After leaving Trip 1 untouched for nearly 1500 kms to see the average fuel consumption long term I get 5.2l/100 km. I never ride Urban and reconfigured it to a safer Touring mode with Medium engine output and TCS6 and ABS2 for wet roads. Using Sport mode on days I feel spirited and safe and Touring 70 - 80% all the time. I rev up high when accelerating but stay between 4k - 6k when riding constant speeds. I think, that's quite ok...
Hyperstrada fuel consumption/seat comfort
- Thread starter Lawrence of Suburbia
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To me, i found urban mode does provide mileage. Min of 20km per litres.
But it is quite difficult to maintain urban mode for the entire 16 litres tank. lol
I do 600 miles at below 45 mph each week. I was averaging 40 mpg with allot of stop and go traffic, but this week I switched from Shell V-power to BP ultimate gas and got a little better MPG 40 to 44. I'm pretty happy with my city mpg as my average speed is only 19-23 mph. My highway MPG is about 50 or 48, I'm 6'4.5'' and I think I need the larger touring screen as my body is just acting as a parachute. The bike is also highly unstable being so tall for me at +65. Hope the larger screen solves the problem.
My Oil is Motul.
My Oil is Motul.
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Remember, the fuel pump is cooled by the fuel!
The fuel pump is in the tank for a reason. It needs the cooling. When you run your tank dry, you are begging for a fuel pump failure. Just stop for gas sooner! Sure, it may be fixed under warranty but (a) you're still stranded and (b) better not mention that you ran it dry.
As for seat comfort, I have two gripes about the stock HS seat. It's too grippy when wearing jeans, puts me in a bind. And I'd like to be able to slide back a bit more. I don't like to mess with the original bits, so I'll probably find another seat and have it modified. They come up on fleabay all the time.
The fuel pump is in the tank for a reason. It needs the cooling. When you run your tank dry, you are begging for a fuel pump failure. Just stop for gas sooner! Sure, it may be fixed under warranty but (a) you're still stranded and (b) better not mention that you ran it dry.
As for seat comfort, I have two gripes about the stock HS seat. It's too grippy when wearing jeans, puts me in a bind. And I'd like to be able to slide back a bit more. I don't like to mess with the original bits, so I'll probably find another seat and have it modified. They come up on fleabay all the time.
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Just rode extra km's with fuel light on.
Got approx.207 km before light came on and rode 45 km with light on.
Got only 12.7 liters in the tank.
Average last year was 19.9 km per liter (46.8 mpg) total 9400 km.
With the 252 km ride I got exactly the same milage.
Rode the 252 km distance 50% in touring and 50% in sport. Rode easy and sporty at the same time. No highway.
Got approx.207 km before light came on and rode 45 km with light on.
Got only 12.7 liters in the tank.
Average last year was 19.9 km per liter (46.8 mpg) total 9400 km.
With the 252 km ride I got exactly the same milage.
Rode the 252 km distance 50% in touring and 50% in sport. Rode easy and sporty at the same time. No highway.
Did an 255km-ride with 11,8l during the break-in-period. Fuel light showed up constantly between 210 and 215km among the first three top-ups.
I now have a definitive answer for my ultimate range! At the beginning of my recent 5 day road trip, I pushed for 300km on my second tank of gas. It sputtered out within coasting distance of a gas station at 302km indicated on the bikes odometer(GPS said it was 289km). Interestingly, I was only able to put 14.6L in the tank. I was heading down a fairly long steep grade when it flamed out so I wonder if the fuel pump can't access the last L of fuel if the bike is heading downhill? Oh yeah, pretty well all the tank was run in sport mode.
On my last day of the roadtrip(Memorial Day in the US), a couple of gas stations in small towns were closed and I was forced to try for the 300km mark-once again I ran out at 290km(by the GPS) and about 2 km shy of the gas station I knew was open. I pushed for a few hundred meters then coasted downhill for a littleways before hitting the starter button just to see what would happen. It started up and ran for about .5km then cut out. Repeated the cycle one more time and coasted into the gas station where once again I put about 14.5L in the 16L tank. Conclusion, that last L of fuel is not very useable! The second time I ran out I was running in Touring mode.
On my last day of the roadtrip(Memorial Day in the US), a couple of gas stations in small towns were closed and I was forced to try for the 300km mark-once again I ran out at 290km(by the GPS) and about 2 km shy of the gas station I knew was open. I pushed for a few hundred meters then coasted downhill for a littleways before hitting the starter button just to see what would happen. It started up and ran for about .5km then cut out. Repeated the cycle one more time and coasted into the gas station where once again I put about 14.5L in the 16L tank. Conclusion, that last L of fuel is not very useable! The second time I ran out I was running in Touring mode.
Yesterday I topped off the tank and accidentally got it overfilled and up over the filler neck with a bit on the surround of the opening. On a whim I jiggled the bike back and forth slightly and started to see bubbles, burping, indicating trapped air escaping. Within 30 seconds the level of gas was below the inside of the filler neck. The low fuel light comes on so early there is most certainly space in the tank that holds fuel that will not be consumed. The specs should list the usable capacity, because the tank volume itself will never be usable volume.
fuel consumption continued
If I do the math for the 2 tanks full I spoke of, the consumption works out to a little over 20 km/l. This figure has been very consistent for me, irregardless of the type of riding.
Based on these numbers I thought I'd be borderline safe at around 300km on the odometer, but the reality is that last little bit of gas in the tank is not really accessible-that will never be a problem again cause I know now what my distance limit is!
If I do the math for the 2 tanks full I spoke of, the consumption works out to a little over 20 km/l. This figure has been very consistent for me, irregardless of the type of riding.
Based on these numbers I thought I'd be borderline safe at around 300km on the odometer, but the reality is that last little bit of gas in the tank is not really accessible-that will never be a problem again cause I know now what my distance limit is!
