14 a thirsty girl

[Andre]

5.1 to 6.2 liter/100 km depending on ... (NO Autobahn).

[Hooli]

Time of year is needed too.

Those of us who never bother to block off part of the oil cooler always get worse MPG in winter. I lose anything upto 5mpg in cold weather, less on long trips where it manages to get nearly warm.

[VladTepes]

Let's kick this into gear again.

Just out of interest wondering what fuel usage stats people are getting. 

No need to go into any great detail - just interested in what the range is.

I've been using around 7.5 L / 100kms of late - almost entirely commuting.

[steve porter]

around 5ltrs per 100k  100 k round trip , city, freeway and finishing every day with a bit of a blast up  Mt. Dandenong around 300k when the guage starts flashing

[KiwiCol]

The Yoshi cam & Akro must be stealing your fuel Mike, that's a bit heavy.  I'll look tonight & see what I get. Pretty sure it's around 5.5L/100km

[grog]

Mine is 5.5 L/100. Overall ave.

[VladTepes]

Well I don't think (from what I have heard) that the Yoshi stage 1 cams make much difference to anything down low in the rev range, and that's where the bike spends the vast majority of its time.

Yeah I reckon it's pretty dramatic too it's like 50% higher than I once got (and what you fellas seem to be getting). 

If it's the Yoshi cams (or rather the PC3 map that goes with them) that's fine I just want to be sure there's not something else at play that needs 'sorting'

[froudy]

I just converted my average mpg to litre per 100km...Approx 5 litres per 100km. That was nearly all very fast motorway riding too.

[KiwiCol]

Just checked, overall average for the blue is 5.68L/100Km.   So, sounds like 5 - 6L/100K is pretty much normal. 7+L/100 for commuting does sound high, spend a lot of time idling at lights maybe?

[Hooli]

Mine has been thirsty for the last year or so & I've not worked out why yet as it seems to run fine.

I get about 140-150miles before reserve, it used to be 160-180 ridden the same. It was down to 120 but tweaking the STPS helped.

[KiwiCol]

That'll be just you ragging it more than previously 

[Irish in Oz]

Would the types of tyres and oil you use make a difference.

[KiwiCol]

Would the types of tyres and oil you use make a difference.

Not forgetting the aftermarket air cleaner with the narrow inlet & the more prevalent head winds due to global warming . . .

Could be the chain with seized links creating drag too.

[Irish in Oz]

Good point Col about the chain, better again take the O rings out of it and you have a lot less friction.

[KiwiCol]

What would be a recommended lube for a chain that's had the "O" or "X" rings removed?      Penetrating oil works well I've found.