Thirsty…how much does your bike drink?
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Thirsty…how much does your bike drink?
As some of you know, and have great amusement over, I have an excel workbook with a great number of interesting facts, details and statics about many things related to many of the current and previous engines in my household.
Miles per gallon is often brought up in discussions…and surprise surprise that is one of the outputs from my workbook.
The thing is that I don’t give a toss about mpg, but I do like to have an idea how far the bike can travel
My average mpg and miles the mpg is averaged over:
My Current bikes:
B_M_W S1000RS = 39.0 mpg over 656 miles
Yamaha MT-09 = 54.8 mpg over 503 miles
Bikes now moved to other homes:
KTM 990 Adv = 41.9 mpg over 40909 miles, average range =178 miles
B_M_W R1200GSA = 44.8 mpg over 9173 miles, average range = 330 miles
Yamaha FZ1N = 35.6 mpg over 6819 miles, average range = 141 miles
Honda NC700S = 63.0 mpg over 3754 miles, average range = 195 miles
B_M_W R1100GS = 43.8 mpg over 8424 miles, average range = 242 miles
Just before you think I am a sad git (or sadder than your initial thoughts), the initial reason for starting the workbook was to sus out the range of my bikes.
When filling the bike up, I look at the mileage on the “tripâ€, zero the “tripâ€, get a till receipt and write the “trip†miles.
I don’t bother keeping track on long journeys, when paying at the pump or unmanned 24hour stations, so the mpg quoted is probably lower that actual, this also explains the lack of miles recorded on the workbook compared with the actual miles on the clock.
So, what do you ride, and how much does she drink
Miles per gallon is often brought up in discussions…and surprise surprise that is one of the outputs from my workbook.
The thing is that I don’t give a toss about mpg, but I do like to have an idea how far the bike can travel
My average mpg and miles the mpg is averaged over:
My Current bikes:
B_M_W S1000RS = 39.0 mpg over 656 miles
Yamaha MT-09 = 54.8 mpg over 503 miles
Bikes now moved to other homes:
KTM 990 Adv = 41.9 mpg over 40909 miles, average range =178 miles
B_M_W R1200GSA = 44.8 mpg over 9173 miles, average range = 330 miles
Yamaha FZ1N = 35.6 mpg over 6819 miles, average range = 141 miles
Honda NC700S = 63.0 mpg over 3754 miles, average range = 195 miles
B_M_W R1100GS = 43.8 mpg over 8424 miles, average range = 242 miles
Just before you think I am a sad git (or sadder than your initial thoughts), the initial reason for starting the workbook was to sus out the range of my bikes.
When filling the bike up, I look at the mileage on the “tripâ€, zero the “tripâ€, get a till receipt and write the “trip†miles.
I don’t bother keeping track on long journeys, when paying at the pump or unmanned 24hour stations, so the mpg quoted is probably lower that actual, this also explains the lack of miles recorded on the workbook compared with the actual miles on the clock.
So, what do you ride, and how much does she drink
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Re: Thirsty…how much does your bike drink?
V-Strom 650 - 50mpg.
Monster 1100 - 45mpg.
Aprilia Falco - 33mpg.
Monster 1100 - 45mpg.
Aprilia Falco - 33mpg.
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Re: Thirsty…how much does your bike drink?
My ER6 gets about 18mpg
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Re: Thirsty…how much does your bike drink?
Tiger has this wonderful invention called a fuel gauge fitted as standard. When empty I fills it up.
Tuono, being Italian, is generally a dice roll.
Worst mpg I ever got was 9
Tuono, being Italian, is generally a dice roll.
Worst mpg I ever got was 9
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Re: Thirsty…how much does your bike drink?
Nice to see someone that puts his faith in an instrument, probably designed in America by a Mexican to a UK specification, made in the far east, fitted in the UK by someone from eastern Europe.Zathos wrote:Tiger has this wonderful invention called a fuel gauge fitted as standard.
Yeah, nothing to go wrong there
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Re: Thirsty…how much does your bike drink?
F*ckin Piping clankyDave wrote:Nice to see someone that puts his faith in an instrument,Zathos wrote:Tiger has this wonderful invention called a fuel gauge fitted as standard.
Distrust all useful information, instead taking time and effort to generate something no-one needs
P.S. Interesting to see how 'inefficient' the FZ1 was.
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Re: Thirsty…how much does your bike drink?
Just typical silly management getting their facts wrong, misquoting, picking on the negativeZathos wrote:
P.S. Interesting to see how 'inefficient' the FZ1 was.
That FZ1 was very efficient at a number of things…due progress, tyre usage, applying huge grin to the rider
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Re: Thirsty…how much does your bike drink?
Review use of quotes to emphasise a none negative
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Re: Thirsty…how much does your bike drink?
I think you will find I have not altered anything that was said, or the order it was said inZathos wrote:...use of quotes to emphasise... negative
maybe missed the odd word out or something
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Re: Thirsty…how much does your bike drink?
She drinks about 6 pints of stella on a weeknight...
some one had to...
some one had to...
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Re: Thirsty…how much does your bike drink?
boom boomhaiax0 wrote:She drinks about 6 pints of stella on a weeknight...
some one had to...
time for your coat I believe
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Re: Thirsty…how much does your bike drink?
my 1999 VFR800
18L/4gal (ish) Tank (i think)
On a long conservatively throttled run, I have stretched it to 230miles = 57.5mpg
Average running back and forth around town/short runs = 200miles = 50mpg
Caning the poo out of it (coming back from silverstone at over 68mph) = 180miles (ish) = 45mpg
Roughly translates as a bar of my fuel guage being around 25miles (give or take)
These are all the ranges covered on the trip with the last bar of the fuel guage flashing at me and various volumes of cold sweat pouring down my back as I cottage for a petrol station
Please correct me if any of my maths/volumes are incorrect
18L/4gal (ish) Tank (i think)
On a long conservatively throttled run, I have stretched it to 230miles = 57.5mpg
Average running back and forth around town/short runs = 200miles = 50mpg
Caning the poo out of it (coming back from silverstone at over 68mph) = 180miles (ish) = 45mpg
Roughly translates as a bar of my fuel guage being around 25miles (give or take)
These are all the ranges covered on the trip with the last bar of the fuel guage flashing at me and various volumes of cold sweat pouring down my back as I cottage for a petrol station
Please correct me if any of my maths/volumes are incorrect
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Re: Thirsty…how much does your bike drink?
My TT600R used to do about 60 - 65 miles on a 6.9L tank (or about 41 mpg).
I remember one run with the Abz club from Banchory out to Tomintoul with the intention of filling up there. Garage was shut so I had to cruise back to Ballater in fuel save mode (a total of 75 miles). Turned the reserve tap on at the Lecht, engine off down all the hills, minimal throttle and brakes.
Rolled into the garage at Ballater and it took 7.1 ltrs to fill up. I guess I also filled up the Carb!
I remember one run with the Abz club from Banchory out to Tomintoul with the intention of filling up there. Garage was shut so I had to cruise back to Ballater in fuel save mode (a total of 75 miles). Turned the reserve tap on at the Lecht, engine off down all the hills, minimal throttle and brakes.
Rolled into the garage at Ballater and it took 7.1 ltrs to fill up. I guess I also filled up the Carb!