How many miles have you got out of the SV?

Just filled up at Tesco after doing 213.6 miles and only required 12 litres to fill to the brim?

Jeez that's good going. I'm around 150 miles from full to light on. Had a service recently too inc throttle balance etc. Tyre pressures kept at 33f 36r and checked regularly.
Yours running sweet getting them kind of miles?

It is well looked after, only 4 years old and running smoothly. I'd expect 150 to reserve light, and generally get that usually. Was seeing how much I could get if I tried hard enough!

[rictus01]

got to ask......why, if it's a one off to see the max mpg OK, or even a budget thing I'd understand, but you don't really ride like that all the time, do you ?

No course I don't, was more of a one off. Plus I am rather skint atm lol

Originally Posted by F4LL3N

Just filled up at Tesco after doing 213.6 miles and only required 12 litres to fill to the brim?

12 litres = 2.63 gallons

213 / 2.64 = 80.7 mpg

No mate, the SV doesn't do 80.7 mpg unless you rode it downhill for 213 miles.

You must have made a mistake with your odometer and forgot to reset it last time you put fuel in, or there's a problem with it over-reading, or it bubbled up to the brim but wasn't full and settled back down again.

These threads come up from time to time, and 215 miles is about the best anyone on here ever claims to have got out of a full tank (and I beleive them because I once got 195 miles out of mine), so assuming they didn't actually run out of fuel, that's a 15 or 16 litre refill and about 65mpg.

Well I did reset it and the odometer isn't broken and I know the mileage I was doing roughly even without the odometer. I'll admit that was some easy riding but definitely did around 210 miles.

Unless tesco is lying about the amount it is filling up !

Ask Dave numbers what he gets when he isn't tear ar5ing. He got 40 miles on the light following me while my farming took us on a magical mystery tour for petrol

Best I got on my Sv was about 170

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by danf1234

Ask Dave numbers what he gets when he isn't tear ar5ing. He got 40 miles on the light following me while my farming took us on a magical mystery tour for petrol

lol was just about to say, I'm still shocked at that. I've always got to 90-110 and the light's come on so I've rushed to the nearest fuel stop. However when Dan's navigator and you've had the fuel light on for 10 miles and 11 miles after passing 'next fuel 9 miles' sign you realise he's saving us loads of time by going to a more direct petrol station which lays in the middle of ****ING no where at 12am - a further 30 miles in the rain in 6th gear is on the cards.