Impressed !!!! (miles to the tank)

[G]

I had (What I consider) a long run on my bike on saturday. I filled the tank up completely and did 142miles with no petrol light. Now I normally see the light after 100miles so was worried.

Now when I got home I filled up and put in £11.20 which was around about 10.5 litres.....hell after doing my sums I figure that out to be over 60mpg.

Extremely Impressed and thought I would share my joy.

[mr.anderson]

Cheap thrills.. nothing beats it!

[rictus01]

Well I managed 99.7 miles to 10.02 ltrs, which isn't at all bad on the T'bird which normally only gets about that (103) to 14 ltrs, although didn't do half the gear changes everyone else did (long gearing nice :) ).

[G]

Certainly is cheap thrills. In all fairness I probably didnt go over the speed limit, but it was mainly roads with no white lines in the middle aswell.

I guess if you cruised up and down the motorway on an sv doing 70 - 80 you could probably get 200miles to the tank at a stretch for £15 or less :cool:

[G]

On another note I also found the time and balls (as I'm not mechanical at all) to adjust my suspension.

This basically consisted of adjusting the rear and front to their maximum settings. The difference is extremely nice on smooth roads and a slight pain on small bumpy road, time will tell :cool: .

[mr.anderson]

I also did my suspension yesterday, set both front and back one click from full - found the front to be too hard with no lines showing. Have only done 10 miles on these settings, so will have to go for a bit of a detour on the way home tonight.

But you're right, it does feel quite a lot better.

[Gnome]

Most I've got so far from a full to the brim tank is 120 miles before the light came on.

[Razor]

Most I've got so far from a full to the brim tank is 120 miles before the light came on.

To be fair on your SV it's carrying more weight than most... :bball:

[plowsie]

get 157 of a full tank then call me when you've broke down :D

[Viney]

Here we go again ;)

Curvey SV tank
201 to pushing
187 a couple of years back mixed riding
87 with the incorrect jetting etc
average 110-120 town only riding

[mr.anderson]

In London only: 110.
Best ever: 172 on trip to petworth and back.

[Gnome]

To be fair on your SV it's carrying more weight than most... :bball:

Ooooo, you bitch! :smt058

[Sid Squid]

found the front to be too hard with no lines showing.

No it wasn't.

[jonhunt]

av 150 miles and my light comes on.

Most miles i don and i ran out of fuel was 227miles??

light comes on at about 150miles stops flashin at 175.

jon

[thedonal]

147 miles after service the other week (as in my Self Service thread). That was mostly A road riding and not so many traffic lights/gear changes. Filled at 155 miles.

135 after a commuting week.

Gonna see this week- I hope it's not going to go down to the 115-125 as of before the service...!

[Wideboy]

got 186 miles this week end before light came on solid

[Wally]

I just got 158miles without the light coming on, but filled up anyway. Wonder what I could have got up to :confused: