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gas mileage - 6/20/2005 8:08:48 AM

iroc_dis

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i did the math the other day for my stock 00 F4, and it came out to about 23 miles per gallon on the medium level fuel. i havent been redlining it being that im still fairly new to bikes, i think maybe the highest it got was 11-12k when i accidentally put it in neutral and over revved. i havent been racing, stunting, or had any long lengths of high speeds. most of my driving on that tank of gas was under 45mph done in a city. is mid 20's for mpg normal? what all do you guys get when you arent launching from every light or popping wheelies

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RE: gas mileage - 6/20/2005 10:21:33 PM

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The best mpg i can get is 42mpg. This is cruising on the highway on a long trip. I went 126 miles on three gallons! How many miles do you get out of tank? I use 91 octane. The lowest i've gotten is 28mpg and this is with more city driving.

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RE: gas mileage - 6/21/2005 7:13:33 AM

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on my last fill up, i put in 3.9xx gallons, and it only had 89 miles on my trip counter. this time around i should be better, i have over 100 miles on the trip counter im pretty sure. i only use the middle level gas

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RE: gas mileage - 6/21/2005 10:03:03 PM

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woot, filled up the tank today. put in 4.0002 gallons and had 177 miles on the trip meter. sooo 44.24 miles per gallon, this was when i when the max rpm id hit was maybe 5100-5300 in 6th doing 70mph or so on the interstate

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RE: gas mileage - 6/22/2005 3:10:10 AM

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How many miles were you driving with the gas light on? I usually fill up as soon as the light comes on and 3 gallons go in. Did you use the reserve at all?

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RE: gas mileage - 6/22/2005 8:18:00 AM

iroc_dis

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the light is supposed to come on with like 3/4 of a gallon remaining, and i think i read somewhere that the F4 tank holds 4.75 gallons total. i was driving with the light on for a good bit though trying to use up as much gas as i could.

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RE: gas mileage - 6/29/2005 10:29:00 AM

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did the mileage again, ended up with 185 on 3.96 gallons. woohoo!

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RE: gas mileage - 8/16/2006 11:27:21 PM

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The gas light on my stock 2000 F4 was not working (because I mis wired my turn signals...) so I always used a certain number of miles as a check point for getting gas. The number I determined to be the peddle point was around 180miles. The bike has 39k miles on it and is running almost perfectly. I am a semi conservative rider, but do enjoy the thrust available every now and then. I have always averaged around mid 40's

At a track day I put down 70 miles and used up around 3 gallons. so my bike's mileage can drop down to as low as 23mpg.

Hope you can consistantly get around 180 miles out of a tank full of dinosaur juice.

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RE: gas mileage - 8/17/2006 6:03:26 AM

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best i've managed is 165 miles before the low fuel light came on. this is on my daily commute on fast main roads into London from Surrey. so about 55 MPG

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RE: gas mileage - 8/17/2006 7:50:04 AM

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On the highway recently I managed to get two tanks at 51mpg... typically 45mpg.

I have a bike maintance database, and EVERY single receipt goes into it - including fuel receipts. For fuel receipts I always fill the tank full and right the odometer and tripometer on the receipt. I then zero the trip. This means I always know exactly how far I went on exactly how many litres (gallons). It's a good indicator of the bikes condition... if it isn't breathing right the milage will drop off.

The cool bonus is I know exactly how far I've gone since the last oil change, how many miles and what type of riding I've put on the tires, chain and sprockets... plus I can prove how it's cheaper for me to ride my bike to work (including maintance) than it is for me to take the car (vw) :D

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RE: gas mileage - 8/17/2006 8:29:42 AM

highmilage

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wow, i take my hat off to you,, it gives me a head ache just thinking about being that organised.. LOL

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RE: gas mileage - 8/17/2006 8:38:26 AM

woot

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My desk doesn't always look as tidy as it might sound ;)

I've been doing it for the past 3 years... it's interesting as I've also logged fuel costs... I've spent alot on gas ;) I've spent at least $3000 at the local station in this past year. YIKES

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Safety wired and ready to go

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RE: gas mileage - 8/17/2006 9:14:15 AM

highmilage

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don't get me on this one, we pay 99p a litre. i'm lead to believe thats approximately 1/2 the us price, BTW we only have 95 or 97 octane here.

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RE: gas mileage - 8/17/2006 9:40:28 AM

woot

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Octane is measured differently... RON and what ever...

I paid last week 1.21 / L... last year it was at 1.41/L... it has gone down to 1.21/L

Using the conversion chart I made that is about:

$1.40/L CDN = 0.66 GBP = $4.44 US / Gallon (yes american not uk gallon)

At 99 p/L = $2.11 CDN / L = $6.70 US / Gallon (yes american not uk gallon)

That is a frightful ammount... but I guess my one comment there is that when I was in the UK I didn't log many miles, so despite paying more for fuel I wasn't using as much either (luckily!!!).

Where abouts are you? I've got family scattered about from just NW of London across to the east... Bury (not as far east as ipswich) and friends further north in the Nottingham/Peaks district area. Oh and my cousins are both sailing from Southampton area.

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2000 CBR 600 F4
Full M4,
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Speedohealer (-11.4%), AutoCom Pro, Garmin Nuvi 360 GPS/MP3, Cobra FRS/GMRS , Vortex sliders, mirrored windscreen, Cortech bags and Aux Fuse box.

Safety wired and ready to go

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RE: gas mileage - 8/18/2006 1:32:34 PM

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I just switched my whole fuel system to ethanol and cooking oil, so far I've managed to get around 400 mpg, I working on reaching 500 mpg on 1 tank but I have to lighten up my bike. But you know...

I am just dreaming...

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