tank range

tripe · Post by **tripe** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:19 am

I can positively assert that London riding after adding a lennies and powerfilter will give you a tank range of 124.3 miles!

For once I discovered this within sight of a petrol station

Ade B · Post by **Ade B** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:35 am

Most impressive - perhaps I could justify the mods as they actually save money.

Rarely more than 90 around london till the light. I still have yet to run out of petrol on the S

Thats jinxed it...

Ade

sproggy · Post by **sproggy** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:12 am

Ade B wrote:Rarely more than 90 around london till the light

90?

I was getting about 145 to the light with the standard tank. OK, that's not all IN London (45 mile round trip commute in and out) but it's two-up. Probably because if I rode two-up the way I do solo I'd get deafened by complaints from behind......

eggcup · Post by **eggcup** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:18 pm

Petrol consumption is the one thing that has really impressed me with 1100S even a 2up blast to the Lakes the light did'nt come on till 110 and cruising in the 60/70mph range 2up ive had upto 150 before the lt which averaged out at 57mpg I do try to use optimax or equivalent as I find this does make a difference.
To put into perspective if I use the Guzzi with the same use of the wrist as the BM I'll get sub 30mpg and with 20mph less top end.
What I have found is if you upright the bike when filling you can get another 2+ litres in.

jivebiker · Post by **jivebiker** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:46 am

Odd that eggcup finds a difference with Shell juice.

I get a consistent 148 miles to the light, on Shell ordinary unleaded. If I fill up at Total or BP, I get just 135.

I thought that it was me subconciously fixing the results (even though I am not a fan of Shell, and some of their outlet's anti-bike policies), so I tried a tank of "caning it" on shell (142 to the light) , and a tank of obeying all traffic laws, and using no more than about 25% throttle on BP (139 to the warning light). Interesting... not all fuels are equal!

I found a few weeks ago that the bike suddenly started to fly, even though it had warmed up after that cold snap. I think the garages had started stocking winter blends of fuel. I was surprised at the difference though as I never notice much change, except for when I had a Triumph Sprint (1993) which was a bugger to start on summer fuel when it was cold, but much easier once the winter stuff was in.

oyster · Post by **oyster** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:22 am

As a fan of mpg, (I wont bore you with my results...) I listened with interest to research done by a London courier company that wants to be as Green as possible. He reminded me about the supermarket blends of petrol and bio-ethanol; up to 20% and now they are also blending bio-diesel to about the same mix. Both additives are much cheaper, but lack the kick. Shell, followed by Esso have the 'strongest' fuel.
And the Jeep is the greenest vehicle around; cheap, basic materials, easy to recycle.

BockingBandit · Post by **BockingBandit** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:17 am

Well Tripe,.. that sounds like the reason I was looking for, .. so It's a Lennies and Powerfilter for me, .. once I've asked every present giver for the 'Receipts'

tripe · Post by **tripe** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:46 am

perhaps I should have been more specific, the light came on at 80 and it looks as if some of you might not have noticed the decimal point through the haze of Christmas cheer.
The powerfilter has probably knocked 5 miles off of the tank range on London riding, this of course is more than compensated for by the go-faster roar

Ade B · Post by **Ade B** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:55 am

the go-faster roar

the creation of which no doubt accounts for the 80 to the light....

or should that be 80 between the lights..

Ade

oyster · Post by **oyster** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:58 pm

Just remembered and ought to add, the additives that supermarkets are putting in the fuel come mostly from S America, where quality control checks are more slack than here. Consequently, the occasional bit of windswept tundra enters the funnel when they are decanting the bio fuel into the tanker. It is these bits of flora and fauna that are helping to block the fuel filters on our vehicles.
Now thinking about the recent recalls about fuel hoses; could this be because the old hoses cant cope with the ethanol bio fuel and are dissolving?

POB · Post by **POB** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 2:06 pm

I get about 110 to the light, and I always fill up before about 125 shows. I am running a spreadsheet at the moment, and I have started to plot the brand (for about the last 8 tanks). Give me a few weeks and we should have a per-brand economy average.

twodear · Post by **twodear** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 4:28 am

Sheesh. I've gotten pretty fair mileage on Bubba the GS Adventure (350 miles on a 30ltr tank) but at the local track (Malalla) Lizard the R1100S will use about 3-1/2 liters in 6 laps.

The track is just over a mile long so I estimate that a full tank would get me about 35 miles, or about 39 minutes of racing. The average lap speed is just over 120 km/h.

Taz · Post by **Taz** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 9:08 pm

Would I be really stupid if I asked what Lennies is/are?

twodear · Post by **twodear** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 2:33 am

Taz wrote:Would I be really stupid if I asked what Lennies is/are?

Not stupid. Lazy maybe. Lennie's product is pasted all over this website. All one has to do is search.

Jeff Williams · Post by **Jeff Williams** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 4:25 pm

I'm seeing between 150-170mpg at 80mph as an average.
I increased my range by using the extra 1/2 gallon of space within the tank,(called drilling the tank).
Taz,
Lennie is the name of a very ingenious fellow who lives in Tazzieland , OZ.
He makes a custom snorkle,(as does SJBMW in Calif), to increase the airflow within the air box,(its the place where their is a lot of power to be gained without stressing the engine).
Hope this helps,
merry christmas and a ho ho hoe

jeff

www.boxertrix.com

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