MPG

Hmm.. Just worked out my CG mpg as 85.5 and my Bandit mpg as 41.6

Is this bad? What do other peeps with Bandit 600s and CG125s get?

 

Pitied.

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Says the bloke with a GL1500.

Vbg

 

600s around 30mpg. CG125 about 21 million mpg.

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Heh.. 21 million? I thought for some reason that my CG125 did over 100mpg,
maybe that was during running in though.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Muck said:

Depends, dunnit? I used to get about 100-110 before reserve on mine but
that was stop start, stop start in the centre of London where you could
go for more than a few yards without using the anchors.

On a good run out I suppose 140?

As for actual MPG, I never worked it out, sorry.

 

I fill the Bandit up after 100 miles or so anyway, because I don't like
going onto reserve. Hmm.. infact, I don't think the Bandit has ever been
onto reserve, even after I did 130 miles without filling up on the way to
last years EOSM.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Muck said:

I don't like going on reserve either. If you're getting 130 odd, that
sounds ok to me, but I could be hideously wrong of course.

My CBR's just gone on reserve after starting it and leaving it run a few
times in my good lady's garden over the winter. Not sure if I want to do
it again though as it might run out before I can get it to a garage...

 

Nice!

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30? Really?

 

Supprised me too, I'd always thought 40s were the norm.

 

I'd just put some fogging oil in the cylinders, plug the exhaust pipes up,
disconnect the battery, bung some petrol preserver in and put a cover on
the thing.

Got to be better than running it, that only builds up condensation inside
the engine.

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

!! That's got to depend on the bike. I used to get around 45 mpg
(well, it was normally 13 litres to 130 miles) On long runs it was
slightly better. On mad runs it went down a bit, as you'd expect.

The SV does slightly less, which I didn't really expect. (13 litres to
120/125 miles)

"CG fuel economy matches Smart car shocker!"

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Black it is
and naked

 

That's actually surprisingly shit compared with my notoriously thirsty
unquote R80RT.

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Do behave.. A Bandit is an ok tool, to spend the whole time with the
throttle pinned to the stop is 'tool' like riding imho.

Not in the winter with greasy roads it's not.

 

True. I was really wanting to know if my Bandit still had a healthy
engine, as crap mpg can be a teller of a fucked lump.

I'd much rather be on a CG thanks. Atleast I'm wearing a crash lid, so
it's harder to see who I am.

 

Economy can drop off with a fucked engine, that's why it's good to keep
track of mpg if you can be fucked to.

Heh..

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Muck said:

I always thought I'd secretly snick a good ride out on it, which of
course I haven't done. I don't know about condensation though because
I'd leave the thing running for an hour and come back to it being like
the opening of an oven door.

True, I've heard this, and the poor thing is covered in a grey slimey
film :-( but she starts no probs at all, even when there was snow on the
seat and I hadn't started it for a month

 

Hmm.. not such a good thing to do. Riding a bike means that oil pressure /
temp gets up to normal levels. Sitting a idle for an hour can thin oil too
much leading to metal to metal contact in the engine, which is quite bad.
For example, the manual for my old Rover V8 said that if the car wasn't
driven off within a time limit, then you had to switch off, let things
cool down and start again later.

Slime on the outside is not so bad, slime on the inside is a lot worse
imho.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Muck said:

Slime on the outside. I never bought a cover so she's exposed to the
elements. Still, only five weeks to go

<rubs hands with glee>