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01-03-08, 08:16 PM

K its just I have a pug 406 2.0 turbo and i get between 12-20 mpg and the sv650 figures are at 42-50 or something on the suzuki website. (That's with me driving resonably btw) the car is quite old which is most likely why, i'm not talking about buying the most economical cars.

surely using F=ma because say my car is 1000kg, so to get an accelaration of 1m per second you need 1000N force, whereas for a 100kg bike (just using figures that are simple here) to get 1m per second acceleration you need 100N, obviously there are other inputs too like the fact a bike revs quite high compared to a car?

Am i complete talking out of my rear hole?

01-03-08, 08:16 PM	#4
EssexDave Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Bike vs Car fuel economy - help please K its just I have a pug 406 2.0 turbo and i get between 12-20 mpg and the sv650 figures are at 42-50 or something on the suzuki website. (That's with me driving resonably btw) the car is quite old which is most likely why, i'm not talking about buying the most economical cars. surely using F=ma because say my car is 1000kg, so to get an accelaration of 1m per second you need 1000N force, whereas for a 100kg bike (just using figures that are simple here) to get 1m per second acceleration you need 100N, obviously there are other inputs too like the fact a bike revs quite high compared to a car? Am i complete talking out of my rear hole?