jason370
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posted June 25, 2002 03:06 PM
so how far does a full tank of gas get ya?
assuming that you are doing mostly highway riding between 70 - 130.
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posted June 25, 2002 03:16 PM
i get 220 before light comes on. sometimes 230.
if i am at upper end of that speed range, i get 180 or so.
  
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posted June 25, 2002 03:45 PM
Err, is that in Kilometers, Slug? 
I reset my trip meter every time I fill up, and I've never gotten more than 160 out of a tank, and that was when it was nearly empty. Considering a 5.0 gallon tank, that would be over 30 mpg. I almost never get over 7k rpms, and rarely hit redline. Most of my riding is steady state commuting on the freeway at 4k rpms.
If you're getting 200+ miles from a tank, my hat's off to you. 
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posted June 25, 2002 04:39 PM
Range?
Best I've done was 271 km (168 miles) on one tank. The last bar had been blinking for 30 km. -ZXtra
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DaveInDaytona
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posted June 25, 2002 06:14 PM
Best run was 166 miles on 4.8 gallons, I don't want to do that again. Worst was 50 miles on about 4 gallons during a track day.
Slug has a Yamaha 600, I guess you weren't specific about what the tank was on.
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posted June 25, 2002 06:26 PM
around 120 then the light starts to blink.
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posted June 25, 2002 07:01 PM
oops apples and oranges....
hehe...ive got a 600...and yes that is in miles...
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jason370
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posted June 25, 2002 07:07 PM
cmon now, this is the zx12 zone, all questions pertain to zx12 type things unless otherwise specified
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TedG
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posted June 25, 2002 07:12 PM
My 12 usually gets 178 miles before it flashes (185 today) and that is 4.3 gallons. You would be surprised how often it starts flashing at 178. That is mostly twisty roads steep hills and in town, along with some freeway. Just crusing down the freeway I get over 50 mpg.
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jason370
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posted June 25, 2002 07:14 PM
50 mpg?????? what are you on kawasakis first hybrid motorcycle prototype?
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posted June 25, 2002 07:17 PM
The reason Slug gets that kind of milage is due to the tow rope I always carry to drag his slow 600 ass along. That would also account for me filling at 200km.
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posted June 25, 2002 10:10 PM
Best I get is 30 miles for each one of those bars.
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tuusinii
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posted June 25, 2002 10:39 PM
If under 120 KPH(75MPH) I get something like 330km(=205miles) if riding country road. When speeds go up to 160-200KPH(100-125MPH) it drops to 280km(=175miles). I usually ride until I got only 1-2 liters(half of gallon) left. It's especially easy in German Highways because they post the kilometersigns to next gas station. So You are just calculating the mileage and miles to next station. My best is 338km(=210miles) but then I rolled tank empty to the station. I think that the biggest reason why some of You get much poorer mileage is that You don't fill the tank to full - it takes a lot of gas after it seems to full - I always top it as far as I can. Also if You are riding very fast or at the track - your mileage drops. When I was doing some top end runs on German highway I got only 200km(=125miles) with 19 liters!
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posted June 25, 2002 10:52 PM
now this is a point that interest me as i have seen way too many discrepancies about fuel. first off, i have often filled my tank to the point where even with the bike straight up and down i squeeze some fuel out when i close the cap. so i dont htink i can fit more. but that only gets me 18liters, even when i stalled for the 5th time pulling into the station (yes, it happened). normally i fill about 15 or 16 liters. that gets me about 180km. now up to last year i got much better mileage. the guage started blinking at 230km almost like clockwork. so that was only like 15 liters. this year i'v gotten as low as 140km at the same point. now last year i almost always cruised around 3000rpm. lots of pretty simple highway cruising. this year i normally cruise at 4000+, and have spent much more time at 5000+ than before. i'm just surprised that a 1000 to 2000rpm diff can make such a huge diff. thought it may be cause of an unhapyp engine, but just has the big service done and everything checked out fine. go figure.
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posted June 26, 2002 03:49 AM
120-130 miles.I got almost 160 on a tankful one time when I drove slowly.
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posted June 26, 2002 04:24 AM
mpg
I always get at least 160 miles before I consider re-fueling. That would be a mixed ride town/city/highway speeds. If all highway riding I go around 185~ miles before re-fueling. Once on a trip back home from New Hampshire I got 203 miles before re-fueling (lots of downgrade riding though). All and all I'm happy with the 12 except for when I got riding with my wife and her zx9r. She fills up 1 once to my 2 times 
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posted June 26, 2002 04:49 AM
My Bike Must Be Really Thisty!?!?
My last bar starts flashing somewhere around 120 miles and I've run out of gas at 155 miles before. My bike rarely sees anything below 3500 rpms.
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posted June 26, 2002 05:23 AM
130 and on fumes
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posted June 26, 2002 05:25 AM
Box stock, I had gotten upwards of 160. My 1270 never got much over 120 miles. My 1347 got upwards of 140. Weird, huh?
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posted June 26, 2002 05:43 AM
In the Service Manual: Fuel Tank Capacity: 20L or 5.3 US Gallons
I've never run out, but put in $10 the other day (4.7gal) when I got too far from a gas station. I was at the last bar.
I've heard running injected engines out of gas is bad for them (sudden leaness); I have no data to back that up. Anyone?
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posted June 26, 2002 05:45 AM
Are these gas numbers with the stock can or modified can. Because I had the same discrepancy issues when I had the 2000 bike. I changed the pipe to muzzy full exhaust and I was rarely getting 90 miles out of a full tank of gas. I am not that aggressive a rider. (I have my moments though)and even when I just took it easy it never got any better.
I will be picking up my 2002 soon. I'm definitely going to do a comparison between the stock and full exhaust.
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posted June 26, 2002 06:02 AM
My bike's a 00', stock with K&N's & Akrapovic Evo system...
Most of my rides are 2/3rd gear twisties, "Pace" riding. I get about 120miles per tank, head for a gas station when I get to the last few bars (mileage got slightly worse w/Akra, no change noted w/K&N's.)
A top of 6th gear run greatly decreases mileage. You can almost watch the guage drop fast as you ride (if you were looking.) I almost ran out this way a few times; I got on the road I had a half tank, did a high speed run the next 30 miles & the next time I looked down the warning flasher was flashing.  :
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posted June 26, 2002 10:39 AM
We have covered this subject before, I think a couple of reasons I get such good mileage is because of the altitude(4500-8000) and I still have a (mostly) stock pipe. Most of my rides are half 2nd gear nasty twisties (like the truck route down the back side of Virginia City). The other half might be the freeway getting to the road. And on the freeway here and in California the armed meter mollies are brutal, gassing it is mostly out of the question. Sometimes you have to drive a long way to get away from those low lifes. There is an awesome road to lake Tahoe called Kingsbury Grade and I have not been up it in the last few years where I haven't seen at least 3 armed meter mollies in the short 10 miles. Isn't there like a donut shop that needs protecting???
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slug
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posted June 26, 2002 04:11 PM
greenglenn: heh heh heh towrope.....funny how do you attach it and pull me with it when i'm in front?!?
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posted June 26, 2002 06:50 PM
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We have covered this subject before...
I don't give a damn if it's been covered! Those of us with Alzheimer's or fading memories need to hear things several times or we forget...
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Isn't there like a donut shop that needs protecting???
I know, & to further succeed in their meter maid madness, not only did the CHP get radar recently, but they just got FIFTY (50) new pursuit Camero's that do 165.
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