Fuel mileage?

[Oldfulla]

I get around 200-230kms per tank, 17ltrs I think it is. 2005 zx6. Im a heavy bugger so Im picking the bike is working rather hard therefore not so great on gas.

[doc]

$90 of 96 does 800ks on the ZX14 (both mine or DMNTDs riding). So is a 23ltr tank that does easily 300ks with still some in reserve (not keen to run it dry just for the sake of the exercise of knowing exact milage).
Not sure what the $s per Km is, but pretty happy with it.
SV would do Tauranga to Dairy Flats, about 280ks, but I cant remember what size tank that is (about 18-20ltrs?) and that was just only hitting reserve so still had some juice in the tank.
Guess it all depends on how hard one twists the thottle, and if commuting etc, luggage, weight of rider and luggage, pillion? etc.

and the MV does ????? or it hurts too much to think about it ?

[gunrunner]

Have a Vmax havent done a MPG have been to scared but will let you know

[hayd3n]

all i know is it cost me 10 bucks to get to oamaru from dunedin so 22 ks a litre
oamaru is just over 100 ks from here

[gunrunner]

That's about 85mpg.
I just don't believe it - esp round town, stops and starts hot and cold idling etc etc.
None of the 50cc bikes I owned ever got close to that
and Suzuki advertise their scooters at 75mpg.

Take a lot of these figures with a grain of salt

maybe another one that thinks there is 10 litres to a gallon

[gunrunner]

I'd like to some day meet the idiot who invented that litres per hundred kilometres nonsense. Completely counterintuitive, ut humiliter opinor.

I second the motion

[xgnr]

I get 20-22 Km/l don't seem to matter open road or round town.

That's almost always 300km before the red light comes on and 400+km total in theory. (havn't run her dry... dont intend to... imagine 15 years of shit getting sucked up )

[rocketman1]

I get 18/km litre on a trip around the coro loop alot of 2nd gear stuff, so should do a bit better on a long run

[Blackshear]

14.1 km/l
15.2 km/l
10.2 km/l

1990 Bandit 250 =)

[The Stranger:Me]

I second the motion

I third it.

Blackbird=38mpg
Blackbird+K&N filter=43mpg
Blackbird+K&N+98=45mpg
Fazer with heaps of mods=40mpg
XT660=50mpg
XT660+DNA filter=55mpg

All figures are for city riding only.

[BASS-TREBLE]

05 GN250

Average with 75% at 100kph = 27km/l
Best 35ish km/l on the 250 taranaki ride, same pace as the slowish group
Worst about 18km/l , Thats classed as trying to be 'fast' on windy stuff

[Devil]

KTM 690sm - 22km/L. Commuting and open road riding.

[slofox]

2007 Suzuki SV650S - 21 - 23 km/l (55-60mpg) - depending on whether I ride it like a lunatic or like a little old lady.......

[rottiguy]

Is that US gallons ( 3.75 litres ) or Pommy gallons ( 4.25 litres ) does make a bit of difference I spose

I third it.

Blackbird=38mpg
Blackbird+K&N filter=43mpg
Blackbird+K&N+98=45mpg
Fazer with heaps of mods=40mpg
XT660=50mpg
XT660+DNA filter=55mpg

All figures are for city riding only.

[Badjelly]

Is that US gallons ( 3.75 litres ) or Pommy gallons ( 4.25 litres ) does make a bit of difference I spose

Quibble: a US gallon is 3.79 litres (close to 3.75) but an Imperial gallon is 4.55 litres (quite a lot more than the 4.25 you said). So yes, it does make quite a bit of difference, a factor of 1.20.

Simpler IMHO to forget the silly things and use km/l: 10 km/l = 23.5 mpg (US) = 28.2 mpg (UK). Or even 1/100 km: 10 km/l = 10 l/100 km (handy, eh?).