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2006 600rr -Not riding hard and +2 in the rear I'm usually 35-40. Spirited rides drop that to 28-30.

Good idea on the thread.

i love that my 600r was LBTS to the point I never got better than 30mpg and this was 90% of the time keeping it under 6k rpms

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While searching for my next bike, I'm finding it difficult to find good data about the fuel economy. Not important to some, but it is to me as I would have difficulty justifying a jump to a less efficient bike. Without embellishments, what kind of mileage do you get? I'd like to start a reference thread here.

You need to take size of rider into consideration and type of riding.

I'm 6'4" 285

KLR650 45-48mpg on road, 35-42 off

KTM950SE 40-43mpg mixed on and off. It's never on the road that much. :D

V-strom dl1000 (3 up on the rear) 40-45 on road

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not really sure. i can go about 160~ miles on a tank of premium. someone should figure that out, im not sure how big my tank is.

I get 50-53mi a gal with my bike, take is 4.2gal so I "should" be able to go

over 200mi on a tank but I always refill when I get anywhere above 160, guess I'm chicken ;)

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DL650, 57mpg from the most recent tank of gas. 15 mile commute to & from work, plus a few light errands around on the weekend.

My XT225 gets about 72 mpg IF I ride it on the road or around town enough to consider it "road mileage". :-)

I had a Vulcan 500 that got 49 mpg for the same usage as the DL650.

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Was getting crappy mileage, 37, 39mpg; did the valves, new plugs, throttle bodies synced, fluids, now at 41-42, which is about spec for my ride. Still not so hot for a bike.

Big tank, though. Light comes at 240-250 miles from a full tank. *Supposed* to be about 3/4 gallon available at that point. I did about 25 miles once with the light on, once, but I was getting anxious. I usually try to tank up no later than 220 or so.

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  • 7 months later...

So as not to thread jack

From previous thread

I fill it to full and the last time I put 3.381 gallons of premium after 158 miles and that was when my reserve was switched. I just put a new speedo on it that's in miles vs the previous one in Kilometers, I used a conversion app to figure out how many miles I had went. I have only filled up once since I got the bike, so how consistent that will be idk

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2006 600rr -Not riding hard and +2 in the rear I'm usually 35-40. Spirited rides drop that to 28-30.

Good idea on the thread.

i love that my 600r was LBTS to the point I never got better than 30mpg and this was 90% of the time keeping it under 6k rpms

Glad I am not the only one with shitty MPG lol

I just did 120 miles on my dr 350 filled the tank and it took 1.76 gals. So it is some where over 60+mpg. The triumph is getting around 35-38mpg. But my car gets around 30mpg. so it gets picked over the speedtriple some days.

Triumphs must just run rich, I looked on fuelly and the average for these bikes is around 35mpg. Kinda strange though when liter bikes and busas are getting 40+.

http://www.fuelly.com/driver/jstumpalump150/daytona-600

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Uh oh. I'm only getting 50-55 on the 250. Running out of excuses to keep the little bike. Although, the majority of my riding is on the freeway where it's running within I'd say 15% (or less) of it's top end.

you cant handle anything bigger, its ok we understand

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Uh oh. I'm only getting 50-55 on the 250. Running out of excuses to keep the little bike. Although, the majority of my riding is on the freeway where it's running within I'd say 15% (or less) of it's top end.

Yeah, highway kills the gas mileage on the 250, I could get 65 or 70 in town but only 45 highway. The 250 is pretty much pegged at highway speeds.

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