2013 CB1100 MPG

[the Ferret]

Ok let me see if I can explain this to you. Stop and fill up the tank. Then zero your trip meter. Then ride until the red light starts flashing and observe mileage. Continue riding until you feel you should be getting low, and pull into a gas station. Fill up tank. Observe mileage on trip meter. Note how many gallons it took to refill. Divide mileage on trip meter by gallons used to refill and that gives you the gas mileage for that tank. Reset trip meter to zero and you are ready for the next tank.

Once you run a few tanks thru the bike ( I have run many tanks through in the 7000 miles I have put on my CB, unlike the few hundred you say you have put on yours) you learn how far it will go before flashing reserve and how long you can go before needing to stop and fill.

I never open the gas cap between fills. I watch my trip meter instead of the gas gauge ( learned this in the 60's which were pre-gas gauge )and know I can go 135 ish miles on my CB before the red light starts flashing, and can safely go 175 miles before needing to refill ( although I usually refill around the 150 mile mark) and that even then, I should still have 1/2 gallon of gas in the tank, because I have never put more than 3.3 gallons into the 3.9 gallon tank. Ignore the fuel bars..trust your trip meter.