OK, how many does yours do to a tank ? I get about 43-45mpg which on mine translates to 190 ( +/- 10 ) before res then a max of 20 ( +/- 5 ) before dry - yes I’ve found out to my cost how heavy the old girls are to push to a station !!! – Is this roughly what you get or has my res pipe been shortened by a previous owner ? ( max of 20 on res seems very little on a motorway !! )
Still, 200 mls per tank is v v respectable by modern bike standards !!
In fact our VF’s stack up v well against new VTEC VFR 8’s with far better MPG and BHP and only slightly more weight AND much cheaper and no more frequent servicing costs !!! – such is “progress” !!
Bloody hell if MPG is your main concern get a moped
If you are to bloody lousy ( or to poor ) to put fuel in the tank before you ride then pushing it to the servo is what you #$@^#$ ,gym fees are cheaper.VF 1000 are just too heavy to push.
My ass gets saw before I run out on a trip .
Well, I am pretty poor actually which is why I am chuffed to bits to have 113 ponies,64 torques and 140mph performance at my disposal for 200 miles before I have to stop and fill up !!
44 mpg is what I get, just wondered what is typical for others ?
Never measured precisely, but I remember one trip: about 320 km, and no need to turn on reserve tank yet. I assume, that it is around 6,5 liters/100 km, about same as my car. I was mostly driving within speed limits in good roads.
Do all Aussies have that friendly attitude ; ).
Summer is here in one month, and BolD’Or is soon ready to run: oilmod assembled, valves adjusted, and a double headlamp will replace that skinny single-unit.
Kajaani, FINLAND
VF1000F2 -85, VF750S -82
edit:one typo corrected
Guess our upside down friend doesn’t appreciate how much petrol is in the UK, not sure about Oz but a gallon of VF juice here is around 11AUD [:0]
The FE has a 23 litre tank and a 3.5 litre reserve, so you should be getting 200 miles+ on a full tank and 25 to 35 miles on reserve is about right I guess. On a bike thats got a fuel guage I never risk running out on reserve [:D]
Hi All , Most of the time I,m pretty laid back .
My 1985 VF F2 ,fitterd with Hitachi H10 turbo gets about 36 MPG when cruzing but only about 5 MPG going hard on the race track .
Hmm. I filled up my RE in southampton when I bought it and rode it back to edinburgh with two fuel stops; Manchester approx 18litres; Then Alnwick at 22 litres, So I covered almost 550 miles in 6 1/2 hours using roughly 9 gallons of fuel giving a mpg of about 60 mpg. If you want to work out the average speed you’ll see I wasn’t hanging about either.
I probably get about 55-60 mpg on long runs ie 250m; on medium trips I get about 50, and short trips up to 30 miles I get approx 40-45 mpg.
I have found that my RE takes 21 litres from reserve and 25.3 litres from empty, giving a reserve of almost a gallon. I would guess that gives a reserve range of about 30 miles before I would really start to worry.
To our colonists I need to point out that here we really are shafted for our fuel; 1 litre costs Aus$ 2.10. I don’t know how much you pay but I reckon it’ll be less than that?
That’s interesting Alan, that you can get that much on a longer “quick” run , admittedly most of my mileage is shortish runs and often also on alot of small lanes !
What speed do you tend to “sit” at on motorways, I find 80 pretty comfortable and doesn’t attract too much unwanted attention ?
It depends on the traffic! As it was a Saturday afternoon, they’re wasn’t a lot of chicanes about. We all have our own comfort speed which we find most suitable.
Fuel in OZ varies from Capital city AU$ 1.20 /ltr to country AU$ 1.42 /ltr . but most OZ earn half what you earn in UK . average wage in OZ is $51K AU$ 1 = GBP 0.41 = GBP 20,000
Fuel in India is 24 rupee ( AU$1.34 /ltr) average wage in india is US$ 1/day .
Yes Alan ,we are lucky ,these are 16 bikes in my shed (NO BMW ) 4 are Honda.
450 DOHC 1968 Black Bomber , CB 350 1971 ,the mighty turbo VF 1985 and Honda Interstate Valkyrie 2001 .