5.5 seconds. Open road i get 10L per 100km.

Cost me $115 from napier-wellington-napier last week. I hazard a guess it would cost about $60-$65 on my thou.

**v8s&2wheels** · 5th August 2010, 20:01

Originally Posted by trademe900

Who else agrees that most bike's fuel economy is pretty appalling for the small engines and how light they are.

Re-reading your post, I feel your missing the point of fuel economy on the bikes, yes your bike is only 750cc, but its tuned to ring its nuts out and make as much power as possible. a 750cc car engine is tuned to be driven around the city and would probably only make around 50-60% of the maximum power that your bike would.

**racefactory** · 5th August 2010, 20:02

Exactly... even for cruising the figures are not very good at all if you consider the weight of these things.

If you are really going 3 seconds to 100kmh then the fuel economy is going to be light years more than 6.5l/100km I think, quite near to performance cars?

Single cylinder bikes are pretty decent on fuel though I must admit!

Not that I care about fuel economy for my bikes... it's just interesting!

**jonbuoy** · 5th August 2010, 20:21

Horsepower comes from burning fuel, bikes weigh less than a car but are less aerodynamic. Sports bike will not give you fuel economy, a commuter will.

**rustic101** · 5th August 2010, 20:25

is savings in time and space, i.e the time it takes to get from A to B, then parking at B

**Old Steve** · 5th August 2010, 20:28

Hyosung GV250, about 3.2L/100km (30 to 35 km/L) mix of city commuting and weekend rides.

I usually top up on my way to my Sunday ride and put between 9 and 12 L in, I'm doing 300 to 370 km per week depending on the length of the weekend run and the weather. On a run I try to cruise at 110 km/hr, do tend to drop back so push up to 120 km/hr to catch up.

MY wife is quite happy with the fuel economy of my bike (wonder how she'll view my desire to move to a bigger noise once I get my 6F in 3 - 4 months).

**CHR1S** · 5th August 2010, 20:30

The worst I can seem to get out of a 120 odd hp K7 SV thou is about 9l-100km...

The worst I can seem to get out of a 480 odd hp cammed HSV Maloo is about 60l -100km...

I don't think the ol bike's too bad! It comes down to what the engine designer set out to do, economy vs power.

**porky** · 5th August 2010, 20:48

the vtx 1800 tips the scales at a little over 300kgs and im averaging 7 lts per 100km so im happy as a pig in shit.

**yachtie10** · 5th August 2010, 21:06

I love how you guys are comparing your bikes to V8s
dont see the relevance
my 1250 is modern engine tuned for all round performance and touring and gives a fuel economy less than a 1300 cc car which has a hell of a lot more wieght and friction to overcome
its fuel injected so I dont see why if ridden moderately I shouldnt get more economy than the car ( yes if I ride hard it will be a lot worse)

high end sportsbikes are one thing but Im not sure why less extreme bikes have to be so thirsty

**ducatilover** · 5th August 2010, 21:07

Originally Posted by CHR1S

The worst I can seem to get out of a 120 odd hp K7 SV thou is about 9l-100km...

The worst I can seem to get out of a 480 odd hp cammed HSV Maloo is about 60l -100km...

I don't think the ol bike's too bad! It comes down to what the engine designer set out to do, economy vs power.

I imagine the Maloo can do worse than that, I have quite fond memories of the trip computer in a VS V8 Berlina reading 99L/100km whilst attempting to hit 210km/h, gutless pile of shit it was.

My cute little V8 does about a million liters per meter, but, who cares? The BROS650 did around 7-8, but, I was a know on that and my Spada ranged between 3.7 at it's best nana state and 4.8 with 5% nitro in the tank and me, yet again, being a knob.

**dogsnbikes** · 5th August 2010, 21:07

Well the trumpy is about 6.5l/100k or $wise it just cost me $50 for a return trip from Wanganui to Wgtn....

I dont care about the gas I use.. and the Missus dont care either as long as I'm happy...its all good

**ducatilover** · 5th August 2010, 21:08

Originally Posted by yachtie10

I love how you guys are comparing your bikes to V8s
dont see the relevance

It's to wag our winkies because we have a V8 and a bike kind of thing.

**dogsnbikes** · 5th August 2010, 21:14

Originally Posted by ducatilover

It's to wag our winkies because we have a V8 and a bike kind of thing.

Nothing wrong with a good V8 my last one use to cost me $160 ea way between Opotiki and Aklds North shore and that was 18 years ago ... but it sure could chew up the chook-cookers then