Fuel gauge and mileage

[Speedy1959]

This is typically what I get (2 cold starts since fill up) when the gauge is at this level..
On a constant same day run out i get close to 200 (Miles NOT Km)..
What sort of figures do you get?

[Hooli]

Less, but I tend to be riding a bit faster...

150-160 miles till the last bar starts flashing for me.

[KiwiCol]

The ignition area looks pristine!  Way better than either of mine.  You sure this is yours Speedy & not Nottys?    (is that a double negative?)

[Tony Nitrous]

Back to factory gearing now.

A healthy PC111 map set up on the dyno with BP98 fuel.

Out of town on the highway all top gear riding.

Breather hole punched out so I'm getting around 24 ltrs.


381K's / 236 miles before I chickened out and filled it up.


Bike has a Yoshi Cyclone full system, PAIR blanked, Dyno mapped PC111 and is back to factory gearing. 236 miles is by far my best from one tank. On a normal Sunday around the mountains and dams it would be a LOT lower!

I don't have stock clocks, I'm using KOSO, but the speed / distance has been set and checked to 2 Satnav's and I'd consider it closer than Suzuki' s. Fuel guage the same, set so when it says empty you're about to start pushing!

[froudy]

Riding hard on the motorway, I always fill up at 140 miles. I have done 168 once two up, so riding a tiny bit slower.

[Speedy1959]

Thank you for your answers.
Mr Nitrous I'm impressed with your figures. I suspect you're a "progressive" rider 😬

[Andre]

Mine just about the same.

[northern]

For years, I use a phone app, where I log all my vehicles expenses. Including my 14.
few years ago, this app was purchased by fuelly.com and thy joined their resources.

Every time I tank, I mark amount of fuel and odometer value. Based on this, my app shows me 6.4 L/100KM
Mine have Yosh cams and until few weeks back, AFR was very rich. No AFR is better, but I do not have statistics yet.

there is mine result in web:
http://www.fuelly.com/motorcycle/suzuki/gsx_1400/2003/northern-pit/743193
there is other 14s
http://www.fuelly.com/motorcycle/suzuki/gsx_1400

[KiwiCol]

Mine touring, 5.5 - 5.7 & just around town & weekend day rides, 6.5 - 6.8   (Litres / 100k those figures)  & what's a 'progressive' rider then? opposite to a conservative rider?

[Tony Nitrous]

Before I punched out the breather, my tank was. 22ltrs, maybe a little less with the dents! we used to head North and a regular stop was Childers. Childers is 307K's / 190 miles from my house, I've done it on a single tank on the 14 (and the Busa).   

My B-King has a 16.5ltr tank and has never made Childers without a fuel stop.

[Tony Nitrous]

Fuel tank size and fuel range is one of my pet hates about modern bikes. Many have annoyingly small tanks, 16.5 on the B- King, 12ltr on the new Suzuki kitten!

It was something I was cautious of buying the H2. As soon as I read 19ltrs I was not over happy. In reality (as I was told by other owners) yes, it does drink at Hell of a rate when used in anger, but..... as soon as your not accelerating or not doing hyper speeds the boost drops right down. At 100 or 110 in top on the highway your using very little throttle and getting very little boost, so it has an OK range.

[Batkwaka]

Though mainly commuting I could squeeze 250 miles from a tank.

[Speedy1959]

I remember when I first got Sophie before I had done the breather mod I risked doing 236 miles...
When I refilled it looked like there was a cupful left in. 
My previous Honda CB1300 was quite a bit worse on fuel and would flash the warning at around 170 miles.

After 3 weeks of having Madam Suzuki back I have ZERO regrets on doing the swap with Bob. 
Every day I look through my window to see her peeping in at me. 
She wants to go out to play 😬

[grog]

Just worked mine out. With 24l to bone dry, average over years. Max distance would be 444ks/ 275 miles.

[Hooli]

To take this off topic (as is traditional) I've got the light to come on from full in my car in just 236miles. I'm damn sure I could get it on in about 120-150miles or less actually trying hard... that's from an 81litre tank.