2013 CB1100 MPG

[rboe]

What we need is a good ol' oil thread what with Christmas coming up and the Thanksgiving glow fading to dark.

[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.

[_imp]

Here's what I say for proper perspective.Take one original
" Kruise King " or the 1976 Kawasaki 900 LTD { looks almost
identical to Our CB 1100 }.With a dry weight of 541 lbs. and
3.5 gallon tank.Which was good for a Spartan 125 -mile range.
No way is another .4 ga. added to that tank is gonna reap 180-mile range.
Give it up already.

[lagoje_imp]

I've been calculating mileage that same way for years in my truck. K.I.S.S. It's the easiest way I know to figure out you true mileage.

Did the same on my old cb400. I knew approx how far I could go on a tank, and once in a while I had to turn on the reserve.


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[the Ferret]

Ok, foolardi, I give. There is just no talking to you. You know everything. You have all the experience. Other members of this board know nothing. Where would we be without your knowledge, wisdom and experience.

Tell you what though, call me a liar one more time, and you will no longer be a member of this board. Fair warning.

[_imp]

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.

Dear Watson,yer missing the entire point herein.
There is no accurate way to gauge when the tank
" should be getting low ".
Certainly not by the fuel gauge.Checking the inside of the tank
for amount still in the tank is at best,hodgepodge.
You are getting close however.As soon as the red low fuel warning
signal comes on is where to stop and fill up.Or when it first starts\
to flash.Use the bikes own signals to determine when to stop
and add fuel.Keeping close track of the odometer when stopping for
a fill up.Use the trip meter also.After fill up restart the trip meter
and ride till the red warning light comes on and chart the mileage.
Then do the division.Make sure and not change riding styles.

Ok, foolardi, I give. There is just no talking to you. You know everything. You have all the experience. Other members of this board know nothing. Where would we be without your knowledge, wisdom and experience.

Tell you what though, call me a liar one more time, and you will no longer be a member of this board. Fair warning.

I'm not here to call anyone a liar.Talk about thin skinned.
Where did I call you a liar.I don't agree with most bikers
about how they determine their mileage.Just like a don't agree
that metrics are crap because they ain't made in America.
I have fought the good fight for defending metrics many times
over the last 15 years.I also am a realist.I'm not one to
think my latest ride is like Mom and Apple pie.
Sorry if you take offense over my observations.I try real hard
to be as accurate and factual as possible.
I'm not like a Dealer or Service Mngr.

[CIP57_imp]

Ok, foolardi, I give. There is just no talking to you. You know everything. You have all the experience. Other members of this board know nothing. Where would we be without your knowledge, wisdom and experience.

Tell you what though, call me a liar one more time, and you will no longer be a member of this board. Fair warning.

[Deanohh_imp]

I wouldn't take their word for it about getting 3.9 gallons out of the tank.

I mean the stated specs are not precise. If you put in 3.5 gal, I wouldn't depend on that you would have been able to use another .4 gals out of the tank.

[_imp]

I wouldn't take their word for it about getting 3.9 gallons out of the tank.

I mean the stated specs are not precise. If you put in 3.5 gal, I wouldn't depend on that you would have been able to use another .4 gals out of the tank.

I had no idear' that I needed to take a Sensitivity Training
course when I purchased this bike.The Suzuki M109 has the
exact same problem with inacurate fuel gauge readouts.
it bugged the living' daylights out of me.
It forced me to use a work around.Every motorcycle tends to
have a downside.Used to be much simpler.Like with petcocks.
Just let the engine run out of gas { you can hear by the pitch of the
exhaust when the engine is running really low } and
twist the petcock ,to reserve position.
I've run out of gas twice in the last 15 years.Both times in the
extreme heat of summer.Once with my VTX 1800 and had to
push about a mile to the nearest gas station.
The other was on a highway with my M109 { down right now }
which was 3 miles from a station.I was lucky enough a good Samaritan with a really long wooden trailer and tie downs came by
and gladly offered help.

[Deanohh_imp]

Hoe come they didn't just bring you a gal of gas instead of trailering it for 3 miles?

and I bet you never went to turn the petcock to reserve and found that it was already turned.