gas mileage?

[TireSMKN]

Do any one typically know the average mileage given that I beleive the tank holds either 4.5 or 4.8 gallons... I knows its different from riding and racing. But on average how many miles do you usually get out of tank?!?!


Thanks

[jcjr23]

i get about 118 to 125 miles before i hit my reserve, have not had the nerve to ride it out from there, got a bit more on my trip from cali though

[wolph69]

4.8 gallons in the tank. light goes on at about 140 miles and I usually have about a gallon left when that happens. get about 40mpg here

[gsxrjeffro]

Originally Posted by TireSMKN

Do any one typically know the average mileage given that I beleive the tank holds either 4.5 or 4.8 gallons... I knows its different from riding and racing. But on average how many miles do you usually get out of tank?!?!


Thanks

it depends on how you are riding. if i ride hard i get about 120-130mpg before the light comes on and if i'm taking it easy 140-160. i do have a k&n and a fitch feul catalyst. they both have helped my mpg..
-jeffro

[stevie c]

Hard riding,I will get -100miles before light is on,then about another 15-20 before it stops flashing and stays on.

Stevie

[TireSMKN]

any idea what the reserve actually has left in it? or when the light comes on? Is the blinking a last reminder?

[wolph69]

you have about 1 gallon left once the light turns on. mine doesn't blink it just lights up.

[jcjr23]

i just went to that feul catylyst web site and i am buying one of those things asap. thats looks lie a great way to extend the life your gas we are all ovrepaying for right now.

[wolph69]

if that thing costs you more than $10 I wouldn't buy it. I've seen plenty of those things and none of them work. but, to each his own. just my opinion

case in point I get the same mileage as the guy with the catalyst and the K&N air filter, and I have neither of them. people buy those things, notice a 2 mpg increase and think it must be what they just spent $100 on when it was probably just the change of weather.

[gsxrjeffro]

Originally Posted by wolph69

if that thing costs you more than $10 I wouldn't buy it. I've seen plenty of those things and none of them work. but, to each his own. just my opinion

i have used it on two bikes (95 rf900 and 02 gsxr1000) and it's well worth the money to me. the rf gained 2.8 hp on a dyno and 3-5 mpg depending on how i rode. i haven't put the gsxr on the dyno but i gained 3-5 mpg on it as well. plus you don't need a feul stabilizer for storage...

[gsxrjeffro]

Originally Posted by wolph69

if that thing costs you more than $10 I wouldn't buy it. I've seen plenty of those things and none of them work. but, to each his own. just my opinion

case in point I get the same mileage as the guy with the catalyst and the K&N air filter, and I have neither of them. people buy those things, notice a 2 mpg increase and think it must be what they just spent $100 on when it was probably just the change of weather.

i'm not trying to start anything. but do you ride in the mountains, do you ride a 2002 gsxr1000 and do you weigh 320 lbs? i wouldn't think so. my feul light would come on at 130-137 miles before the fitch and i have made it as far as 167 miles with and the weather had nothing to do with that. it was 82 and sunny running as high as 4848' elevation.. i paid $39.95 for mine.. i have saved that in gas and stabilizer...

[gsxrjeffro]

update on my mileage. it was 73-86 today and my first fill up was at 122 miles it took 2.2 gal
122 / 2.2 = 55.454545454545454545
how many of you are getting that on a gsxr1000
when i got home i had a 171 miles on the next tank and the light wasn't on yet. out of the 171 only 17 was highway miles @ 75-80mph .. i still think the k&n and the fitch really helped my mileage..

[Gixxerdale]

Best mileage I ever got from my 02 gixxer 1k was 43 mpg, just last week. The reason for the increase? I had the California Highway Patrol follow me for most of my ride home that afternoon! Kept it 5mph above the speed limit the entire way. But hey I got to see a lot of nice scenery. Must be the bright red bike = Cop Magnet.

[gsxrjeffro]

Originally Posted by Gixxerdale

Best mileage I ever got from my 02 gixxer 1k was 43 mpg, just last week. The reason for the increase? I had the California Highway Patrol follow me for most of my ride home that afternoon! Kept it 5mph above the speed limit the entire way. But hey I got to see a lot of nice scenery. Must be the bright red bike = Cop Magnet.

that was about the best i could do before i added the K&n and the fitch,

[Gixxerdale]

Originally Posted by gsxrjeffro

that was about the best i could do before i added the K&n and the fitch,

That is with the K&N and a Yosh slip on. No fitch. The ride was also a steady climb from sea level to the mountains. Probably could have been a little better if it didn't feel so bogged down. It's not happy at 50 mph. Mines never stored so no need to use any stabilizer.

[gsxrjeffro]

my ride today was at 2200-4848' in the mountains of wv with a micron slip-on, k&n, and the fitch