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I'm sure this has been covered before... but..

What kind of fuel economy does everyone get out of their bikes?
Information I am after:

Bike Model:
Tank size:
Range with full tank - highway
Range with full tank - suburbia

.. and I think for the sake of sanity... I don't particularly want to know how far the track bikes get from a tank

zx10r 04

17L - think

secret squirrel roads near Orbost- 180km/tank

just for giggles
zx10r 06
17 L i think

3X 20min sessions at EC

'87 GPZ500
18ltr tank
Highway - 405
Town - 390

05 ZX10R

17L tank
The most I've squeezed in was 17.1 litres and that got me 240km at just over 7 L/100km

Average L/100km 7.17
Max L/100km 11.01
Min L/100km 5.05

i trust MickC's stats to be accurate, he can tell you the KMs, date, time how many Litres and even how much it cost him for every single tank of fuel thats ever been through that bike.

he can even tell you how many litres his standard kawasaki fuel pump pumped before it shit itself.

01 ZRX1200S
19 Litre tank
Highway at posted limit- 340klms
Highway on it- 260klms
Mountains cruising-280klms
Mountains on it-220klms

Wattie wrote:i trust MickC's stats to be accurate, he can tell you the KMs, date, time how many Litres and even how much it cost him for every single tank of fuel thats ever been through that bike.

he can even tell you how many litres his standard kawasaki fuel pump pumped before it shit itself.

Unfortunately I didn't do it for the first year and a bit, but then the Bureau of Stats wanted me to do a "Road Use" survey and I had to keep track of it all for a few months.....and never stopped after that

I can give some pretty good estimates of how much it's used though, as well as how much I've spent of fuel since I've owned it.

Mick C wrote:

Wattie wrote:i trust MickC's stats to be accurate, he can tell you the KMs, date, time how many Litres and even how much it cost him for every single tank of fuel thats ever been through that bike.

he can even tell you how many litres his standard kawasaki fuel pump pumped before it shit itself.

Unfortunately I didn't do it for the first year and a bit, but then the Bureau of Stats wanted me to do a "Road Use" survey and I had to keep track of it all for a few months.....and never stopped after that

I can give some pretty good estimates of how much it's used though, as well as how much I've spent of fuel since I've owned it.

Ahhh I had forgotten about that

You need a doctor Mick

I believe it would be called Obsessive-compulsive

The first step is admitting you have a problem....I haven't reached that step yet

WOW!

There's some consistency..... although the GPz is winning nicely.......

Has a competition ever been had for best fuel economy on a long distance ride?

I keep a spreadsheet with breakdowns for main / reserve and charts etc for tracking totals for my fuel usage - doesn't everyone do this?

2007 ZX10R
17 litre tank
Best 270 klm (15.88 klm to litre)
Worst 220 klm (12.94 klm to litre)

07 ZX10R
best 5L/100km
worst 10L/100km
(Aprox I don't keep accurate records)

1999 CBR600F
Daily commute 4.5L/100km (May have done better)
in the hills 9L/100km
More at the track - haven't worked it out yet.

photomike666 wrote:07 ZX10R
best 5L/100km
.

are you saying that you have been able to get more than 300kms to a tank on a 10r?

Blurr wrote:

photomike666 wrote:07 ZX10R
best 5L/100km
.

are you saying that you have been able to get more than 300kms to a tank on a 10r?

he should be strung up for "inappropriate use of a ZX10R"

i thought the fuel light coming on at 190kms was an economy run...