07-20-2014, 11:04 AM
(07-20-2014, 04:11 AM)VTR1000F_imp Wrote: Regarding flashing bar... I had a hard moments today. Travelling from a great weekend with a passenger, I unleashed the CB on the autobahn, leaned on it a bit and travelling steady on the speed limiter I looked at my instrument after some time and saw the bar flashing! I did not know how long it was flashing at the moment so I backed down to emergency-economy mode and limping at 55 mph waiting for next gas station. Finally we reached a gas station I filled up the bike and calculated there was only 0.5 litre left. I was lucky!
An object lesson in aerodynamics. I've found that a steady 60 mph can deliver mid 50s mpg. A constant 85 mph is in the mid 40s. I can imagine that running a constant 112 mph would net you somewhere in the low 30s.
In aviation it's well known that to double your speed requires 4 times the HP (which directly correlates to fuel consumption).