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What sport bike has the all around best mpg?
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 9:29 am
by asldjkls
I use to be a member on this forum and my name was yngvai or something but it wont let me log in under that.
I was curious on which sport bike has the best gas mileage, sense gas prices wont be going down anytime soon only going up to around 4 dollars.
So i was just curious, sorry if this has been posted before, which I'm sure it has.
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 9:33 am
by frawsty
That's a loaded question. What class are you talking about? Sport? Cruisers? MX?
Stock bike? Modded? blah blah....difficult question to answer.
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 9:46 am
by tortus
high end sport bikes tend to not only get poor mileage but also require premium fuel. I recommend just googling the bike you are curious about, you can find mpg for any bike out there. For example, the latest issue of Motorcyclist reported the Ducati 1098 got 24mpg (a quick google search to verifies that seems to put the 1098 anywhere from 22 to 37mpg)
mid to lower end sport bikes generally get great mileage and only require basic fuel.
For example: My buddy gets about 65mpg on his Ninja 250. I got 55mpg on my Ninja 650. People have reported 75mpg on the 250, but my friend has never even come close to that.
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 9:55 am
by frawsty
touring sportbikes have decent mpg but the honda style full dressers have great mpg and are built for long rides
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 10:51 am
by IcyHound
My ninja 500 was rolling at 60mpg last fillup.
The sprint st (drool, slobber) gets around 50+ per its owners that i've read.
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 11:05 am
by fireguzzi
IcyHound wrote:
The sprint st (drool, slobber)
I'll second that.
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 11:09 am
by frawsty
My old carb'd Kawasaki ZX600e was beat down but had sweet MPG. My Tiller is terrible...
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 12:27 pm
by totalmotorcycle
Total Motorcycle also has the ONLY Motorcycle Fuel Economy Guide in existance as well. Check it out:
http://totalmotorcycle.com/MotorcycleFu ... yGuide.htm
Mike
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 12:34 pm
by spin
tortus wrote:For example, the latest issue of Motorcyclist reported the Ducati 1098 got 24mpg (a quick google search to verifies that seems to put the 1098 anywhere from 22 to 37mpg)
gimme a 1098 and i will gladly take 5 mpg
interesting question, i am going to trip my bike to see my mileage.
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 1:43 pm
by Sev
Uhhh... the ninja 250 would probably have the best milage possible.