The 200 Club!

I tried to join today....sadly not the fun one. Sick of 120 miles to a tank under 'normal' motorway mileage I decided for a slow, economical, Gordon Brown style ride - hopefully achieving the elusive 200 miles per tank achievement!

Gently on the throttle on to the motorway I hogged the inside lane, cruising at what felt like walking pace (75). This kind of riding is hideous, no slaloming through cars and trucks, no lurching away once the road clears Through a few road works and junctions I eventually hit the mystical orange flashing light at 170 miles! Amazing! I've never been passed 120 miles without it flashing at me previously! Scotch Gap was still 45 miles away however, and with it being dark, damp, cold and 11.30pm I decided to call it a day in the service station (whilst feeling like a class A girls blouse). I had hit 188.7 miles, and that was enough. I went to fill it too the brim.

Baring in mind the tank can hold 17 litres, I was ready to pay the £16. But the click happened far earlier; brimming with petrol I could only fit 13.3 litres in! That technically means a running distance of 239 miles! Bugger!

[Lissa]

When we got lost in the Alps ( long story involving detour signs that vanished, unmarked gravel tracks, abandoned cars at the edge of 500ft plus drops, landslide warnings, boulders the size of garden sheds in the road, snow, ice, wolves (ok, not wolves, but there could have been wolves in those forests!) and a blinking fuel light for miles) we managed 171 miles out of our 16 litre tank..................and we hadn't exactly been riding conservatively up until we got lost

You'll have to do the experiment again

It is quite amazing what mileage you can eek out when riding conservatively. (Surely Gordon Brown can't travel 'conservatively' can he?!)

For my first couple of thousand miles on my GSXR I was hooning it (apart from running in obviously) and I was getting pretty bad mpg but when I commute on the motorway I can average 80-90mph mostly in 6th gear on the journey and get two trips to work and back out of a tank which is about 170 miles and there's still theoretically a couple of litres left in the tank (~£14 to fill up).

Cheers,
Matt

Same as cartwrim really.....If im thrashing the R6, tank range is abysmal(but who cares its a sports bike), but on a commute or an easy ride i see over 150 miles tank.

if in doubt................ go flat out

Originally Posted by hovis

remember kids ........... SAFETY FIRST

Shame some of today's kids' parents didn't have that attitude

Stick a gerry can on the pillion seat and ride til you run out!

I might have a go at this. Generally on my commute my flashing light usually starts at about 110-115 miles. There is a fair bit of city riding on my commute though, so I'll see if I can squeeze 150 first off.

When i got 200 Miles i wasnt really riding like a grandad! No way! A roads to glasgow then on the motorway at 80+ till i finally found a petrol station. Wierd how some people struggle bad!

Maybe its your weight? I weight in at about 10 Stone...

The next week i got 85 before the light came on! Bonkers!