What's your fuel economy?

[ducatilover]

RX8 - 7.8km/l - this balances out the economy of the FJ!

12.8L/100km in a car that isn't very fast? It's amusing because that's better than the 13bTT from the 90's too

All the current Porsche 911 models can do less than that

[scumdog]

normajeane on 1200Sporty, me on XN85 en route to Magpie Madness last weekend.

Did 110km section and topped up.

She used 5.14 litres
I used 5.30 litres

Somebody else can do the metric maths...

[Mark Nansett]

I get 210 MILES by my British speedo - so that's about 336km...for 18 litres...till my fuel warning light flashes...I have 3 litres left. Triumph Sprint 955. So I guess that to be about 5.5 litres per 100k. 18km per litre. Very happy with that. On the udder hand,..my old Honda Cb750 uses 12 litres to get to reserve - and covers maybe 188km.
Mark

[SMOKEU]

Around 5L/100KM on my CBR250R. Depends how hard I ride though.

[baffa]

Around 5L/100KM on my CBR250R. Depends how hard I ride though.

I get about the same from my VTR. But it always gets a decent rev. It does drop closer to 4l/100km on the open road in top gear tho.

[caspernz]

2008 GSX750F open road cruising best is 4.4l/100km. Normally closer to about 5l/100km

2008 FG Ford Falcon XR6 open road cruising best is 8.8l/100km. Average is around 9.5l/100km

Both figures you can add about 50% if on a racetrack....

[HenryDorsetCase]

3.03l/100km out of the scroter.

[slofox]

Just by way of illustrating the effects of the rider...

GSX-R600, K8:

"Normal" riding: 6.6l/100km
Cruise down SH1 at "sedate" (more or less legal) speeds: 5.6l/100km

This is not to say that I speed around all over the place. There's not a lot of difference in top speeds between the two runs. The difference is corners or lack of them and use of the lower gears. A cruise on SH1 means a lot more 6th gear for long periods of (totally fucking boring) riding. "Normal" riding is usually on some windy kind of road with harder acceleration and much more use of lower gears.

So there ya go. If you want 15% better fuel economy, keep a steady pace and use higher gears as much as possible. And prepare to die of boredom while you do it .

[Scuba_Steve]

Viffer drinks around 7.5l/100 (best)
Fixxer drinks around 3.5l/100 (avg)

[Ender EnZed]

Viffer drinks around 7.5l/100 (best)

That's pretty high. Is the bike capable of drinking less or are you just a mad man?

I didn't think my riding was that sedate but my VFR has only ever drunk that much around Manfield.

[wanpo]

On my blade I get
5-5.5L/100 of normal riding,
4.5-5L/100 when it's open roads.

[Scuba_Steve]

That's pretty high. Is the bike capable of drinking less or are you just a mad man?

I didn't think my riding was that sedate but my VFR has only ever drunk that much around Manfield.

I'm not sure it is, I wouldn't say I'm heavy on the gas, I don't "floor it" but by no means do I piss people off by nana acceleration either bout mid I'd say.
It's an '86 & probably not running as it should?. I was thinking it could be high but then my only comparison personally is the under-using fixxer, and comparing a single 150 to a v4 700 seemed kinda unfair. I wish it would drink less tho, that'd be nice... But then I wish the fixxer would use less too

[Ender EnZed]

I'm not sure it is, I wouldn't say I'm heavy on the gas, I don't "floor it" but by no means do I piss people off by nana acceleration either bout mid I'd say.
It's an '86 & probably not running as it should?. I was thinking it could be high but then my only comparison personally is the under-using fixxer, and comparing a single 150 to a v4 700 seemed kinda unfair. I wish it would drink less tho, that'd be nice... But then I wish the fixxer would use less too

I've got an '86 VFR750 and I certainly don't hold anyone up. I've only used over 7L/100km a handful of times and the only time it's been over 7.3 was at the track. Sounds like yours might not be running 100%.

[Scuba_Steve]

I've got an '86 VFR750 and I certainly don't hold anyone up. I've only used over 7L/100km a handful of times and the only time it's been over 7.3 was at the track. Sounds like yours might not be running 100%.

might have to put it in rehab once I get my fixxer back on-road then, see if I can't get her drinking a little less. Bloody alcoholic vehicles

[martybabe]

18.8 k per litre about 53 to the gallon, 360/380 to the tank. I think there's 400 hundy k's worth in the tank but I don't push it that far because I is scared.