NZers swapping cars for bikes

[Fast Eddie]

Plug could have been changed....
Or, the bike was just somebody's toy... You don't have to race a bike to put Ohlins suspension on it....

yea and you dont need ohlins and yoshi triple clamp to have a racebike

[Berries]

Nah, fuck them. Scooters take up most of the bike parking anyway.

[mossy1200]

Well i ran outa petrol on the MT01 with the trailer on the back while on tour so i know my bike only get 39.2km once reserve light comes on.
It holds 14 litres from empty to full and im talking push your bike empty.1km is distance pushed with trailer and angry wife following.
A guy in Oamaru asked what i was doing.I told him I was taking it for a walk

250km per tank at 14 litres

so that 5.6litres per 100km with trailer and passenger at 100km per hour .Not bad for 1670cc twin but i guess im only doing 2200 rpm.

[ducatilover]

14L tank on a giant twin? My overweight ancient 600 has an 18L tank!

[quickbuck]

14L tank on a giant twin? My overweight ancient 600 has an 18L tank!

Seems to be the way of it these days.
VFR1200 has a 14 litre tank, where the 800 has had a 22 litre since 1997.

Must be some legislation somewhere in the world ehat says you can't carry more than 15 litres of fuel on your motorcycle....
OR, it is to keep the wet weight down...
Or, cuts down the time the rider can spend in the seat in one stint.

[riffer]

Some of you guys mileages are rotten.

I'm getting 50mpg easily on my Bandit. And I don't nana it. However when I give it the berries it can go down to about 36mpg.

[quickbuck]

Some of you guys mileages are rotten.

To be fair, the Ninja's throttle doesn't spend much time when it isn't at the throttle stop.....

[oldrider]

Real Triumph Tigers (955i) have a 24 litre tank ... you can ride to where you are going without all this damn stopping!

(Unfortunately chronic AGE cancels all that advantage, cos you just gotta go wee's all the time!)

[Ocean1]

To be fair, the Ninja's throttle doesn't spend much time when it isn't at the throttle stop.....

I had a bike like that once...

[MSTRS:Me]

Some of you guys mileages are rotten.

I'll say. My SRAD apparently has a 20 liter tank, giving a range of around 250kms plus 30-odd in reserve.

[mossy1200]

14L tank on a giant twin? My overweight ancient 600 has an 18L tank!

To be fair 14litres 2 up and towing 250km isnt a bad effort idd say distance per tank is more important than litres.
I had a SP1 at 19 litres that couldnt make it from Welly to Manfeild on a tank.Needed filling at Foxton.Thats only 120km i think.

[ducatilover]

Seems to be the way of it these days.
VFR1200 has a 14 litre tank, where the 800 has had a 22 litre since 1997.

Must be some legislation somewhere in the world ehat says you can't carry more than 15 litres of fuel on your motorcycle....
OR, it is to keep the wet weight down...
Or, cuts down the time the rider can spend in the seat in one stint.

22L would do the job. I think the BlackBird had a bigger tank range than the new VFR12 didn't it?
Could be to do with less time in the saddle I'd say.

To be fair 14litres 2 up and towing 250km isnt a bad effort idd say distance per tank is more important than litres.
I had a SP1 at 19 litres that couldnt make it from Welly to Manfeild on a tank.Needed filling at Foxton.Thats only 120km i think.

That's pretty good then.
The SP-1 are known to be a tiny bit on the thirsty side...

[Swoop]

Whats the problem with cities full of scooters? apart from wet winters?

Nothing wrong with wet winters. Less bikes on the road but you still get to work in the same amount of time and DRIER than taking the car!