Boring MPG Question

So, after a few weeks with the Z1000, I find that during the week,
droning to work from London outskirts to London, erm, inskirts, the Z
is quite a lot less fuel efficient than I expected. OK, now I've used
a DR-Z for the commute for the last couple of years which will do
about 90 miles on a tank that costs about 6 quid to fill up.

The Z takes about 16 quids worth to fill from dry (go on, ask me how I
know) on which it'll do just a shade under 120 miles of inner city
stuff. 32mpg. :-( I didn't expect it to be great on fuel, but
that's worse than I expected. Any thoughts?

 

Not that much of a bore out - it's a Z953 to be exact.

Well, yes. Like I say, didn't expect it to be very green... Mate
reckons he gets about 170 miles out of his Fazer Thou - best I've got
some far on non-urban use was 145.

 

They all do that, sir - big bikes in London is a good way to empty your
wallet.

 

Well, yeah. I didn't *need* a litre bike for the work run. I just
don't recall my other bikes of this size being quite so hefty on the
MPG and thought a modern lean burn engine would be a bit better...

Doesn't help that I'm not exactly trying to minimise throttle
movements either!

 

Trade it in for a Trophy 1200.

 

FWIW, my GRSX 1000[1] was as thirsty as **** when I bought it. Sorry
Loz, but it was. I worked it out at about 35mpg. After my 15000 mile
service I gained about 6 mpg! The air filter alone was so clogged it
looked a bit like a tar block.

I now get a regular 40 / 42mpg and where possible I try for three
figures.

[1] Which is STILL in the bloody workshop at Carole Nash's.

 

Heh. That was my ballpark for "bad MPG"

 

From a litre bike!!!

No shame you people have you.

 

Oddly I reckon to get about 45-50 from the Z750, and I'm not entirely
easy on the throttle (as my tyre consumption can attest)

 

I get about 140 from a tank on my Z1000 and I don't ride much in heavy
traffic, I would have thought that considering the nature of riding in the
kind of traffic you get in London your consumption is about right.

If you want to play, you have to pay !!

 

Sadly this is true. The bike makes up for the crap MPG in plenty of
other ways!

 

Ooooh look a post by the hippy that almost had no insults in....

 

Oh Dear.........past your bedtime moron....You need to get out more rather
than posting prolifically and using newsgroups to find friends

 

I'm pretty smooth, I think. City riding is all stop and start of
course and I do tend to wind it on when I can. But I pulled up next
to a bloke on another Z the other day & asked what he got and he said
about 35, so it seems that's the way it is :-(

 

While tank range is an issue I don't really GAF what MPG my bikes return.
When fuel economy becomes an issue I'll buy a small non-turbo diesel car.

 

"Hog" wrote:

If it was an issue, I'd sell the bike. It's a minor disapointment
nothing more.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Simian

Christ yes, do you remember how amazed we both were at how little fuel
we could get in the tanks at one of the refuelling stops?

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando
Kawasaki GTR1400

 

I'd be interested to know what your GTR does MPG-wise.....

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, AW

About 36 on average at the moment.

According to the computer.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando
Kawasaki GTR1400

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

Except during endurance races, IIRC.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Fallen apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Honda ST1100 wiv trailer Norton 850 Commando
Kawasaki GTR1400