What kind of km/L do you get on your 250?

[Dean]

When i ride my bike for weekend fun i get about 190ks to a full tank, but when im riding TEC with a group of mature riders i get about 240ks bone dry.

[Seraph]

I think i must have the worst fuel usage here...twizel to tekapo = 15L
For everyone who doesnt know...its around 48km.
That's under 4km/L...3.2 to be correct.
Given i was racing a turbo suby back (no-one grill me, i'm not a learner rider and the cannel roads were empty.)
Can anyone guess what i was riding?? Ring-a-ding.ding..ding....ding.....

[awayatc]

you must be dead then.....coz we all know speed kills.

Oh,................. did you wave?

[malfunconz]

faster you go the quicker you get there

[malfunconz]

unless ya on a tractor ....

[Seraph]

you must be dead then.....coz we all know speed kills.

Oh,................. did you wave?

As he Left me in the dust? no.....
Theres no way I could have beaten a 4wd turbo on a road with so many straights and no 3rd gear on a bike set up to top out at 170

[gammaguy]

about 15 km/l on the TDR.

im cool with that.its the cheapest fun i have unless im naked

[xwhatsit]

about 15 km/l on the TDR.

im cool with that.its the cheapest fun i have unless im naked

That's about right, innit -- RZ250 YPVS motor, fairly reasonable!

I borrowed GiJoe1313's RZ for a wee while, gave me a right fright how the kms I could cover got less and less the more confident I got with the throttle

I just fitted a more open 2-into-1 pipe on my 250RS, fuel mileage has got better, gone up to 29km/L and sometimes 30km/L. Can't really explain that one. Presumably because it's made the midrange a lot better so I'm short shifting.

[Timmay]

I get between 19km/l hooning and 23.5km/l being gentle. its a 1996 Honda Hoenet 250 with 48,000 on the clock. I t seems to love 98 though,

[s_devo]

Well I discovered the limits of my tank including the reserve yesterday getting a glorious 403 km's from what is supposed to be an 18 liter tank. ~22.4km per litre. (On a GSX250 - City riding - mostly the daily commute to the city from Howick.)

Unfortunately for me I discovered this wonderful new knowledge on the Sylvia Park flyover, in the morning rush-hour traffic, and in the rain. I personally don't recommend it as it's a wee hike to the Caltex back and down below and my gloves are still to dry out.

Oh well...beats being on 4 wheels...how did I ever survive.

[Rosie]

The best I've had out of the sherpa was 35km/L (riding slowly on gravel), the worst is 19 km/L (on highways). It usually does around 24-29 km/L depending on the mix of gravel/off-road/highway I'm doing.

[Indiana_Jones]

About 18-20km/L on my old CBR250R

-Indy

[Hispid]

11.7k on my ninja.

[Indiana_Jones]

11.7k on my ninja.

per a Litre?

-Indy

[s_devo]

Well I discovered the limits of my tank including the reserve yesterday...

Here's what my father-inlaw in Canada had to say:

Every real bike rider runs out of gas in identical circumstances at some point- its a rite of passage, the secret handshake isn't far away now.
Dad

Hard case!

I don't know about the 2.5 litres of reserve I'm supposed to have as it states in the handbook as I'd turned that on at the lights at the bottom of the flyover. Must have damaged the tap it when I mushed the fuel cock in my wee spill at Pukekoe earlier in the year.

Ahhhh to have passed another rite of passage on two wheels.