What's your best motorcycle MPG?

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Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:22 am

What's your best motorcycle MPG?

Please list as:

YEAR MANUFACTURER MODEL MPG

Thanks!

(All motorcycle MPG information will go into our Total Motorcycle Fuel Economy Guide... it was the very first motorcycle MPG guide on the internet BTW) http://totalmotorcycle.com/MotorcycleFu ... yGuide.htm

Mike

agraebner · #2 Unread post by **agraebner** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:03 am

1988 Honda CBR1000F 54 mpg
1991 Honda Nighthawk 750 55 mpg
1994 Yamaha FZR600R 46 mpg
I let ya know about the magna as soon as I have run a few tanks through her. I haven't tagged it yet I am hoping for next week........
The best I ever got was with my now gone VLX with k&n filter + stage 1 and gearing change I got 74mpg highway riding 65mph going out I 70 (before the whole corn fuel we have now)

gsJack · #3 Unread post by **gsJack** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:45 am

02 Suzuki GS500 60-65 mpg summer and 55-60 mpg winter. Voted 61-70 mpg.

dirt dobber · Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:18 am

52 hiway, H-D sportster 1200c. salesmam said 60, at about 2000 miles i queston him, quote, better after it got a few miles on it. it has been my experience with auto's what you get at the beginning is it...

jstark47 · #5 Unread post by **jstark47** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:35 am

dirt dobber wrote:52 hiway, H-D sportster 1200c. salesmam said 60, at about 2000 miles i queston him, quote, better after it got a few miles on it. it has been my experience with auto's what you get at the beginning is it...

No, bikes get better after the engine beds in and loosens up a tad. We used to have a 2004 Suzuki Marauder (800cc v-twin), it got noticeably "freer" between 3000 and 4000 miles. That had to have helped gas mileage too.

I've always been amazed at the mileage Sportys get for a bike of that displacement.

#6 Unread post by **pchast** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:48 pm

1980 Suzuki GS550L 50-54 MPG summer after full cleanup and new plugs.

Grey Thumper · Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:59 pm

2004 BMW F650CS - 65mpg
2004 BMW R1150R - 40mpg, disappointingly.

HYPERR · #8 Unread post by **HYPERR** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:41 am

1996 Ducati 900SS(944cc): 49 mpg
2002 BMW R1150R: 51 mpg
2004 Honda CBR600RR: 48 mpg
2006 Kawasaki KLX250S: 65 mpg
2008 Ducati Hypermotard 1100: 48 mpg

HYPERR · #9 Unread post by **HYPERR** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:24 am

jstark47 wrote:I've always been amazed at the mileage Sportys get for a bike of that displacement.

Most low tuned twins do get very good gas mileage when ridden at a moderate pace. My R1150R will get in the mid to high 50s on a moderate pace highway run to a low of 40 if ridden hard. I usually end up getting in the mid 40s however. Two other factors contributing to the common great mileage of a Sportster is that the typical rider of a Sportster tend to ride at a moderate putt putt pace; and the inherent characteristic of the engine encourages the rider to stay in that moderate zone. As you know since you own one, the sportster engine "encourages" the rider to keep the engine in it's "happy and comfort" zone where the engine and the rider "feels" much happier.

Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:24 am

I have to thank my next door neighbour Dave for helping me input the bikes of data by hand into the new Total Motorcycle Fuel Efficiency Guide. At the end of it all with the data I have already there will be an additional 1000 bikes (at least) so I'm happy for the help.

So this new 3.0 Guide will easily be the biggest motorcycle MPG resource ever.

Mike

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