SV650s Mpg ride

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

I'd agree but don't let the revs drop so much it's lumping along like a bugger either.

Peak torque is way above 3000rpm but that seems to be around the lowest smooth speed.

Fuel economy is all about smoothness, building up momentum takes expensive fuel so try not to lose it by braking. Gently slow for red lights and roundabouts in advance so you have a good chance of holding onto most of your speed through them.

On A roads sticking to 60mph through Wales I managed 57mpg on my modified naked one. On the outward leg I averaged 75mph on some of the B roads, a little bit more on the open stretches and got 28mpg. Full tank in 101 miles.

that kinda proves that 47 ish is the best sort of speed to stick too

[yorkie_chris]

Yes I could well believe it.

What I'd like is a sort of flow meter like you see on boats giving you real time mpg and litres used. Flowmeters are expensive to buy but I have a design in my head for one.

haha i could get my hands on a flow meter might be fun to try

http://www.fuelly.com/driver/geese/sv650s

here's the data of mine.

Geese that's my kinda site. I'm fairly anal about MPG so a site i can record all this is just the ticket.

I reckon i'm getting about 50mpg at the moment, riding mainly in town and only approx 20miles at a time on open roads at the weekends.

I did a similar excercise to bibio in my car (Peugeot 206 2.0l HDI) and found i could extend my tank range by about 70 miles by changing up earlier and being nicer to my accelerator.

Yep that site is great. If you register make sure you add me and we can compare.

If you're anal about it. For the cars anyway I have an OBD scan tool from ebay and "torque" app on my phone. I 've got it set up for instant Mpg which is great. I could see the sweetspot of my car was under 100km/h

56 mph is supost to be the sweet spot for most modern cars

On a trackday I get about 60 miles to a tank

hmmmm 60 miles to a tank about 20 to the gallon then :/ on race fuel?

[NTECUK]

To be honest if i'm good i can get 65 mpg.
But its so boar-ring. generally get 55mpg ridding it to work n back .But going the twisty route is so much more fun.
But its all down to smoothness
This is what i got out the Dig-T driving like i had an egg under my foot !