mpg...a myth?

Beamish · Post by **Beamish** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:29 am

lee67 wrote:mines got carbon cans'...k&n and dynojetted stage 1...yesterdays rideout i did 170 + miles...all on Â£16 of petrol

What! are you sure its not kms

Beamish · Post by **Beamish** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:32 am

lee67 wrote:yep mines an 01 with the smaller tank......two up steady 80 mph or so..odd overtake at 100 or so....put in Â£16 all day and did 170+ MILES...only had bike 2 weeks, last week did 113miles to Â£10..solo...but im used to riding v twins, just come from a beast of a tl'...still cant grumble for mpg...maybe the dynojet/k&n and dyno runs have helped overall mpg

Are you sure yours does not have the bigger tank! I do not think I could get Â£16 of petrol in mine. Â£14.50 is a full tank (reserve light on)

VTRbob · Post by **VTRbob** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:53 am

he filled up twice on sunday,not Â£16 in one go

lee67 · Post by **lee67** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:36 am

correct bob, a Â£9 and a Â£7.....hence Â£16...checked bike 178 miles..and petrol left...go figure

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:44 am

and roughly how much a litre did you pay for your petrol Lee?
If it was about 98p That would give you 49.49 miles to the gallon. It's good but not unheard of.
All I can say is
Your wife must be please, you must have a feather light touch

Pete.l

Beamish · Post by **Beamish** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:54 pm

lee67 wrote:correct bob, a Â£9 and a Â£7.....hence Â£16...checked bike 178 miles..and petrol left...go figure

Good on yer I struggle to get 49 MPG from a Mondeo TDCI, and I drive like a girl (no pun intended before I get linched)

lee67 · Post by **lee67** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:12 pm

first Â£9 was at 98p litre...the Â£7 was Â£1 litre

...yeah i ride smooth throttle...but not slow neither, tis defo better than i was expecting

snipper · Post by **snipper** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:02 pm

when my reserve comes on i fill it up with 10ltrs which means theres 6ltrs left in reserve........ any one esle's the same
just seams alot of petrol left in res .......

VeetyR · Post by **VeetyR** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:41 am

yeah snip, mine is the same.....squeeze just over a tenner in when the light comes on

simon t · Post by **simon t** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:35 am

correct bob, a Â£9 and a Â£7.....hence Â£16...checked bike 178 miles..and petrol left...go figure

So, was the Â£7 put in when you got home?

If not (assuming you started with a full tank) you rode around using Â£9 worth, rode around some more then put Â£7 worth in and THEN you rode home, using an amount you will discover by filling it one more time.

(or am I missing something

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Jbrebel · Post by **Jbrebel** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 3:21 pm

I can vouch for Lee. It does return good mpg if you ride it right. Thats what a good stage one set up and dyno run does for you

Oh, and I should know. It was my bike

LotusSevenMan · Post by **LotusSevenMan** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 8:41 pm

Have the VTR in the garage at the moment (need to raise some cash for tax and insurance!!!!).

Riding my Royal Enfield 500 'fun bike' instead at the moment. Get over two hundred miles from the tank, and was shocked as had to put five quids worth of fuel in the other day at 101.9p per litre! 'Only' doing about 75-79 to the old fashioned gallon. Still at this rate of sipping fuel it doesn't matter too much!!!

shaun1978 · Post by **shaun1978** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:16 pm

I wish that I could get 80 miles to a tank but i just cant ride slowly i've tried.

Mad Ax · Post by **Mad Ax** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:20 am

Using my Storm as a battering ram to force through traffic every morning, I'm lucky if I get a week to a tank. Approx 20 miles per day, 5 days per week - I reckon I'm getting just under 100 miles to a tank, mostly low-speed city traffic with a few fast overtakes once out on the open roads... Was a bit of a shock coming from an oil-cooled GSXR 750

Sometimes I feel like I'm doing the environment a favour by leaving the bike at home and taking my 2.9 Granada to work instead... Tis a heavy old bus, but the heated seats make it worthwhile this time of year

Jbrebel · Post by **Jbrebel** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 9:27 am

Mad Ax wrote:Using my Storm as a battering ram to force through traffic every morning, I'm lucky if I get a week to a tank. Approx 20 miles per day, 5 days per week - I reckon I'm getting just under 100 miles to a tank, mostly low-speed city traffic with a few fast overtakes once out on the open roads... Was a bit of a shock coming from an oil-cooled GSXR 750

Sometimes I feel like I'm doing the environment a favour by leaving the bike at home and taking my 2.9 Granada to work instead... Tis a heavy old bus, but the heated seats make it worthwhile this time of year

If your up and down the box in town/commuting up and down I think thats the best to expect.

I found that if you go for a decent run and used the throttle/gearbox smoothly an easy 110 miles was acheivable.

Depends if you like to here it sing I suppose