What a difference Riding Style makes to MPG!!!

Agreed, I can go anything from 90 to a tank to 160 depending on how I ride...

Tend to get about 120 mostly, If petrol money is an issue its certainly a good way of stringing it out

Originally Posted by bumble

Unfortunately the other road users screw it up for us.

Yes, I was thinking this the other day. Every time a car pulls out on you, even when you escape unscathed they cost you in brake pads, tyre life, petrol and arguably engine wear too. It'd be nigh on impossible to measure accurately, but it'd be interesting to see what percentage of running costs are down to other road users idiocy (not just their presence on the road slowing you down, etc.) and also how much this would cost in total over your life.

My SV 1000 did 148 miles on a tank yesterday and the light was still flashing. That was on the A38, and motorway to Hull. It hardly dropped below 100mph either

I accelerate hard where i can, and gun it past traffic when i can and i still get 120 miles to a tank. Long motorway runs i can get nearly 150

I used to get 110 before the light came on solid but since putting my new zorst on I am getting 120+ and I haven't canged my riding style.

when i ran the sv 650s i usually got about 120 -130 till the light came on. My new gsf650s has 20 litre tank and a fuel gauge so perhaps it may do more.

best time to ride - when England are playing and roads are clear.

[Viney]

Im sorry for saying but who cares how much you get to a tank of fuel...the bikes about having fun, and still ruteuns more than the average car....saying that lowest i ever got was 90 to a tank running huge jets and needles clipped wrong. i get 120 miles on average to a tank and thats definitly not being genlte on my 10 mile commute.

Originally Posted by Gnan

140 miles, that's rubbish

high octane gas + long 60 mph trip = close to 200 miles to a tank

200miles!!! no way, you are p**s taking...

I realized abut the huge difference the last sunday... I went to Canterbury with a friend on a bandit (and his girlfriend making us take it easy) and I did 130 miles before the light went off!! I think that the last time I did such a mileage from a tank was .... when I was doing the running in of the engine?

average for commuting in London from full tank to first sight of the light is 90-95...

not smart, not great, but fun!!! If I had to go always on economic mode on trips out of town I would get a car!! at least I could smoke and move stuff around... sad but true.

Question about fuels... Anyone bother with anything other than bog standard unleaded? Do any of the 'ultimates' or 'plus' fuels make a difference?

my bike pretty much gets hammered everywhere (where safe to) commute to work out with the lads, and i still get 150 - 160 miles out of tank regardless of how i ride