Just done a check on MPG and over the last 900 miles seem to be getting 34.3 mpg (no pillion). This is mainly on A & B (no motorway) plus unclassified roads (those with grass and stones down the middle). How does this compare with other users.
My old 1000DS is crap on fuel, rarely more than 35mpg. The 1100's are apparently much better on fuel. Dunno about the new'un.
Check out www.fuelly.com and search for mutleys under the motorcycles. You will see mine there too, under multi rider! On avg they range between 37 to 48mpg.
I use fuelly as above to track mine, I get 38.8 mpg over 800 miles on A roads (thats a 1200 S with standard exhaust and no pillion)
Best over 3700 miles was 46mpg latest average is 43mpg, I don't trust the onboard computer. I use Fuelly too....PKE
Just done 1200 miles of fast riding on French roads, maybe 150 on Autoroute the rest N,D, and unclassified = 40.2 mpg on 98RON fuel.
Full Termi with 'race' ECU (original 2010 fuel maps....no updates;-) - mixture of riding but mostly 'fast' A and B road group rides with the occasional longer trip: Worst: 36mpg (that was a REALLY good day out!) Best: 46mpg Typically: 43mpg ....all calculated from fuel to refill tank and mileage done (i.e. not trip computer mpg's)
Come on guys.....anything above 40mpg and you need to get another bike. These are made to enjoy. Why have it if you dont use it?:biggrin:
I'm more curious as to how many miles you get per tank. I have a 34 mile round trip to work each day A13, A406, A12 and can never get more than 115 miles before reserve light comes on. Don't know if this is good or bad? Have to agree with Budha
And I was worried that my SS consumption had dropped from 55 - 60 mpg to about 40!!! F-me.....if a bike can't do more than 40mpg on the road, then flog it and buy a car........even my worn out TR4 in the 70s would do 40mpg and my 200SX that I have sold recently would do 34mpg round town and 43 on a 70+mph run... AL.
You could always buy a car like mine then. Never bettered 16 mpg worst was 8 Whilst flogging it round the nerburg . No intentions of downgrading though you gets what you pays for.
Don't know what bike you've got, but if it's a 1000/1100 there's an art to filling the tank. The shape of the tank means you have to give it time to settle and allow the breather to displace the air at the back of the tank. Fill it, then wait 20-30 seconds for the level to drop, then fill slowly to the brim. Some people claim to be able to get 200+ miles from a tankful this way. Not me though, I'm way too busy thrashing the conkers off it to worry about getting an extra few clicks per gallon.
I was getting around 37-38mpg (which is worse than my Audi a6 estate...and that's a lump of steel...diesel that is). I could not believe a 250kg mbike could be worse that that....this promted me to change the exhaust....Mivv decat and termi stubby and hey presto....44mpg calculated and 50-53mpg on the dash..... So the conlusion....Eurocrats are to blame for inefficient cars and bikes and thus more pollution and consumption. Think about it....if I was David Cameron I would want people to use more fuel so that I could get more taxes. Huh?
I've got a mate with a Tuono that come's touring with us, it's a standard joke now everytime we meet about him having to stop & fill up.
My figures are taken off the trip computer but did 1030 miles in 18 hours including getting across the channel and going through Paris. Trip computer told me I averaged 82 mph and 42 mpg. Trip computer obviously only takes into account when the bike is moving, but that's amazing economy when not hanging about though of course it's high speed cruising not on and off the throttle. Didn't actually work out the full to empty actual consumption as I was in a hurry so open to computer error
Fuel consumption has never bothered me up til now, but I'm hoping to buy a brand new bike next year and economy is crossing my mind more and more. I like to blast around Europe at least once a year, but it's becoming a bloody expensive pastime. But look at the bikes I'm interested in (large capacity and torquey rather than fast), and the fuel figures are pretty dire, most struggling to top 40mpg. My mate's got a Merc E350 that averages 44mpg... But it seems that no-one is interested in economy apart from BMW. Bikes like Kawasaki's Versys and Honda's NC700 are frugal enough, but then they bloody well should be for the performance they offer. BMW, however, seem to be able to get very impressive fuel figures from very high performing engines like the K1300. Even Husqvarna's Nuda 900 claims to be able to reach mid-50's mpg from a tuned F800 engine. But the other manufacturers don't seem interested. Give me a sporty, 100+bhp large capacity bike that can give me 50mpg on a daily basis and I'd be a happy man.
