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MOTOBRICK.COM => The MBdotCOM Community Center => Topic started by: Mongrel on August 15, 2013, 11:27:13 PM
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Got some great mileage the other day (best I ever had on the bike) and just started wondering. I figure, answers will differ depending on the exact setup and whether you're rocking a 75 or a 100, but they all have the same tank size at least.
On my K75C, I managed 335 kms (about 208 m) before hitting the reserve light. Estimate she would have done just about 365 kms (about 227m) to bone dry. At 16 litres before reserve, that would be 20.9 kpg/59.1 mpg.
I wasn't really trying that hard, so I'm sure that doesn't even come close to what someone on here has managed with with proper riding technique, tuning, and all the rest.
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i getts about 23 miles per gallon... butts i keep it on the red line...
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I can get mid-low 30's in town and upper 40's to 50 on hwy.
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93 - K1100RS
40 to 42 in town. Has gone as 49 on a recent mid west moto deabuchery run.
Can consiantly go o 160 to 180 in town before the reserve light comes on.
Have run 210 miles on HWY before getting the light.
Stays like this until past 90MPH. Then it can drop in teh mid to high 30's.
Slow rolling in 5th at the 55 to 65 MPH range yeild the higest milage I think.
This year my magic speed seems to be 77 MPH.
They are all diffferent.
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Take the flap out and you can get almost an extra 3/4 of a gallon. Trick is you only want to shove that in if you have the cup mod and you can run that extra fuel out before your next stop.
I'm avg 35 around town and 45 hwy. here is the catch: I know my speedo is 4mph fast at 65mph.
I asume my odometer is also off.
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i always thought i was the odd dog out with regularly getting low 30s (sometimes down to 28) in the city on my 86 K75 (and at 137k). and then i did have one magical (efficiency wise, not yeehaw magic) ride out on some slab and got an estimated 67mpg (might be off by a couple, still great). doing about 60mph for a few hours out to the moto deabuchery ride, then it got yeehaw. I can say i was worried that my warning light had died as the miles kept ticking up and i that i would putter out and be stranded.
i do think my float needs to be adjusted as the light goes on early (in general), and i've never run it all the way down to see what i can actually get out of her. closest i got was low enough to keep from starting, but then i realized it was because my street's camber was enough to leave the pump mostly dry. (i park at 90deg at the curb) had to push her out onto the flat center of the road and was able to start up.
well, that is my story.