Joined Dec 2008
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Usually at the top of the apple tree.
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Joined Jul 2009
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Sunny Astley GUNCHESTER Ingerland
I've been putting plenty of dough in Ollie cause I'm putting miles on running him in. Out again tonight and had our first 'moment' together. The sort of "**** I'm going in to that hedge" moment. Any how we survived but my undy keks are a little warm and gooey. Thank fook for them wide bars.:thumbup
Joined Dec 2008
6K Posts | 84+
Usually at the top of the apple tree.
Joined Dec 2008
6K Posts | 84+
Usually at the top of the apple tree.
Hi MPG. I've been sitting for weeks because I ain't got a fiver's worth to put in my tank. Get this Guy's I got 12 miles before that diesel I put in the tank stoped me, any ideas how to sort it. Can do a trade, I'll get yer rear all lined up for you, and you sort my diesel or parafin prob.
Joined Feb 2009
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The Frozen ******* Wasteland!
Blame the 57mm throttle bodies... and your right hand. I average 150 km (130-140 in town and sometimes over 170 on the highway) before the light goes off. In town I can squeeze another 40km ( I know cuz I ran out of gas just a block from my mates waiting for me... gawd they pissed themselves laffing!!) on the light and I have pushed over 70 km on the highway. A couple of days ago I was riding *spiritedly* and the damn light went off at 110km.
What's the actual mileage?? About a 100 grins per litre for me, and THAT is what is important!
What's the actual mileage?? About a 100 grins per litre for me, and THAT is what is important!
Joined Feb 2009
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The Frozen ******* Wasteland!
Not my fault that nobby is a ***** rider and doesn't know how to pilot his T for fun and enjoyment. I'm just starting to have fun when the back end gets a tad skittish.
Joined Aug 2008
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Lincolnshire
my TL1000 used to do 15 to 20 mpg on the cane, so I am quiet happy with the T, v twins drink fuel quicker than olly reed drank booze lol
Nobist,
Got my new un' on Thursday last week and did 110 on a full tank and the fuel light hasn't come on yet. Maybe worth speaking with local dealer.
I do use Shell Optimate fuell as I found in the past that it works out cheaper as you get more mpg per tank and is cleaner for the engines.
Oz
:banghead
Got my new un' on Thursday last week and did 110 on a full tank and the fuel light hasn't come on yet. Maybe worth speaking with local dealer.
I do use Shell Optimate fuell as I found in the past that it works out cheaper as you get more mpg per tank and is cleaner for the engines.
Oz
:banghead
Joined Aug 2009
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East Yorkshire
Spanking it eh, that's nice
Yer not wrong, I saw you spanking it round them german mountain roads you naughty boy....:eek
I can't believe you got 110 miles a tank on that last trip...:lol
Yer not wrong, I saw you spanking it round them german mountain roads you naughty boy....:eek
I can't believe you got 110 miles a tank on that last trip...:lol
Joined Feb 2009
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The Frozen ******* Wasteland!
I get better mileage on my 97 TL. I think... but I never really checked as I am more concerned with having fun than counting numbers. Speaking of which, I'm off today and going to take a friend of mine that just moved back from Thailand after two years for a bit of a hoon. Nothing like having a hawt redhead on the back of your bike!! Maybe this time I'll convince her to get a bike too!
Joined Sep 2008
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N/E Brum
Well there you have it! Lucky if you get to 100 miles with out that bloody light coming on! Mine was worse during running in (90 or less), but seem to get to 100 now before light on. Anyway 'tis then time for piss, food and drink? Have to say Germany trip found me looking for fuel stop at about 80 miles!
Let's be, honest common sense and ECO friendliness didn't make you buy a 'T'. If you look at all the problems both real and factual you'd go elsewhere. You bought it 'cos it's daft, stupid, it doesn't make sense and it makes you grin when you ride it! So, keep some cash/credit card in your pocket, take frequent petrol stops and enjoy it!
Let's be, honest common sense and ECO friendliness didn't make you buy a 'T'. If you look at all the problems both real and factual you'd go elsewhere. You bought it 'cos it's daft, stupid, it doesn't make sense and it makes you grin when you ride it! So, keep some cash/credit card in your pocket, take frequent petrol stops and enjoy it!
Joined Apr 2009
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Tustin, CA, USA
I had been following posts on the KTM Super Duke when considering my next purchase and those riders were experiencing the same situation with petrol running out about at 90 miles (144.8 Km). Hell, like some others, the **** light came on at 87 miles (140 Km) on my last tank.
But this goes way back. I lusted for, what is called in this country, the Honda 996 Super Hawk, a decade ago and I remember European magazine riders reflecting love with much of that bike, but frustration with about exactly the same range.
My hat is off to those who want to tour with the T. I certainly understand wanting to spend as much time as possible with this fabulous machine. But, I sure wouldn't want the anxiety of crossing the western U.S. on it. Some of the exits on, say I-40, are almost 100 miles (161 Km) apart. Not all have fuel stops, last I traveled that way, and some don't run 24 hrs.
I'm having a hell of a time right now and the bike really suits me. I know that some day, these internal combustion engines with their idiosyncrasies, will all be something talked about with great passion but absent from the daily landscape. They will be out of the hands of all but the rich. Just like, ooh! smoking being banned from public places such as restaurants, the general population won't tolerate those dirty, smelly Akras loudly spewing petrol chemical fumes. Some people, probably the degenerate, genetic decedents of you bad boys and girls, may pay really, really good money to go to a ranch and ride a circuit for a few laps to experience what we so dearly enjoy right now. Every day! Long as the plastic holds up. Ah! It will be a kinder, gentler world cleaned up of T-Zone miscreants acting so selfishly; so irrationally.
