Average MPG

[kver]

Speed kills -- your gas mileage that is....
I used to get MUCH better mileage riding 2-up.   Riding single, I notice my mileage drops very quickly over 75mph....  

[Sport-Touring]

[jay547]

I have a routine when traveling: 1) bike on centerstand 2) fill to brim

I just realized that I've had my FJ-09 for a little over two years and I've never filled it up on the centerstand.

[rajflyboy]

I just realized that I've had my FJ-09 for a little over two years and I've never filled it up on the centerstand.

Kinda like airplanes with single point fueling.... many times you can get a little more gas in it if you top the wings

[jay547]

I can't ride that far without stopping anyway. I usually gas up about every 100-120 miles.

[Hueyf4i]

I get around 40 mpg on average with my 04 ST1300. I've gotten over 50mpg before, but that was on some pretty flat stretches of hwy.  My average gives me around 300 miles per tank, but I generally gas up around 260. 

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[Oilhed]

the irony is in recent memory I get the best mileage from my biggest, heaviest, largest displacement motorcycle...wtf!

[Hueyf4i]

the irony is in recent memory I get the best mileage from my biggest, heaviest, largest displacement motorcycle...wtf!

My 94 CBR 600F2 had a curb weight of 470lbs, but would consistently get 50mpg regardless of my riding style.  My 04 600F4i would get a max of 40mpg even though it was 50lbs lighter and fuel injected. . .  And 40 was only at consistent low speed riding. . .

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[Blue is Best]

Oil- That's because they are cruising at a lower RPM, their torque and light throttle operation are more efficient than a buzz bomb cruising at 6,000 RPMs
or more.

Huey- I've always wanted to start a thread on your very comments. Why did my 680lb, loaded FJR, spinning at more RPM get WAY better MPG than my 100lb lighter ZX14 spinning at lower RPMS?

[Blue is Best]

Got back last week from a two day trip to visit my buddy up in beautiful Colorado. I took my 2016 Suzuki Bandit 1250. I've been posting in other places about its incredible gas mileage. Check out this picture. Cruising at 3,600 rpms at 68 mph(1 tooth up on front sprocket) you can see on the gauge 176.6 miles and still two bars(five gallon tank) on gas gauge without being on reserve. I got 56 MPG!!!!!!! that tank!!!!!!!!!!

[Daughthe]

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[caddydaddy]

My Triumph Rocket III Roadster has been averaging just over 33 MPG. I am not easy on the throttle!  

[Blue is Best]

My Triumph Rocket III Roadster has been averaging just over 33 MPG. I am not easy on the throttle!  

My buddy has a Rocket III and gets lousy gas mileage whether he is going slow or fast.      

[Blue is Best]

Filled up in Creede, CO and made it home to Rio Rancho, NM on one tank, 292 miles. This picture shows the instrument panel at 270.5 miles and NOT ON RESERVE yet!! 54.5 mpg!!


My 2012 FJR 1300

[Bounce]

The 96 GMC with the 350cc got 13 at best.
The 98se Wing got 32 on it's best day and 19 on at least one tank.
The 2003 FJR gets 40+ depending on conditions.
The 2008STi got 26 if I put it in cruise at 55mph on the highway for long stretches.
The 2017 RS3 gets 26 without babying but can go as low as 15 in hunker-down mode while hauling the mail and as high as 36 if I watch the Ps and Qs.

But if I wanted MPG I'd not have owned any of the above.

[Blue is Best]

The 96 GMC with the 350cc got 13 at best.
The 98se Wing got 32 on it's best day and 19 on at least one tank.
The 2003 FJR gets 40+ depending on conditions.
The 2008STi got 26 if I put it in cruise at 55mph on the highway for long stretches.
The 2017 RS3 gets 26 without babying but can go as low as 15 in hunker-down mode while hauling the mail and as high as 36 if I watch the Ps and Qs.

But if I wanted MPG I'd not have owned any of the above.

    On a couple of your vehicles I can understand the poor mpg. But the others? WOW, your driver's license history must read like a book.

For 90% of my miles I ride like the motorcycle is transportation. And the great mpg is a trophy for me. The other 10%? Not so much.    

[Bounce]

    On a couple of your vehicles I can understand the poor mpg. But the others? WOW, your driver's license history must read like a book.

For 90% of my miles I ride like the motorcycle is transportation. And the great mpg is a trophy for me. The other 10%? Not so much.    

Not so much.
The GMC was 13mpg city or highway regardless of how I drove it.

The 98se was dual carb and designed when national limits were 55. Break 65 and you were into 32mpg. Ride in the western US and it was MUCH lower.

The FJR can get above 42mpg if I poke along but why get anything other than a Whizzer if that was the case?

The 2008STi was tuned to get nearly 300hp and more than 300tqs at the AWD wheels and, again, if I wanted to drive like I was in a Prius, I'd have bought one of those.

The RS3 throws tech at 400Hp to get better mpg than the STi even when driving at highway speeds with the flow of traffic. Crank it over into "Dynamic" mode and that can go down to about 15mpg based on your throttle use.

We all know you trade fuel+air for power. More power = more fuel consumed.

My driving history is pretty good. Have had few tickets and the last was in 98 when I was testing the steel belted radials that came out for the bike (designed for bias ply). Some were claiming they were unstable at speed and we speculated that those people weren't checking the PSI often enough or overloading the bike. After proving that it wasn't the properly-adjusted tires, I was on my way back down from max top end (BFE) when I passed a trooper doing about 90 in a 70.. Oh well. Could have been worse. Deferred adjudication.


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[Blue is Best]

I stand corrected, Sir.                  

[jay547]

My last four bikes have all been right around 45mpg. Two singles, one triple, and one in-line four.

[02Tac]

Kinda like airplanes with single point fueling.... many times you can get a little more gas in it if you top the wings

NO ONE want to do that! The real fun (over wing) is the stuff where you have to go back and forth between the wings due to balance/load limits.  

[02Tac]

For 90% of my miles I ride like the motorcycle is transportation. And the great mpg is a trophy for me. The other 10%? Not so much.    

Same here. Was hammering (relatively speaking) the KLX the last tank and only got 57mpg.