Another new fuel record tonight

[the Ferret]

148.8 before I went on flashing reserve :banana:

 

[cbdtran_imp]

148.8 before I went on flashing reserve :banana:

YAWN - my record is 180 miles with 3.2 gal fill-up, but it was a long trip in curvy road with 50 mph average, 91 octane

 

[the Ferret]

Thats just to flashing reserve, pretty sure I can beat 180. Did 179 before but went on flashing reserve earlier than 148 that time.

 

[wildezt_imp]

wow... I am still am around the 44 mpg mark..

 

[LiveToRide_imp]

I never get more than 44 mpg.

 

[ThomWill_imp]

Mileage? Ha! I am still working my head around the EFI, this is my first bike without a petcock and a manual choke.

 

[GaryRudolph_imp]

Mileage? Ha! I am still working my head around the EFI, this is my first bike without a petcock and a manual choke.

Funny, when I was removing the tank, I was like... How do I turn the gas off?! Gee, sure hope it doesn't leak when I disconnect this.

 

[the Ferret]

I never get more than 44 mpg.

Mine has never been that low. I think my first tank was 48 mpg. I haven't gotten less than 55 mpg in months and my highest was 56.8.

 

[Randy B]

I have a feeling that regional gas types are effecting this as much as riding style. The gas in CA is JUCK....CRAP....(#@*$^&$#.....whatever you want to call it.
I used to live in Illinois before I moved here and my truck (2004 S10 crew 4x4) would get 17 or 18 in town and easilly 20-22 on the hwy. NOW....13.5 in town and 17-18 on the hwy. JUNK FUEL!

 

[dBuster_imp]

I think length of rides makes a difference also! If you commute or ride a minimum of oh say 40+ miles one way without stop and go traffic then stop your mileage will be greater.

Me, I am averaging still in the 36-39 mpg range... but my riding is primarily in city traffic stop and go. I usually now will hit flashing at or about 105-110 miles. Then when I fill up that is roughly 2.8 - 2.9 gallons.

Wishing I could get that great mileage!!! Or better yet come close to the wife who gets 110-114 mpg with her PCX150!

 

[Randy B]

Let me see...153CC VS 1140CC...hmm.....LOL!!

 

[dBuster_imp]

Let me see...153CC VS 1140CC...hmm.....LOL!!

I keep telling her that also when she rubs it in that she can go further between her starting to flash that she needs to fill up soon...

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[GoldOxide_imp]

Do you secretly ride the PCX when she is not looking?

 

[Jim21680_imp]

What's a ballpark figure for how many miles we have left after the flashing reserve comes on??

30 ???

 

[Roper_imp]

I have a feeling that regional gas types are effecting this as much as riding style. The gas in CA is JUCK....CRAP....(#@*$^&$#.....whatever you want to call it.
I used to live in Illinois before I moved here and my truck (2004 S10 crew 4x4) would get 17 or 18 in town and easilly 20-22 on the hwy. NOW....13.5 in town and 17-18 on the hwy. JUNK FUEL!

What's the elevation difference? I wonder if that could be contributing...

I think length of rides makes a difference also! If you commute or ride a minimum of oh say 40+ miles one way without stop and go traffic then stop your mileage will be greater.

Me, I am averaging still in the 36-39 mpg range... but my riding is primarily in city traffic stop and go. I usually now will hit flashing at or about 105-110 miles. Then when I fill up that is roughly 2.8 - 2.9 gallons.

Wishing I could get that great mileage!!! Or better yet come close to the wife who gets 110-114 mpg with her PCX150!

I put about a gallon of gas in my son's XR70 every other week. And he rides almost every day after school. Then again, I look like a circus bear when I ride it...so only when people aren't watching...man that little bike is fun. I think I need to sell the DRZ and get a Monkey.

 

[flynrider]

What's a ballpark figure for how many miles we have left after the flashing reserve comes on??

30 ???

Not sure which model you have. If it's a '13 or '14 standard, the flashing starts with about .7 gallon remaining. As a rule of thumb, I give it 20 miles in the city and 25 miles on the highway.

I once unintentionally rode 32 miles with the gauge flashing, but when I opened the tank to refill it, I couldn't hear any fuel sloshing around.

 

[Guth_imp]

Coming soon to a theater near you... Efficient Rider

"I don't know what happened, the details are kinda sketchy. I mean one day I was full of vim and vigor — braggin' to my buddies about 0-60 and 1/4 mile times, lap times, peak horsepower, you name it. Life in the fast lane was fun. I had little regard for anything other than freedom and speed (and not in that particular order)."

"But after a while as the years passed by I stared to slow down a bit. My knees started to ache and my back got sore. I thought I'd left all that nonsense behind. But then, the next thing you know I'm in a fight for my life just trying to bump my mileage figure up over 60 mpg's. Life's full of brutal measuring sticks. What can I say, the road goes on forever and the competition never ends." :biker:

All the best,
Guth
(Who has yet to achieve better than 57 mpg and who always gets less than 40 mpg commuting around the city. I was never that fast in my youth either, lol.)

 

[Cormanus]

What's a ballpark figure for how many miles we have left after the flashing reserve comes on??

30 ???

Jim, start here http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=11741

 

[noroomtomove]

2nd of February 2018 rode from Bright 302.8 Km.

Regards

 

[alprider]

with the 6 speed transmission here in my place , is my average consumer with my drivestyle round : 4L / 1.05669 gal for 100km / 62.1371mil

that gives theoretically with the DLX or 17modell still over 400km/ 248ml range