Holie Crappy MPG's, Batman!

[Nemo_imp]

Last Friday commute to/from office (32 mi, some traffic) and Saturday's round trip JAX-St. Augustine for the monthly match (75mi, chill traffic) and according to its instruments I got 38.5 MPG. :dodgy: Not far from what I get from my wife's TSX.

Still makes me feel like :excited: so "who cares?"

:banana:

There will be alotta stops on the way to VA. :biker:

 

[mininsx_imp]

I've never seen mileage that bad on mine. How did you figure it?

 

[the Ferret]

never seen anything below 50 mpg. You do that trip in 3rd gear or something?

 

[4 Paws_imp]

Maintenance time?
My Ural gets almost as good fuel mileage as that!

 

[holy666diver_imp]

I get 35-38 in town hitting signals, stop signs and traffic. It sucks. Now on the open road I get 45-50mpg easy if I don't have to stop every minute My commute I have about 25 signals and I usually hit 15 of them. This bike hates to idle, sucks up gas.

 

[Nemo_imp]

I've never seen mileage that bad on mine. How did you figure it?

I didn't do any math. That's what the instruments said.

never seen anything below 50 mpg. You do that trip in 3rd gear or something?

Friday's commute back home I was caught in rush hour pretty heavy traffic (went home by Arlington Expressway then Atlantic Blvd for those familiar with JAX [Redbirds]).

Then Saturday morning I was running a little late so I rushed it down I95.

Not typical riding days for me, but still 38 sucks.

 

[rboe]

On my Death Valley trip I had some real sucky mileage stretches; mostly due to nasty wind.

 

[kmoney_imp]

I usually get in the 50s easily on the highway. I find idling seems to kill our mileage, going over 150kph also seems to make it fall right off compared to the 120-140kph range -- at least on a 2013.

 

[Cormanus]

never seen anything below 50 mpg. You do that trip in 3rd gear or something?

Unless I measure it in UK MPG, I very rarely see anything over 50 mpg! I average 44 and the worst I've ever got was 30!

 

[Elipten_imp]

Not to belittle it but at $1.50 a gallon who cares if 38 or 50 mpg. Twist that throttle and get your self some wee ha!


2014 CB1100 DLX
2013 CB1100 Std
1990 BMW K75 RT

 

[the Ferret]

Wow we are back to $ 1.90 a gal here.

I never try to achieve any particular mpg, it just happens.

 

[Elipten_imp]

Heck less than $1.50 further in toward city center


2014 CB1100 DLX
2013 CB1100 Std
1990 BMW K75 RT

 

[EGAlvarez_imp]

I filled up for $1.34/gallon in Richmond yesterday! I'm SO glad that $50 fills up my 36 gallon tanks on my F-150 now! I was really hating the days of $115 fill ups a few years ago!

 

[rboe]

Out West where you next gas station can be at the fume limit of your range, gas mileage matters. It's no fun walking.

 

[Randy B]

You guys can stop with the gas prices. It's still $2.09 here. CA has the screws to us for gas prices.

 

[kmoney_imp]

We're still paying the equivalent of $2.45USD/gallon here in Canada. Even with the crappy Dollar, it still makes my fill ups on US trips seem crazy small.

 

[gossman_imp]

I get 50mpg normally in city traffic, 55mpg on freeway trips. '13 model.
I paid $1.62 a gallon today for gas

 

[Cormanus]

Geez, you blokes are lucky. Petrol is around US$2.9 per US gallon here. And it's much cheaper now than it was a year ago.

 

[curlyjoe]

I think I pay over $2 a gallon for premium gasoline (93 octane). 87 octane is significantly cheaper but the owners manual recommends 91 octane minimum. Is performance/fuel efficiency affected by using low octane fuel?

 

[Cormanus]

curlyjoe

Octane ratings measured differently in the USA? I think 91 (which is the lowest we can buy in Australia) was the same as your 87. My CB1100 manual tells me I can run 91 Octane—standard grade fuel—and I do. Happily.

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