Average miles on an SV tank?

[liam111]

Went for a ride yesterday to Buxton Hills... Brilliant day with a Rvf400 and Diversion F
Found that my bike is running abit to rich on the petrol, very very strong smell coming from the exhaust when it is idling...

How many miles is your Sv doing on a brimmed tank?
Did around 120ish and the tanks basically empty!!

:confused::confused::confused:

[Tomor]

I generally get 130ish to the light then about 170 empty and pushing to the nearest pump.

[yorkie_chris]

My range on it has varied from 101 miles (28mpg) from brimmed to it stopping, up to a maximum of 62mpg which would give theoretically 220 miles.

Usually reserve is about 12l but the lights can differ a bit between bikes.

[cb1000rsteve]

I use to average 175 - 182 miles a tank when commuting 35 miles to and from work mostly motorway work

[Bordtea]

Curvy, usually get 140-145 miles to the flashing light (pretty consistently), haven't risked it much further than that before :D

[Skybaba]

Curvy too and I get approximately 145 - 150 miles before the light starts flashing (I hate the fuel light, it's very distracting!!).
I've pushed it to about 175 miles before filling up a few times.

I use Fuelly to track my fuel efficiency - http://www.fuelly.com/driver/skybaba/sv650s

[Scythe92]

My light comes on at 160 and I could probably push to 200 a tank. Most I've seen is 220 miles before I bottled it.

Today my light came on at 160 and that was chasing 3 blackbirds.. so no I don't hang around!

[DanSp]

I average 100 to a tank (till the light comes on) Bit of hijack... should the light come on constant and then flash, or tother way round.... ive never seen mine flash (or have i just not bottled it enough to get it that far... 2004 Pointy by the way)

[NTECUK]

Mine would do 130 ave before the light came on. ( Curvey )

[Roberrrrt]

140ish to light normally on a curvy, mixture of commuting and playing. Got 120-130 on pointy.

[Skybaba]

I average 100 to a tank (till the light comes on) Bit of hijack... should the light come on constant and then flash, or tother way round.... ive never seen mine flash (or have i just not bottled it enough to get it that far... 2004 Pointy by the way)

I've got a Curvy and I've never seen the fuel light stay on constantly, it only flashes (which I hate by the way).

I'm wondering if it means I can push it for some more miles until the flash changes to constant on before filling up.

[ant-g]

The fuel light on a curvy stays on constantly when there is 1L of fuel in the tank; it flashes at 5L (I think these are right...). I ran out of juice when I first got it as I didn't realise it was a two-stage warning light!

I get around 125 miles from brimmed to the flashing light

[Chris199]

09 restricted Pointy and getting about 160 afore the light comes on then just fill it up from there, dont ever want to run out ha very hilly in Shetland so wont be fun pushing her.

[garynortheast]

About 165 - 175 to the flashing light, solid light comes on at around 195, have seen 210 miles before refilling.

[Elliott]

The least: 80 (Anglesey cut out coming in from the 7th session)
The most: 135 (then pushed it)


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[PyroUK]

I usually get to 150 on my L0 pointy, got the same on my old k9 before light comes on.

That's mainly commuting, although a spirited commute granted.
I have managed to get 174 before the light came on after a lon run on the motorway, after AR12 actually.

Oh and FYI, on the pointy it's a 2 stage light, BUT both stages are flashing! At least it was on the k9. It is a bit like morse code, one is "short flashes" and the other is "long flashes". Can't for the life of me remember which way round it is but will check the manual when I get home to confirm the above is correct.

[yorkie_chris]

Think it was just the K3 that was weird with a single stage light. Maybe.

[dirtydog]

I've had the light come on after about 80 miles on my curvy but then I am a fat knacker and was ragging it at the time! Average is about 120-130 before the light

[ChrisCurvyS]

Usually 150 miles till the light comes on on my curvy then about 175/180 to the solid warning light. Got higher gearing and I'm mostly commuting at 85-ish on the mway but I weight 17st so that should even it out.

Ragging it does make a big difference though. Once ran out and had to push it three miles to the nearest petrol station as I'd been 'pleasure' riding and I only got a few miles after the solid warning light had come on.

[rav101]

I have a 650S K3 and usually get 110 to 120 before the light from full. I have a fuel tracking app which currently states I'm getting 44mpg average. I have done about 800-900 miles on the bike (this being my first bike) so recon I will be able to get that up a bit.

[Mark_h]

I've had over 40,000 miles out of my tank and it still shows no sign of wearing out. I do however have to fill it up about every 110 miles on an SV1000. K3 SV1000 has a single stage flashing light. Off - On - Pushing it no flashing stage.

[rb8989]

I actually decided to make use of the two trip counters and put 10 litres in on a solid fuel light. It flashed at me 140 miles later and went solid another 20. A lot of two up work and all town/b roads. Pretty happy with it as I enjoy the power and like to use it.

[TCochrane]

mine does 100 miles with ****ty city riding til the light comes on

does 140 miles if touring til the light comes on

pointy

[savage86]

My Pointy does 150 commuting and around 100 if i'm weekend riding.

[sniff]

depends on riding. Average I'd say 145 on a K9S. I've done 195 then found a garage. Didn't wat to push it for a few miles.

