VFR Fuel Economy

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  1. jfrahm

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    15 liters is 3.96 US "freedom gallons" or 3.3 of the Queen's Imperial Gallons. That's about 40-45mpg in the States. Pretty good, I get around 40 or so. I figured the bike should do a bit better than that. I think I get 45mpg in my Ducati M900S i.e.
     
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    I consistently get 21-21.5 km/l (about 50mpg US) with normal mixed riding. If I really push it hard, it drops to about 18.5 km/l.
     
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    Put it down to riding style. I get nothing like these figure. I will admit I have not had the bike long (VFR800FiW, 1998) but it's a very low miles example. On a long run riding in a very tame manner I get about 45 mpg (inperial). If I have fun it goes as low as 33 mpg(imperial). On a par with my 1986 VF500F2, and worse than my 2018 FJR1300. Not complaining, it's a 90s bike after all.
     
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    I had a CBR1000F for many years and consistently got 45 mpg (Freedom) and so I expected a bit better with the VFR given it's smaller displacement and EFI.
    Ah well. At any rate 33-45 Imperial sounds bad unless as I have in Ireland you spend a lot of time idling in traffic snarls. Otherwise like in Norway my experience is that the prevailing speeds are a bit low (compared to central and western USA) which usually leads to great MPG results.

    If I were getting 35mpg (USA) I'd be looking at the plugs and O2 sensors, maybe the injectors in case one is dripping. An earlier poster is exactly correct to log MPG as an indication of bike health.
     
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    The V4 can sip or slurp, wrist controlled. lol
     
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    Ignore "Best MPG", that was a bad entry.
     
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    Which is why I don't trust those sites for more than a very basic idea of what I might expect when buying a new bike.
    Personally, I keep every single fuel receipt and write the tripmeter readout on the back before I reset it. Have done so for years. Also a really good way to spot certain issues before they become problems.
     
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    I've been surprised to be getting about 45 mpg (mixed city and freeway). It does better than my Hawk GT which has half the horsepower and about 100# less in weight. My Hawk gets about 40 mpg in the same mix of city and freeway. The both will do over 50 mpg when running all highway though.
     
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    What's not to trust? I made a mistake, not the program's fault! I can keep track of every penny I spend on her with out a bunch of crumpled up receipts. I input gas info every time I get gas, I input cost of tires and oil changes under service. I can easily check how many miles I have gone on each tire. Much easier, much quicker.
     
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    cat0020 said:
    I consistantly get 210-220 mile for 4.5 gallon fill-up.. on my 2000 VFR800.
    The worst I got was 170 mile for 4.6 gallon, best was 256 for 4.96 gallon.
    VFR800 has been one of the easiest bike when it comes to maintenance, the regular stuff like oil/filter change, chain lube are easily done. Brake fluid change could be challenging, but as long as you pay attention, they are doable on your own. Valve adjustment intervauls are 16,000 mile apart. Pay attention to the Regulator and rectifier, think that's the only weakness for 98-01 VFR800.

    13 years later... 35,000 miles on the VFR and still getting about the same fuel economy......
     
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    I don't trust those sites because I don't trust people to be accurate.
    For example the "best MPG = 78.6". Sorry dude, but there is absolutely zero chance anyone every made this bike do that. My average of about 50mpg is considered good by any standard. Going a full 28mpg above that just isn't going to happen.
    I'm not saying that whoever wrote that is lying, but people make mistakes.'
     
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    You didn’t read my comment, I made a mistake along the way on one my entries, and the program calculated the wrong mileage. That is why I said to ignore the number. Data is kept on the iPhone, I never seen any miscalculations on correct data. I can go back and look at any entry and check milage, numbers of gallons, and price. You are assuming some web site in the cloud is making the calculation. I can also export the data into a Excel spreadsheet to double check.
     
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    With 87,000 km on my bike I get around 400km on 20L of gas. Most of my riding is short trips with a few weekend outings. The best I got was around 440km doing 110-120kph on a day trip in the fall at 3600-5600ft elevation. Every time I fill up I check the trip meter and the amount of fuel to refill the tank then reset the meter.
     
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