Got my new bike today! WOOP WOOP!

[wanpo]

wow did you have it pinned in 4th all day ?? ( there are 2 more gears yaknow) on a bad day I am getting 200km on the main then as soon as I hit reserve i find the nearest gassy , the best i have had was 238km on main but that was brimmed to max.

seeing he just got it, I'm guessing it was mostly around suburbs riding, so it would have been low gear starting/stopping the whole way

[MikeD400]

wow did you have it pinned in 4th all day ?? ( there are 2 more gears yaknow) on a bad day I am getting 200km on the main then as soon as I hit reserve i find the nearest gassy , the best i have had was 238km on main but that was brimmed to max.

Lol nah but have to admit i have been giving it a bit of stick being my new toy and all also the dealer "filled" the tank prior to purchase to who knows how much went in there.

Shes choco now so see how this tank goes, like i say i put 13 liters in which filled it to the brim these have a 16l tank dont they? That would be quite a big reserve.

[MikeD400]

seeing he just got it, I'm guessing it was mostly around suburbs riding, so it would have been low gear starting/stopping the whole way

Naw I live in Pukekohe and work in Manukau so mostly motorway and today cruised threw Pukekawa to see mum and threw Onewhero to Port Waikato where reserve kicked in and had to head back to Tuakau fior gas was fun!

Missed my riding dearly! So any other Hornet 250 riders care to let us know what sort of k's you get from a tank?

Thanks for you numbers Mikey!

[gijoe1313]

My particular lil'ol'hornet gets 160km on the main before I have to flick to reserve for a top range of 240!

Mind you, if you are giving it the berries, I've had it flicked to reserve at 130! Though I have run out of gas around 220km once!

Riding conservatively ... 180km for a top range of 260km

[MikeD400]

My particular lil'ol'hornet gets 160km on the main before I have to flick to reserve for a top range of 240!

Oh ok, so the 155km i got on this first tank isnt abnormally low thats cool that was my main concern that maybe something was wrong and the bike is more thirsty than it should be, the curiosity came from my FZR400 getting 350 from a tank (18l).

[nzspokes]

155? I will beat you then. You will be stopping for gas all the time.

[MikeD400]

155? I will beat you then. You will be stopping for gas all the time.

Shush you all u ever do is compete! Dont worry if i stop for gas it'll give you and your motorised push bike a chance to catch up....

[nzmikey]

Shush you all u ever do is compete! Dont worry if i stop for gas it'll give you and your motorised push bike a chance to catch up....

on a big ride ( like today ) I look for a gassy around the 180-210km mark , we will have to catch up so we can storm Auckland with the 250's

[MikeD400]

on a big ride ( like today ) I look for a gassy around the 180-210km mark , we will have to catch up so we can storm Auckland with the 250's

Hells yeah! Yup me Nzspokes and his flatmate went for a cruise today the boys are still finding their feet so the Hornet got to relax so ive done 160km so far on this tank and stil seems alot of juice in there. Ill pootle to work tomorow and see how many ks i can get out of it.

[nzmikey]

Hells yeah! Yup me Nzspokes and his flatmate went for a cruise today the boys are still finding their feet so the Hornet got to relax so ive done 160km so far on this tank and stil seems alot of juice in there. Ill pootle to work tomorow and see how many ks i can get out of it.

Yeeeeaaaahhh so after riding up to Helena Bay Hill Cafe I ran out as i turned into the driveway there ( middle of fecking nowhere by the way ) I looked at the Tacho & it said 182km hrmmm bugger must had had it pinned for too long on the way up , never mind i will just flick reserve so i did , almost flattend the battery trying to pump the fuel through , long story short i made it back to karmo & filled up .....15.5L went in

** edit ** lol just remembered to flick the fuel tap back to main 20hrs late oh well never mind

[MikeD400]

Yeeeeaaaahhh so after riding up to Helena Bay Hill Cafe I ran out as i turned into the driveway there ( middle of fecking nowhere by the way ) I looked at the Tacho & it said 182km hrmmm bugger must had had it pinned for too long on the way up , never mind i will just flick reserve so i did , almost flattend the battery trying to pump the fuel through , long story short i made it back to karmo & filled up .....15.5L went in

** edit ** lol just remembered to flick the fuel tap back to main 20hrs late oh well never mind

Wow so you almost used the entire tank! Thats awesome lol, so hey biggest question here for me is how many k's did you do on the reserve? What was your trip meter at when u put the 15.5ltr in?

[MikeD400]

I got bang on 200ks when i pulled into a gap in the fast lane to split the slow car in front of me and main tank ran dry LOL i was like WOAH quick pulled back into my slow lane to switch to reserve guy behind was giving me the glare... My bad

So yeah pretty happy with that just need to figure out how far reserve can go now! Might carry a tank of gas to test it

WOOP WOOP GO THE HORNET!!!

[nzmikey]

Wow so you almost used the entire tank! Thats awesome lol, so hey biggest question here for me is how many k's did you do on the reserve? What was your trip meter at when u put the 15.5ltr in?

lol i actually did not look , filled up , laughed & left on to the next cafe . it was also not my usual ride , i spent alot of time sitting @ 120kph on sunday with a few quicker blips so it used alot more but i shall try again this weekend for ya

[EJK]

Great bike! Have fun

[nzspokes]

Next time we will have to get some pics of us riding. Happy to hit that road again.