Gas Milage on liter bikes

[jimdixon]

I ride a 01cbr929 and am pretty sure that I get about 35mi. per gl. My tank holds 4.7gl. of gas.(US) My reserve light goes on at 110-115mi. and I have about 30mi. after that before I absolutely must have gas. I calculate 140mi. before I totally run out of gas.... does this sound right?? What's your experience....

[ejoy1220]

That sounds spot on. On the R1 I usually get about 130-140miles until my gas light comes on and then I have at most 20 miles until bone dry. When I'm hammering it, the light will come on around 120miles.

[The Snowman]

I've gotten just over 200 miles on a tank of gas. My tank is 4.9 gallons, with reserve. That's about 40ish mpg.

Of course, its carbureted, so that makes a difference.

[SVRACER01]

130-140 being good
110-120 being bad

[union]

I have close to a 5 gallon tank and the light comes on in about 90 miles. I could probably push it another 15-20miles but my bike is a pig. On highway I might get 35mpg but its boring. Last time on the track I was getting like 9 miles a gallon.

[richw]

47 mpg with oil 40 without

big VT is like 35 90 -120


160 miles to fumes

[Jayspeed]

I think I get around 35ish.

[Stoneman]

On my TL-R...

Usually around 20, 25 if I'm REAL mellow...

On the track, between 8-12...

[RandyO]

I get 38-45 with my V-Strom 1k better than the 35-42 I used to get with my SV650

I fill up at 180-200 miles, usually have a gallon or so left in reserve

[Josephd14]

On my TL-R...

Usually around 20, 25 if I'm REAL mellow...

On the track, between 8-12...

WHAT???? I get around 35, you need a tune or something...

[union]

WHAT???? I get around 35, you need a tune or something...

Or youre riding like a wuss

[The Snowman]

Hell, even when I bang on my CBR, it gets better than 40. Guess there's something to be said about a carbureted inline 4.

[Currently]

I average 45 - 52 mpg commuting on the SV.

About 5 mpg less if I beat on it.

[Wishbone]

Hell, even when I bang on my CBR, it gets better than 40. Guess there's something to be said about a carbureted inline 4.

ditto i get 35 when beating it the best "I" can, and thats running rt 17 in vt at 2nd-3rd gear at the highest rpm my bike makes

45 is the best on the highway

[jimdixon]

Thanks everyone... I'm running with a couple of STriders in the Kancamagus and we're looking at 400+ mi. (dawn to dusk) and I'm running the only sport bike with a 4.7gl. tank. The ride is arrest me mode and the riders don't want to stop less than 110mi. I think I'm going to carry a hose with me and my cell phone!!

[jimdixon]

How do you say ...

[ginkof]

my 1000rr gets 160 before the light goes on... ive ran it up to 202 on a tank before filling up, but i must have been running on fumes... I always calculate it to 40-42 mpg "traveling" (if you want to call it that) and about 35 when beating on it hard

[CMG241]

45-47mpg with V twin Buell.

[WhiteMtnCruiser]

During easy commuting, I regularly squeeze 50-55 mpg out of my SV650. During harder riding it drops significantly.

WhiteMtnCruiser

[Cheese]

Thanks everyone... I'm running with a couple of STriders in the Kancamagus and we're looking at 400+ mi. (dawn to dusk) and I'm running the only sport bike with a 4.7gl. tank. The ride is arrest me mode and the riders don't want to stop less than 110mi. I think I'm going to carry a hose with me and my cell phone!!

If you're going to make the full 400 miles you're probably going to want to make them stop so you can rest your a$$ and stretch about every 120 miles anyway. A small gas tank is a good excuse. Otherwise you're going to feel like the new guy in the prison shower at the end of this ride.

[ZX-12R]

I get about 30-32MPG average on the 12R. Best I've seen on the highway is 38-40. The worst I've seen was during a ride through NH when it dropped to about 22MPG. Never paid attention to the mileage on the track but I'm sure it's in the teens.

My SV650S gets about 42MPG when I ride it and about 56MPG when my wife rides it.

[bsackos]

my zx14 averages around 32mpg, I usually fill up when I hit the 150mile mark figuring that I have another 30 miles in the tank

[Stoneman]

WHAT???? I get around 35, you need a tune or something...

<<<in my best Lumbergh impression>>> Yeah...um, I'm guessing not...

What's the TL-R got? A 5 or 5-1/2 gal tank? It's rare I make it to 100 miles without the light blinking. I've never pushed it much past that. I've owned Zooks long enough to know when the fuel light starts lightin' up, it's time...

You're tellin' me you get about 150 miles before your light starts blinking? You sure about that math?

[Wishbone]

<<<in my best Lumbergh impression>>> Yeah...um, I'm guessing not...

...im gonna need you to go ahead and come in on saturday

did you get the memo about the TPS reports?

[stoinkythepig]

I've been getting a steady 46 to 47 MPG on my 2001 9R this year. It'll run to 200 miles before I switch to reserve and then I usually fill at 230 miles or so. It's all stock with a 5 gallon tank and 1.1 gallons in reserve. That said, I know it holds more than 5 gallons (I've fit 5.1 in at once) and figure it closer to 5.35 gallons in capacity.

I used to get 44 reliably, but I've been taking it easy on launches and braking to keep it down to two sets of tires per year, rather than three sets. I surprised how much it helped my fuel use improve.

Trying to figure out how a sportbike can get <30 MPG on the road. That seems so low...