SV1000S .. I must be a soft cock

[homer]

As you say mate "within reason" chuck all the fuel in you like but if nothing is done to the airbox and exhaust you achieve absolutly nothing.Likewise the claims from some exhaust makers is absurd as in "simply bolt this on and blah blah blah hp increase"without attending to the other end its rubbish,only a very small increase will be made,cause im a sad old bugger with two much time on my hands and a Yosh ecu adjuster ive spent hours mucking about....the yosh box is a fairly basic thing and its all seat of the pants stuff but cans/full system/filters etc to me seem hardly worth it if only one is done.

yep +1 exactly

[arj127]

yeah i get 18/19k a litre out of my thow aswell, cant be fucked riding it at warp speed anyway, hurts to much when u get pinged.

[arj127]

sorry, just had a recalc, i get 16.6l k, maybe i'm not such a nana afterall!

[HornetBoy]

Presently only getting about 15km per liter on the kat but thats what you get when you pin the throttle so im not complaining

[98tls]

yeah i get 18/19k a litre out of my thow aswell, cant be fucked riding it at warp speed anyway, hurts to much when u get pinged.

Thats just it really,there at there best on roads were big speed isnt an option but theres plenty fun to be had at huge rpms in 1st,2nd,3rd gears.

[CookMySock]

This i dont understand at all.To get the best out of any V-twin sports bike its all about revs

Well I dont understand that at all either. Must be apples and oranges. My vtwin runs great between 5 and 8k rpm. Mostly thats all I need.

DB

[Brett]

Well, on the other end of the scale...i recently got 85kms out of a tank on my gsxr 600. Yes it was a full tank. It was also at a track day, so I doubt it could get much more thirsty than that. Best I can get out of a tank is 220kms. What good is petrol if it isn't being burnt?

[HungusMaximist]

Gotta give to ya the Hyosungs got really good fuel consumption as I've owned a GT250 and I get around 450 km to a tank and some people even claim 500 km.

Great for commuting but got no balls in general.

[98tls]

Well I dont understand that at all either. Must be apples and oranges. My vtwin runs great between 5 and 8k rpm. Mostly thats all I need.

DB

Fair call then,mines just a lazy old bastard that needs a whipping to wake it up.

[glice]

I've been down to 14-15k/L on my 250, but that was on a track.

[megageoff76]

Cant hardly believe the mileage I'm getting. 49mpg or 17-18km/L-40Mpg.

I wouldn't be complaining about that, the best I can get is 13km/L and thats when im gentle on the throttle too. Guess its about time I got all modern and bought a bike with fuel injection.

[Pommie Boy]

I'm only just beginning to realise how bad the Firestorm is for fuel effeciency after reading your fellas posts - most I've ever got out of a tank is 200km on the open road and she was running on fumes by then end! Mind you, I knew that when I bought it!

[Pumba]

Best milage I got out of the SV was about 220km to reserve.

Got about 170km-180km out of a tank comuting

Worst on road milage was was about 140km-150km (Crown Range it was worht it)

Worst ever was a track day at Taupo, about 90km (very well woth it)

[Mike748]

My bike has just had new tyres and some work done, took it out this weekend to scrub the tyres in and got 136km before the fuel light came on.

The bike is running heaps smoother so I'm using more revs, but I'm gonna have to do a fuel run or two to check these figures or I'm gonna be walking for gas sometime soon. I previously used 180km to (fuel light on) as a benchmark.

[Pwalo]

My SV can get 60-70mpg pretty easily. Mind you that might have something to do with it being a 650 instead of a 1000, and I'm not a big bloke (which probably helps as well).