GS Miles Per Gallon Chart ( Link )

[Poot]

Hi,

I rode down to the Julian rally yesterday. On the way down I got 32 mpg. On the way back I got 45 mpg. Headwinds make a big difference on something as aerodynamic as a 30 year old motorcycle.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

I see similar milage to yours BassCliff. Makes me feel better about supposing to be able to get such great milage!

 

[DanTheMan]

When I first started riding my bike, I was getting 40-47 mpg regularly. But, I was easy on the throttle, rarely hit 70 mph........Now all that's changed, I get somewhat aggressive on cornering, I start out rather quickly, I ride at speeds above 70 mph when warranted, ride through some really crazy weather and now my mileage ranges from a low of 27 (15-35 mph head and side winds) to a high of about 41 generally.

 

[donimo]

I thought there was an official "MPG" thread, but I can't seem to find it ( I am apparently horrible with this sites search function)

I just went through my first full tank and thought I would post.

ALL low speed (60km/hr speed limit, so 80km tops ha) back road and city I got 137km off 8.7 liters of fuel.

So I calculate at 37mpg, sound about right?

I was getting about 50-70 on a 50cc moped before this...

 

[Matchless]

I thought there was an official "MPG" thread, but I can't seem to find it ( I am apparently horrible with this sites search function)

I just went through my first full tank and thought I would post.

ALL low speed (60km/hr speed limit, so 80km tops ha) back road and city I got 137km off 8.7 liters of fuel.

So I calculate at 37mpg, sound about right?

I was getting about 50-70 on a 50cc moped before this...

That is US MPG using the smaller US gallon. In UK Gallons it works out to about 43 MPG, even better.

 

[donimo]

I was just wondering if it sounded normal though, or should I be looking into something that is making it bad?

 

[donimo]

2nd tank got me 39.8mpg, all city sub-40mph speeds

 

[TheCafeKid]

On this most recent trek with the Wingers thru WV DC and beyond on my 1100ES, I averaged just about 46mpg i think it was...my WORST tank being about 37mph, two BEST tanks at JUST under 50mpg. The worst tank was doing 80-90 mph and twisties on WV33 running the tach at 7k and beyond the whole time. Most twistie carving I was still getting mid 40s, and just cruising on the Eastern Shore I was getting high 40s... That trip was around 2400 miles, so the oil was pretty much shot when i got home. when i got home i checked the plugs because i started to wonder if i was running it too lean....nice and toffee tan... The BEST tank was at 65mph on the highway...for two hours..Ive been getting about 180+ miles out of a tank before hitting reserve.. If i take it out on the curves, it goes down a bit, but i will sacrafice the MPG for SPG (Smiles per Gallon )

 

[Dogma]

The best I've ever measured was 53. That was calculated from topping off a partial tank spent putting around at 40-45 mph. I normally get around 40, either around town or making time. Into a headwind on the slab I once got 35, IIRC.