Fuel - 95 vs 97.

[garynortheast]

I got 15.25 litres in. I sit on the bike to put the fuel in and spend a couple of minutes trickling it in and gently rocking/shaking the bike from side to side as the tank nears capacity.
That seems to work out at a touch over 58mpg. I'm not all that gentle on the throttle either, although I do almost no town riding.

[Craig380]

Originally Posted by garynortheast

I got 15.25 litres in. I sit on the bike to put the fuel in and spend a couple of minutes trickling it in and gently rocking/shaking the bike from side to side as the tank nears capacity.
That seems to work out at a touch over 58mpg. I'm not all that gentle on the throttle either, although I do almost no town riding.

Cheers - I fuel mine while sitting on, too, but have never managed to get more than about 11 - 12 litres in. I average about 55-60 brim to brim, all open-road riding. My fuel warning light obviously comes on early

[ophic]

Originally Posted by Craig380

Cheers - I fuel mine while sitting on, too, but have never managed to get more than about 11 - 12 litres in. I average about 55-60 brim to brim, all open-road riding. My fuel warning light obviously comes on early

My K3 fuel light comes on at about the same point, and it's a single stage one - no flashing. There's at least quarter of a tank still in there.

[shiftin_gear98]

I once put in 16 1/2 litres - think I was nearly walking. About 145 miles. K6.

[Biker Biggles]

I used to get problems with carb icing on my curvy around this time of year and found putting BP ultimate in every second fill up helped.I dont think it gave any more power and I didnt really check the mpg.

I only run "premium" petrol, for me the bike picks up better, idles smoother, pulls stronger and is ever so slightly louder and poppier. All good stuff! oh and I definitely get more miles per tank

[Craig380]

Originally Posted by ophic

My K3 fuel light comes on at about the same point, and it's a single stage one - no flashing. There's at least quarter of a tank still in there.

Cheers for that. I'm happy to stop at 130 miles or so anyway, even with a gel seat my wrists and @r5e need a rest

[Heorot]

Yonks ago, in the days of leaded petrol, I always put 3* in my cars until one day, I RTFM for my Colt Celeste 1.6 and discovered it should run on 2*. When I tried it, it ran better on the 2*.

I've only ever run high performance cars on the likes of shells V-Power, I didn't really make much performance difference but it did give me more MPG. I would use it with the bike but I literally ride past an Asda everyday on my way to and from work so I just get fuel there

[Heorot]

While I was still a learner I had a Honda CG that I used to commute to work. To get the maximum speed out of it I fed it with Tesco 98 ron. It blew up. Ripped the gudgeon pin out of the piston, bent the con rod and wrecked the gearbox.