Miles per full tank?

[frontslide]

Ive worked out that my 1vj is doing 70 mpg, so this means i should get 420 miles on a full tank of fuel, ive not put this into practice yet but it seems a lot of miles on a tank!.
Anyone tried full to empty and checked the mileage?

[steve T]

Hi sounds like good mileage you dont say how big your tank is.My suzuki dl650 will do 300 miles on a tank full 22 llrs with a little left over.Realy pi*** off my mate with hiss varadero.

[frontslide]

22 litre tank = 6 gallons, 70mpg multiplied by 6 = 420

[Flyingdoctor]

there's 4.55 litres to a UK gallon. 22 litres = 4.84 gals X 70mpg = 339 miles.

By the way you must be riding like a girl to be getting 70 mpg!! Ha ha.

[frontslide]

9 points for the next three years is how i ride now

[Flyingdoctor]

Yep, that'll do it! Just enjoy the ride and get pleasure from passing all those petrol stations. It now costs me £27 to fill up the Guzzi, ouch!

[backofbeyond]

Some big singles can get really good mileage if you just plonk along. I got 90mpg (measured over 300 miles) on my XR600 in Western Sahara cruising at 45-50mph just looking at the sand. With a 9 gall tank (Acerbis 40L) that was an 800 mile range. After that I only ever filled it half way.

My current CCM600 averages about 60mpg at normal speeds but put the panniers on and it drops to a 50mpg average.

[frontslide]

pisquick, i recognize that name from ccmriders.co.uk

[cathal]

My 3aj Tenere with 94,000kms still does 23km/l which is just over 60mpg.
I ride at 100 kph which is 4k rpm.
I blew out my tank by accident(don't ask) but I reckon it added 100kms to my range.

[gixxer.rob]

I wish I got those kinds of MPG from my divvy.

I think I was getting about 44 mpg from my fully loaded, 2 up.
24L tank
230miles a bit into the reserve..

[bacardi23]

lol... damn... I wish I had any of those mileages!
Guess I'll have to stop driving like I used to before....

10 euros was 9 litres.... it usually made 160km for 9liters... =|




Vando

[Jens Eskildsen]

Mine is opened p and rejetted, if I really try, i can get up around 20km/ltr which is 47mpg. But thats with grandpa' riding.

Often its around 16km/ltr or 37ish mpg.

I've got a 23ltr acerbis tank, and hit reserve somerewhere after 300km...

[backofbeyond]

Originally Posted by frontslide

pisquick, i recognize that name from ccmriders.co.uk

Yup, that's me . Been hiding out here under an assumed name, - witness protection and all that . Just goes to show that you can't be too careful with phoning home and all that sort of thing

CCM's still going strong - got me down to West Africa as planned and although I haven't used it much over the last year or so (succession of foot injuries have kept me off bikes till a month or two back) I've been getting withdrawal symptoms and have started thinking about using it for a trip to Greece /Turkey later in the summer (depending on family /work /kids bankrupting me - the usual stuff).

[Motorbike Pig Freak]

I've got an 05 3aj and can get 400km or 250 miles out of 22 litres from a 23ltr acerbis tank. Thats about 11.36 miles per litre and I have to ride very carefully to achieve it, when the dicipline breaks the mpg plummets...
Any tips for better economy?

[Jens Eskildsen]

Doesn't sound way of.

Stock carb and jets?

If you're airfilter is filled up with junk, you might not get all the air you need.

perhaps a plugtest to see if you're running a tad rich.