Economy Run

**ynot slow** · 31st August 2008, 18:30

Missed you guys by 10 mins or so,arrived at 1.10pm or so,was delayed due to some idiot who put fuel cock on prime as bike hadn't been started for a while,then shot up town to see 86,chanceyy and rob away.Went home to chuck on leathers,headed off and just prior to Ashhurst splutter and thought wtf,checked fuel cock and still on prime.Doh flicked it to proper place and away we went.

Wasn't too worried as we decided to go around the track and went through to Mangatoinoka for coffee and toasted sammies nice too,then back to town,was a good ride,man those wind towers are impressive up close,met a couple half way along track from Bulls area.

**Owl** · 31st August 2008, 18:48

Cheers Gary & Polly for the cruisy ride (

for the handle Polly).

**sinfull** · 31st August 2008, 18:57

Originally Posted by Ferris

Cheers Gary & Polly for the cruisy ride (

for the handle Polly).

Sounds like the triples doing about the same as yours man, wish i'd reset the counter b4 the track day friday lol be interesting to see what it does on the track

**Owl** · 31st August 2008, 19:12

Originally Posted by sinfull

Sounds like the triples doing about the same as yours man, wish i'd reset the counter b4 the track day friday lol be interesting to see what it does on the track

Full throttle and it drinks fuel. In saying that, I was running a fuel map that had me getting 4.6ltr/100km at 100kph. My current map shows 5.5ltr/100km at the same speed yet the bike runs way better. I've still yet to load the big HP map which is supposed to produce 130+rwhp. I need a bloody laptop out in the shed, cause it's a pain in the arse having to cart my PC out there everytime I want to fiddle and no, not

**ajturbo** · 31st August 2008, 21:11

my mate's RZ500 got 5mpg once....
on the same run a gn 250 got 98mpg....

**Grub** · 31st August 2008, 21:30

Good idea guys. I'm afraid I'm like 98tls, I've kept a spreadsheet of every fill for the last 2 yrs.

My 2000 CBR600 gets
91 Octane (1%) - 6.10l/100k (16.38km/l or 46.27mpg) tank range 286kms
95 Octane (72%) - 5.39L/100k (18.42km/L or 52.68mpg) tank range 322kms
98 Octane (27%) - 5.05L/100k (19.82km/L or 56mpg) tank range 347kms

On 95 I get 9.95km/$ and on 98 I get 10.7km/$ so running 98 is MORE economical because it delivers better power and requires less throttle opening.

**banditrider** · 31st August 2008, 21:34

Originally Posted by Grub

Good idea guys. I'm afraid I'm like 98tls, I've kept a spreadsheet of every fill for the last 2 yrs.

You're definitely not the only one. Have never really compared different fuels - might be a good idea to try it on the Honda seeing as she likes gas and has a smaller range than the Connie.

**GSVR** · 17th September 2008, 10:55

Weathers not looking that great for Sunday but if its reasonably dry I'll be heading down to drop in to the sprints at Carterton. The backroads there and back are a good ride. Wont be staying at the sprints long more about the ride. Should be around 200kms for return trip.

Edit: scrap the comments about the weather its actually now looking mint on the met website

**chanceyy** · 17th September 2008, 12:38

Originally Posted by GSVR

Weathers not looking that great for Sunday but if its reasonably dry I'll be heading down to drop in to the sprints at Carterton. The backroads there and back are a good ride. Wont be staying at the sprints long more about the ride. Should be around 200kms for return trip.

Edit: scrap the comments about the weather its actually now looking mint on the met website

Will be heading back from the naki ... wonder if it would help your econ run if i do the milage & petrol thing for the entire trip.. let me know

**GSVR** · 17th September 2008, 13:39

Originally Posted by chanceyy

Will be heading back from the naki ... wonder if it would help your econ run if i do the milage & petrol thing for the entire trip.. let me know

Thanks Sandra but I'm really only interested in comparing results head to head as then everyones done exactly the same hills, conditions etc.

That and my own experiments with riding style etc.

Just bit of fun. I don't look at manufacters figures as they can be very misleading and open to rigging like their weights are...

Have a good ride the weathers awesome aye.