[650]

I don't hang around at all, I blast it (while respecting the engine!) and I get about 130 before the light, so that's heavy throttle action in horrid london traffic with a bit of motorway action (again not hanging around) Which I think is fantastic. I don't doubt for one second that I could get about 170 miles to the light if I took it steady. But I don't see the point in tootling about on a bike, might as well be in a car all warm with the radio on if you're gonna do that nonsense!

[Ceri JC]

My K4 was about 110 miles minimum to 200 maximum, depending hugely on how I rode it.

[Skybaba]

So since you folks on here told me the correct fuel-light sequence for my SV, I decided to push it a little bit.

I got 135 before the light started flashing (I was on the M1) and pushed it to 175.8 miles before the light came on solid and I'd just passed the services on M1 J4.

So I pushed it a bit more (a bit carefully I might add), and when I got to the station at the corner of Finchley Road and Hendon Way it was closed due to some ongoing construction works.

I heaved a sigh of relief when I managed to get to the next station; I had done 187 miles in total; not sure I would be confident enough to push it further.......maybe if I had a small jerry-can with some litres in it!

Thanks for the info guys!

[NedSVS]

Did around 120ish and the tanks basically empty!!

:confused::confused::confused:

Must be running quite rich, as the roads haven't been good enough to thrash it that hard to justify that poor MPG.

[chris8886]

best i've ever had is about 200miles from the tank, but that was pretty much all motorway miles. usually though i get about 140 or so before the flashing light comes on (2001 curvy)

[kiggles]

yellow light at 120-135 ish
empty tank 160-180

dependent on riding but for my commuting i get

yellow 130
tank empty around 180 i reckon, but i try not chance it past 150

[PyroUK]

My bad guys, just checked the manual and it says its a 2 stage light, flashing starts at roughly 4l fuel remaining and solid at approx 1.5l fuel remaining.

That's for a pointy.

[RavenWire]

Think it was just the K3 that was weird with a single stage light. Maybe.

The K3 is messed up lol Mine can't make its mind up, its on solid, then off. then back on briefly, then back off. this happens for a little while then it eventually stays on.

I fill up when its solid just to be on the safe side (usually means anywhere between 12.5 - 13L). Problem is, I'm only getting between 95-110 out of that fuel. Most of my riding is commuting through traffic, only 11ish miles each day to and from to work. Is there something I'm doing wrong? I've put a new air filter in, new plugs etc and saw a slight increase but only seen 130-140 once out of a tank. I usually keep it between 3-5k revs so not thrashing it at all. My last tank only got about 88, but its been stood for a couple of weeks

[Bibio]

depends on how much you put in. no point in saying i only get 100 miles to a tank when your not filling the tank to full.

to work out your mileage you need to keep receipts. then work out what you MPG is then multiply it by the capacity of your tank to find the range.

now the problem as stated at the start, what one person thinks is full might actually not be. pointys are especially bad for filling as there is a massive air pocket so you have to keep dribbling the petrol it in which takes an age at the pump and can be an extra 2ltr to what you think is full.

working out my mileage i get an average of 220 miles from a 17ltr tank. but have never ever done it and been well over the 220 mark a few times. but i always keep the 220 as a panic indicator.

[RavenWire]

I've done that, and it came out at anywhere between 33-39MPG. Pretty crap considering the amount others are getting. 12.5-13l gets me around 100 give or take then the light comes on and stays on (been worse over winter). What I'd do for a proper petrol guage...

I'll take into account the issue with the tank you raised though, next time I fill up I'll see how much I'm actually missing out on

[Bibio]

going by your sig you have a pointy SV650. if that's the case then there is something wrong with your bike if you only get 33-39 mpg. even ragging it full throttle everywhere you should still see 45mpg easy.

[Blueperson]

Ravenwire your bike will use more fuel while it is cold and warming the engine up. If you are only doing 11 miles at a time it makes sense you are using more fuel than others as it will spend a lot of it's time in the enriched 'choke' state.

[650]

I do 12.5 miles to work each way, mines usually at 81 degrees or so by about 5 miles into that journey, doesn't take that long to heat up to temp really :)

[650]

I've done that, and it came out at anywhere between 33-39MPG. Pretty crap considering the amount others are getting. 12.5-13l gets me around 100 give or take then the light comes on and stays on (been worse over winter). What I'd do for a proper petrol guage...

I'll take into account the issue with the tank you raised though, next time I fill up I'll see how much I'm actually missing out on

Oil, oil filter, air filter and spark plug changes should see you back to where it needs to be, on top of that it's probably your throttle bodies that need balancing? I'm no expert but those are the first things I would try

[startrek.steve]

I use an Android app called Fuel Log on my Car and Curvy, I regularly get between 68 - 72 mpg.

Steve

[RavenWire]

It does get up to temp, albeit a little slower in winter. Its running rich i know that as i've had it on a dyno and you can smell petrol from the exhaust. Looks like a garage job to take a look once i've done the oil change

[650]

Is it a pointy? Might be worth just doing a service and balancing the throttle bodies, which from the reading I've done, really doesn't look that complicated tbh! Save you losing a fair bit on labour anyway!

[Ajwou]

Got K8, normally get milage between 190-220. But it really depends how happy you are on the throttle.