How far will your bike go on a tank?

**VasalineWarrior** · 13th November 2005, 18:34

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

**What?** · 13th November 2005, 18:45

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** · 13th November 2005, 19:10

Originally Posted by heavenly.talker

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** · 13th November 2005, 19:16

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** · 13th November 2005, 19:34

Originally Posted by 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...

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

crash not included

**Grinner** · 13th November 2005, 19:35

Nice easy riding 240 ish untill reserve.

**DEATH_INC.** · 13th November 2005, 19:39

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!

Thank god for helpful farmers with spare fuel

**zadok** · 13th November 2005, 19:52

Approx 360km +

**rudolph** · 13th November 2005, 20:01

my 175 BSA Bantam dose 100 MPG on a

flat road

**Motu** · 13th November 2005, 20:11

Originally Posted by Ixion

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** · 13th November 2005, 21:38

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:Me** · 13th November 2005, 21:49

300k around town.
400k on a trip

**Ixion** · 13th November 2005, 21:56

Originally Posted by rudolph

my 175 BSA Bantam dose 100 MPG on a

flat road

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

**FlyingDutchMan** · 13th November 2005, 21:59

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.