Dunno if i'm riding my Firestorm like miss daisy, 80-90 on motorways 70+ on singlelanes, but i am getting 170-180 miles per tank and when i fill her up im putting in 12-13 ltrs. When i got the bike i was told that you're be lucky to get 110-120 to the tank, is it me or do they have a better range than people think??
One other point my Storm has 6 gears and i thought that they only had 5. I counted the changes at least 5 times just to make sure, again is this standard
Errr thats much too good, I get 110 miles at the red light and about 12l to fill it [fast ish road use, down to 70miles on the tarck], so have you checked it is a Firestorm, not a BMW GS?
Only thing I can think is you may have non standard gearing and speedo & odo are reading high, but it would have to be 30%+ change in gearing so it sound too much.
You must have the smoothest throttle wrist in the UK
ah youve got one of them kmh ones lol, thats why!
same as, with a 19L tank, filling up 13-14L a time, i get about 100 / 110 before the light but thats with the sensor off a 16L tank, theres at least a gallon left when the light comes on.
if i'm caning the butt off it, it's down to 80 odd.
wouldnt say theyre particularly bad on fuel, my 750 is the same.
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Yeah its an EU import, but i'm sure that its only a 16l tank as i've almost run it empty twice and still only got 14 litres in. Ive done 330 miles and put in 24 litres, i calculate that this works out to 60+ mpg.!!!!
in fact i filled up yesterday and put in 12.3 litres, have done 150 miles and the light of doom is still not on. Will ride for 20-30 miles carefully before my butt starts squeaking lol
If your bike is an import the trip meter could still be in Kilometres, but the speedo face might have a MPH sticker over it. 170Km =106miles which is "normal" for a VTR
the best tank range imo is in Edington, Wiltshire
51° 13' 58.12" N 2° 6' 53.76" W
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When i first got mine the best i could get was around 90 to the tank ,then a few weeks ago i filled the tank when the light of doom came on and headed out on a all day ride out , this time i got 120 before the light came on, i wasn't hacking it all the time, and some legs of the journey were 40 odd mile on dual carriageways at a steady pace.
