mixed message ? - SV650.org

rictus01 · 05-06-12, 01:19 PM

stopped at a honda dealers today on my ride about, they now put the MPG figures on their sports bikes..how very Honda of them.

and then right next to them is this sign

I can't imagine you'd get nearly 55mpg from a CBR600 if you kept it "pinned", do you ?

Cheers Mark.

05-06-12, 01:27 PM

simple really, bigger full tank and advised to "keep it pinned" so no one see's you ride a honda or even refueling it

yorkie_chris · 05-06-12, 01:27 PM

One I borrowed didn't do 55mpg if you rode like a girl... bag of sh*t thing...

Hows that for development when the (clear lies) from the marketing department fail in fuel economy when compared to what I can actually get from a 900cc behemoth with an engine designed basically in the late 70s.
That's emissions and noise regs for you...

rictus01 · 05-06-12, 01:32 PM

they had the whole range there and not one bike exited me in the least...

Sir Trev · 05-06-12, 02:16 PM

Dobles are one of the few places that actually stock Baglux kit. Got my Minea bag from there after popping in for a looksy and they were a very friendly bunch. Still wouldn't buy one of their bikes mind...

05-06-12, 02:41 PM

All bar one of those flags are upside down... Is the store sinking?

Jayneflakes · 05-06-12, 05:41 PM

HONDA - Had One, Never Doing Again!

The CB600F I had as a hire bike a while back was more bland than than the pop charts!

embee · 05-06-12, 08:39 PM

It's a world industry thing, look up WMTC (worldwide motorcycle test cycle) for all the boring stuff.

Unfortunately it's about as much use as the CO2 rating for cars, but trying to create any standard test will always be so. It does allow you to compare bikes more or less, but the absolute numbers will always be pure fairytale.

05-06-12, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by embee

It's a world industry thing, look up WMTC (worldwide motorcycle test cycle) for all the boring stuff.

Unfortunately it's about as much use as the CO2 rating for cars, but trying to create any standard test will always be so. It does allow you to compare bikes more or less, but the absolute numbers will always be pure fairytale.

It is pure fairytale because, as with cars, the engines are designed to have sweet spots at the prescribed rpm so they give artificially efficient results. Do you think any of these "under 100gms/km CO2" cars will ever produce anything like that little when actually being driven? Of course not. Bikes are the same.

05-06-12, 08:56 PM

They should have a standardised test where the bike is on a rolling road, run it slowly up
The rev range over the space of 10mins and then give it an abstract efficiency figure.

05-06-12, 01:19 PM	#1
rictus01 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South London Posts: 9,799	mixed message ? stopped at a honda dealers today on my ride about, they now put the MPG figures on their sports bikes..how very Honda of them. and then right next to them is this sign I can't imagine you'd get nearly 55mpg from a CBR600 if you kept it "pinned", do you ? Cheers Mark. __________________ Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a Ride!

05-06-12, 01:27 PM	#2
davepreston Guest Posts: n/a	Re: mixed message ? simple really, bigger full tank and advised to "keep it pinned" so no one see's you ride a honda or even refueling it

05-06-12, 01:27 PM	#3
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: mixed message ? One I borrowed didn't do 55mpg if you rode like a girl... bag of sh*t thing... Hows that for development when the (clear lies) from the marketing department fail in fuel economy when compared to what I can actually get from a 900cc behemoth with an engine designed basically in the late 70s. That's emissions and noise regs for you... __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

05-06-12, 01:32 PM	#4
rictus01 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: South London Posts: 9,799	Re: mixed message ? they had the whole range there and not one bike exited me in the least... __________________ Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, 'Wow! What a Ride!

05-06-12, 02:16 PM	#5
Sir Trev Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: High Wycombe, where the chair factories used to be Posts: 1,479	Re: mixed message ? Dobles are one of the few places that actually stock Baglux kit. Got my Minea bag from there after popping in for a looksy and they were a very friendly bunch. Still wouldn't buy one of their bikes mind... __________________ We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town, BEEP BEEP!

05-06-12, 02:41 PM	#6
Spank86 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: mixed message ? All bar one of those flags are upside down... Is the store sinking?

05-06-12, 08:39 PM	#8
embee Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 2,802	Re: mixed message ? It's a world industry thing, look up WMTC (worldwide motorcycle test cycle) for all the boring stuff. Unfortunately it's about as much use as the CO2 rating for cars, but trying to create any standard test will always be so. It does allow you to compare bikes more or less, but the absolute numbers will always be pure fairytale. __________________ "Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity"

05-06-12, 08:56 PM	#10
Spank86 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: mixed message ? They should have a standardised test where the bike is on a rolling road, run it slowly up The rev range over the space of 10mins and then give it an abstract efficiency figure.

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