Well, it will be better and I look forward to 500 miles on a fuel cell and bikes with even better handling and reliability across the performance spectrum. I can't wait for the noise canceling device that lets me dial in just the right amount of wind blast; for the invisible faring that's self-cleaning and lets me see all the interesting bits & pieces; and the little flashing amber pillion that universally signifys: "Females! Raise your hands if you need a lift (Not the face, Clara!)" . . . for the hard object, soft deflection sensorabillia that keeps one snug without a can on me head (yeah, not what you were first thinking: no need for that if you can handle a T!), negating the necessity of carrying a spare for my female passenger acceptance plan. Yah-da, Yah-da, Hooey Hooray, Ding dong!
But this goes way back. I lusted for, what is called in this country, the Honda 996 Super Hawk, a decade ago and I remember European magazine riders reflecting love with much of that bike, but frustration with about exactly the same range.
My hat is off to those who want to tour with the T. I certainly understand wanting to spend as much time as possible with this fabulous machine. But, I sure wouldn't want the anxiety of crossing the western U.S. on it. Some of the exits on, say I-40, are almost 100 miles (161 Km) apart. Not all have fuel stops, last I traveled that way, and some don't run 24 hrs.
I'm having a hell of a time right now and the bike really suits me. I know that some day, these internal combustion engines with their idiosyncrasies, will all be something talked about with great passion but absent from the daily landscape. They will be out of the hands of all but the rich. Just like, ooh! smoking being banned from public places such as restaurants, the general population won't tolerate those dirty, smelly Akras loudly spewing petrol chemical fumes. Some people, probably the degenerate, genetic decedents of you bad boys and girls, may pay really, really good money to go to a ranch and ride a circuit for a few laps to experience what we so dearly enjoy right now. Every day! Long as the plastic holds up. Ah! It will be a kinder, gentler world cleaned up of T-Zone miscreants acting so selfishly; so irrationally.
Well, it will be better and I look forward to 500 miles on a fuel cell and bikes with even better handling and reliability across the performance spectrum. I can't wait for the noise canceling device that lets me dial in just the right amount of wind blast; for the invisible faring that's self-cleaning and lets me see all the interesting bits & pieces; and the little flashing amber pillion that universally signifys: "Females! Raise your hands if you need a lift (Not the face, Clara!)" . . . for the hard object, soft deflection sensorabillia that keeps one snug without a can on me head (yeah, not what you were first thinking: no need for that if you can handle a T!), negating the necessity of carrying a spare for my female passenger acceptance plan. Yah-da, Yah-da, Hooey Hooray, Ding dong!
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Joined Jul 2009
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Sunny Astley GUNCHESTER Ingerland
Nice to see you back Johny. The MPG thread has had a few in a right old tiz. My original question was just a query comparing the T [I can use that now beacause I've had it 3 weeks and done over a K, mainly in the rain I might add] to the RSVR. I never knew how much mpg the Mille did because I couldn't work the bloody dash and never checked the mileage before getting on. It doesn't worry me at all what mpg I get from the T [growl]. I wish it had a bigger tank and my arse didn't go numb though.
I think one or two get the impression I was moaning but I wasn't ,am not.
I have never had an issiue with fuel. You don't see many over here but the favourite cars I've owned are 1, a 5.0 litre Bronco,[manual gears with a stubby exhaust and possibly better sounding than any bike I've owned] 2,a 5.7 litre Chevy Suburban[ I was George Bush], and 3, a 5.3 litre Jaguar HSE and 4- 5x 4 litre Range Rovers. I've had 3 other Prillas. So I dont think anyone can accuse me of penny pinching on my fun.
Any way getting back to the point. The 'T' [growl] is grim on juice so what. The point is, is its so grim because I and everyone else is so obviously doing what Aprilia want us to do and thats enjoy them and razz the arse off them.[legally of course]. I thought I was razzin the Mille but I obviously wasn't. My new 'T' [growl] will be going round Oulton Park race track soon.
Hope I don't break it the wife will kill me. [again]
Gotta do a word count now, I've been dying to put a longer post on than you.:lol
I think one or two get the impression I was moaning but I wasn't ,am not.
I have never had an issiue with fuel. You don't see many over here but the favourite cars I've owned are 1, a 5.0 litre Bronco,[manual gears with a stubby exhaust and possibly better sounding than any bike I've owned] 2,a 5.7 litre Chevy Suburban[ I was George Bush], and 3, a 5.3 litre Jaguar HSE and 4- 5x 4 litre Range Rovers. I've had 3 other Prillas. So I dont think anyone can accuse me of penny pinching on my fun.
Any way getting back to the point. The 'T' [growl] is grim on juice so what. The point is, is its so grim because I and everyone else is so obviously doing what Aprilia want us to do and thats enjoy them and razz the arse off them.[legally of course]. I thought I was razzin the Mille but I obviously wasn't. My new 'T' [growl] will be going round Oulton Park race track soon.
Hope I don't break it the wife will kill me. [again]
Gotta do a word count now, I've been dying to put a longer post on than you.:lol
Joined Jul 2009
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Sunny Astley GUNCHESTER Ingerland
God, I'm panicking now in case I haven't made my point correctly. Is my slepping poor? Have I used correct puntuation? Have I put enough smilies in? Who's that at the door? Whats that noise? where's my bike ? Wheres the kids ? Wheres the wife? Fook it who cares? :crazy
