Maximum range?

You're in a class of two, really.

Honda ST1100 Pan European or a BMW GS with the optional 30-litre tank
(and even then, Big Tony managed to run out).

Both will manage 250+ miles.

Can't think of anything else, off-hand.

 

Does anyone know which bike has the greatest range (distance between
required refuelling stops) under fairly normal driving conditions? It has
to be a trade-off between tank capacity and mpg so any guesses what is
likely to return best average figures?

 

The Older Gentleman fumbled, fiddled and fingered:

would'nt a CG be in the running with 100mpg and 13.5 litre tank?

--
Steve Parry
K100RS SE & F650
and a 520i SE Touring for comfort

(not forgetting the SK90PY)

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If it was the later model with that size (three-gallon tank) yes.

Oh, the shame.... Why didn't I think?

<Makes Sign of Holy Pushrods, frantically>

 

I keep seeing mentions of 100mpg , but do they actually get that in normal
use?

--
Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away"

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Depends if Bear (and IIRC) Bonwick are trying to wheelie it....

 

GS Adventure - up to 320 miles on a tankful... The new one is supposed
to be even better on fuel.

Alternatively, an R100GS with 43l HPN tank is hard to beat. But you
surely don't want to drop that one.

 

I've managed 280 miles on the 955 riding at a 'sensible' pace rather
than hooning. That was a mix of mid-Wales twisties, dual carriageway &
M4.

--
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Krusty says...

I read a test where they gave the predicted tank range of a Daytona like
mine as being 225 miles. I quite easily managed 180 miles once without
having to fill up, so it might be true.

--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
GSF600SW (broked)
'I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking.
But I strongly object when they start shaking them to make certain they
are still going.' William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett, Oct 1960.

 

you must be riding like a girl then cos the maximum I ever got out of
a tank on the same bike was 155.
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Adie says...

I was riding like a gurl.

--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
GSF600SW (broked)
'I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking.
But I strongly object when they start shaking them to make certain they
are still going.' William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett, Oct 1960.

 

My early Japanese model would do over 100mpg. The OHC Honda CB125 I
owned recently would do 90-95mpg, so the answer is yes, they do.

Even Jamie's little Benly managed 88mpg on a thrash from Ramsgate to the
Chateau, a distance of some 80-odd miles.

 

Sheeesh. 70mph max?

 

Cool , ta.

It strikes me as a bit of a missed marketing opportunity for Honda given all
the interest in conserving energy at the moment.
It might not be very exciting but advertising a form of transport that
genuinely does 100mpg ought to generate some sales.

--
Alex

"I laugh in the face of danger. Then I hide until it goes away"

www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk

 

Agreed.

I think that little CBR125 gets about 90mpg in normal use. Most
four-stroke 125s do.

 

"In a week, according to the promoters, the airship will consume less fuel
than a Boeing 767 uses to get from its gate to the runway."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/10/nblimp10.xml

--
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Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005
WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

 

480 km on Black Kat. Norway, 80 km max, heavy traffic, Scotch mist...

--
Ivan Reid, Electronic & Computer Engineering, ___ CMS Collaboration,
Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN
GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005
WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon)
KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".

 

Probably about 50ish along with the rest of the traffic coming back
along the M4 from Newport. It was dark, pissing it down, & very heavy
traffic.

The low fuel light came on not long after Newport & I decided to try to
make it home rather than stopping to fill up. Don't ask me why - it
just seemed like a good idea at the time.

--
Krusty
www.MuddyStuff.co.uk
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Ooh, I likes that. Bring back airships.

I'd put up with slow flights provided there was a bit more than
high-density seating.

I wonder how well modern airships cope with adverse weather. Obviously
flight times would be sensitive to headwinds, but turbulence and high
winds at ground level?

 

Bloody hell. I thought that my Quota making 220 miles out of 20 litres
was good.