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155 miles till petrol light came on!

flash746

flash746

Joined Feb 2008
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Market Harborough, leics
went to see my parents in yorkshire few days ago and filled bike up with super unleaded by mistake, im a skinflint and always put normal in, normally have to fill her up on the way back but she just kept going and the fuel light didnt come on till 155 miles and i wasnt taking my time, if anyone has ridden between leicester and the humber bridge on the a46 and a15 will know why, great road, light normally comes on between 90 and 110 miles. thought i might not of set my trip properly so i filled her up again with super and at 150 miles light came on!! how goods that?:thumbup

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I can regularly get 160 miles out of a full tank of unleaded with steady riding, with the light coming on at about 130-140. I might try the superunleaded to see what the difference is :thumbup

Would there be any problems using superunleaded in the older engines :dunno
 
jeez !! :eek:


iv done 4 fill ups (brimmed)... the fuel light comes on @ 82-83 miles... without fail !! :biggrin

been keeping an eye on the mileage... ...

86 miles @ 12.37L (17t)
85 miles @ 13.16L ""
97 miles @ 15.02L ""
82 miles @ 13.92L (16T)

i know its running rich but getting that sorted this sat... & it all involves start/stop traffic in London... but bleedin el... 155 miles !? :eek:

i think i might swap from unleaded to super unleaded !!!! :biggrin


ps my previous bike... CBR 600 would do 140 miles to 13L !! :eatcorn

pps my old XJR would do 115 miles to 15L... so similarish !? :biggrin
 
:thumbup That is what I have been getting on both my rsvr's . I only use the super that has been recomened and on the new 07 it says to only use super cheers d
 
yeah i tend to get between 120 and 130 miles on a tank with normal petrol on my rsv, and i think it needs the carbs balancing!!! maybe it has an endurance tank, costs me £16 to fill up from light and does about 130 miles. does that seem good or what? and i dont hang about...
wanna try 4star but its real expensive, might get more MPG on that as it was designed for more power and mpg......
 
RSVR_sam said:
yeah i tend to get between 120 and 130 miles on a tank with normal petrol on my rsv, and i think it needs the carbs balancing!!! maybe it has an endurance tank, costs me £16 to fill up from light and does about 130 miles. does that seem good or what? and i dont hang about...
wanna try 4star but its real expensive, might get more MPG on that as it was designed for more power and mpg......
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When ya say 4star what do you mean as original 4star was leaded and ya dont wanna be putting that in :dunno
 
I had 147 miles a couple of weeks ago on mine with a metal 18 litre tank. But heh I only weigh a tad over 12stone so i should get good mileage.:)
 
im a fat ******* and it still went the milage stated. whats wrong with using 4 star? apart from the price tag of £1.50 per litre!!!!!!! :O
 
RSVR_sam said:
im a fat ******* and it still went the milage stated. whats wrong with using 4 star? apart from the price tag of £1.50 per litre!!!!!!! :O
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Nothings wrong with it but i personally wouldnt, the people i know that do run a ratio of 4 unleaded to 1 leaded
 
155 miles.......!!!!!!!! I'm lucky if I ever break the 100 miles per tank & that's absolutely brimmed!!


.......sure you haven't had it converted to diesel;??????
 

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