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01-09-13, 09:41 PM
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Poor petrol consumption - Pointy.
my petrol consumption has went so bad recently tried changing plugs, cleaning air filter and properly inflating tyres but its still really bad... any ideas?
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01-09-13, 09:59 PM
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Re: petrol consumption low!
Have you checked the brakes aren't binding? Does the engine idle and otherwise run normally?
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01-09-13, 11:56 PM
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petrol consumption low!
Hmmm...
What you getting to the gallon, or to a tank?
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02-09-13, 07:01 AM
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Re: petrol consumption low!
On that I'd expect an average 50mpg on mainly motorway riding. So that's about 180 mile a tank then the engine stops running.
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02-09-13, 08:08 AM
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Re: petrol consumption low!
Throttle stop and washer... that's your problem.
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02-09-13, 08:22 AM
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Re: Pointy poor petrol consumption.
suppose ill put up with it for another year till i can get it removed
 yeah idle is fine and brakes are fine. getting like 35 mpg i think
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02-09-13, 12:30 PM
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Poor petrol consumption - Pointy.
Make an account on fuelly and see what mpg you're actually getting? I thought mine was getting terrible mpg, but turned out to actually be doing about 55mpg.
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02-09-13, 05:51 PM
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Re: Poor petrol consumption - Pointy.
Have you tried using 6th gear more often combined with less throttle?
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03-09-13, 07:42 AM
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Re: Poor petrol consumption - Pointy.
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