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Originally Posted by woodsrat
...we should talk about the gas mileage of 125's. Or specifically, the lack of.
My buddy's WR-250R has consistently returns 75-80 MPG and occasionally pushes 90. By comparison my Lifan is doing good to get 75 with half the power (or less), usually returning around 70 and occasionally 80 if I hold my tongue right. This is downright embarrassing.
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Well, that's air cooled vs liquid cooled. Liquid cooled allows a higher compression ratio, and your air cooled bike probably has 4(?) speeds vs the WR's 6 speed.
Checking on fuelly, Single cylinder CBR 250Rs are getting around 65-68 MPG, CBR 300Rs' data is janky, can only get it to show one bike per "vehicle", but two bikes are getting 72 MPG. CBR 125Rs on fuelly are getting between 85-100 MPG, varadero 125s are getting around 70 MPG. CBR 150Rs are getting around 80-90 MPG. Sure seems like they have the potential to get great mpg, especially if regeared. Check out some of the cruising RPMs of these 125s on gearingcommander, the varadero has very short gearing putting it at 7000 RPM at only 45 mph.