What's your best motorcycle MPG? - Page 30 - Fuel Economy, Hypermiling, EcoModding News and Forum

DanielMaia · 07-09-2011, 07:50 PM

My best mileage was 167mpg, or 1.406L/100km.

Honda CBF125

MetroMPG · 07-09-2011, 10:55 PM

Wow, Daniel - impressive numbers! I saw a lot of smaller displacement bikes when I was in the Azores (Faial) early last month. A friend who has a 250CC scooter here in Canada commented how attitudes to engine size are much different compared to North America.

The only local police we saw was riding what we thought was a 125cc (2 stroke) dirt bike.

dcb · 07-10-2011, 01:34 AM

it is funny, but the other night I was running some errands and had like 5 people comment on my bike (1974 cb125), they all seemed a little envious, especially when I told them it was garbage picked

though there has been a steady stream of $5-$40 purchases to get it semi-road worthy.

My last tank was maybe 90mpg, it can do better I'm sure. I'm getting the hang of kick starting it reliably when the cross light goes yellow.

DanielMaia · 07-10-2011, 05:39 AM

Thanks MetroMPG, im trying to increase my mileage, to my mental goal -> below 1.4l/100km

alvaro84 · 07-10-2011, 08:30 AM

Purupurupurupurupuru....

You guys make me jealous with those small displacement bikes...
But at least I'm over 80mpg with almost continuous 2-up riding on my last tank. With these (probably worse RR) tires. Hot weather helps of course.

DanielMaia · 07-10-2011, 08:39 AM

Hey alvaro, how you going?

Just to you guys know, here in Portugal, each liter of gas, costs 1.50€, it means 2.1$ for each liter of gas. The low displacement bikes is the best way to travel city and country roads, and, for a 125cc 4 stroke, it has lots of power across the rpm range

I will increase the tyre pressure a bit, and my poor mathematic says that this bike, in idle with the engine cold, spens 7.5ml of gas each minute, and my calculations says that i could travel 400 meters with 7.5ml of fuel

Ok, i stop with my math

alvaro84 · 07-10-2011, 08:57 AM

I don't do much math, except I looked up that gas is ~1.4€ per liter here.
Heck, I don't even know the idle fuel consumption of my bike. Among the many other things I don't know

DanielMaia · 07-10-2011, 09:18 AM

Lol

Just curious, where do you live?

Tomorrow i will know the consumption of 5L of gas. Maybe 1.49 or 1.50L/100km, because 20 or 30km was with 2 passengers, wide open throttle.

alvaro84 · 07-11-2011, 03:02 AM

Just look below my avatar: I live in Hungary. And we don't have Euro now so I have to do the math every time - exchange rates constantly change...

bdesj · 07-12-2011, 12:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alvaro84

You guys make me jealous with those small displacement bikes...

Jealous !?! Sheesh, you`re squeezing out 20 - 25% more from each gallon than I am, and with over 50% more displacement than me! On the bright side, I have just about the only bike I know of that can fit a large pizza under the seat