Gas Mileage

[SD929RR]

Usually average mid to upper 30's (35 to 38) best was in Colorado at 48mpg. My riding is 2 up and usually loaded to the max 450 lbs. + or - a little.

Shaun

05 FJR

CBR1000RR

 

[SOUTHERNMAGE]

OOPS. Can someone please help me get this sarcastic foot out of my mouth.... :dntknw:

I am just the rt age for everything Imperial to mean Star Wars bad guys....

 

[BBIII]

"....but this one goes to ELEVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!........................"

I think only you & I understand this one. This one's never been played, don't even look at it

 

[Fastfar]

03' with 18.5k...best is 43.5 in mixed riding - 40 in the High Sierras with a twisted wrist and lots of 5k to 7k roll-ons...mine was a ticker, now fixed, and I am hoping for some improvement in the gas mileage...

 

[Timbo2015]

I average 42-45 mpg in general, short trip, mixed city/country riding. Consistent 49-50 on long highway trips, 60-75 mph. At altitude in Colorado on this summer's trip, every tank was over 50 mpg. Best was 53 mpg. This was primarily riding at a sight-seeing type of pace.

 

[Bounce]

She's drinking 91 octane here in dallas/fort worth.

Any reason why you're using octane ratings higher than OEM recommendations?

 

[RadioHowie]

She's drinking 91 octane here in dallas/fort worth.

Any reason why you're using octane ratings higher than OEM recommendations?

Same reason they use helium in their tires...

Better performance!

(or they enjoy hot weather driveability problems)

 

[devanator]

Went for a 800 mile loop for a week-end and got just over 40 MPG. And mine is barely broken in. Just 1500 mile on it. I read the manual too but for some reason my dealer told me to use high octane so I do. Hoping that my mpg improves a little the more I ride it. I did have a lot of wind to contend with so it should be better here and their.

Devanator

 

[SkooterG]

I read the manual too but for some reason my dealer told me to use high octane so I do.

The reason is he's an idiot. Don't be one too.

 

[devanator]

Scooter

Besides being an idiot, why would someone suggest to put high octane than what is recommened. Performance like someone suggested, to stop pinging in the engine like cars, what? maybe thats whats been causing the dreaded tick. :lol:

Seriously, you'ld think a dealer could give straight advice, especially when the manual says that. But I'm no engine mechanic so I took his advice. Will go with the manuals recommendation. Thanks

Devanator

 

[GPRIDER]

I used to run premium in my old bike because my service manager told me to. I looked at the owners manual and it said the same thing as the FJR owners manual. After all I've read and heard about different grades of gasoline here and other places, I see no reason to spend the extra money on a higer grade of gasoline if the manufacturer tells you to use regular. I can tell no difference in the performance in either bike I own. The spark plugs come out looking just like they are supposed to. I average 40-45mpg most of the time and have gotten 50 mpg at higher elevations in Colorado.

GP

 

[dunhamg]

Here is what I've gotten for mileage for the last couple of months since I started tracking it.

Date Odometer Gallons Miles/Tank Mileage Overall Average Mileage

this tank

19-Aug-05 ---- 50111 ---- 9.609 ---- 413 ---- 42.98 ---- 42.98

22-Aug-05 ---- 50467 ---- 8.421 ---- 356 ---- 42.28 ---- 42.65

30-Aug-05 ---- 50892 ---- 9.977 ---- 425 ---- 42.60 ---- 42.63

2-Sep-05 ----- 51220 ---- 8.703 ---- 328 ---- 37.69 ---- 41.46

7-Sep-05 ----- 51443 ---- 6.500 ---- 223 ---- 34.31 ---- 40.38

10-Sep-05 ---- 51804 ---- 9.145 ---- 361 ---- 39.48 ---- 40.23

19-Sep-05 ---- 52131 ---- 7.632 ---- 327 ---- 42.85 ---- 40.56

24-Sep-05 ---- 52390 ---- 6.069 ---- 259 ---- 42.68 ---- 40.75

25-Sep-05 ---- 52749 ---- 9.408 ---- 359 ---- 38.16 ---- 40.43

4-Oct-05 ------ 53409 ---- 10.092 --- 442 ---- 43.80 ---- 40.87

Obviously I've got aux fuel. The lower mileage was a trip in Minnesota and taking a bit of the advantage of the extra power vs. the high altitude in Colorado.

Grady A. Dunham

 

[leebunyard]

With 21,500 miles on my '04 FJR, I've never gotten below 42 mpg, and that's on California's oxygenated gas, 87 octane. Most of my riding is in the 75-85 mph range.

I just filled up today and it took 5.984 gallons to go 261 miles--that's about 43.6 mpg. This included probably around 25% city stop and go riding.

If I remember right, the FJR tank tops off at 6.6 gallons. If that's correct. I still had .6 gallon in the tank, enough to go pretty close to 300 miles until bone dry time.

I've gotten as high as 53 mpg riding up in Oregon and Washington.

As an aside, I'm about to turn 11,000 miles on the Avon tires. Both front and rear are wearing at about the same rate, both will be down to the wear bars at about the same time, probably somewhere around 12,000-12,500 miles. I have new Avons in the garage ready to go on when the old ones hit the wear bars. Love 'em.

Lee in the Mountains of Northern California B)

 

[ibsunburnt]

Current Vehicle's

2006 Toyota Prius

2005 Yamaha FJR1300

2001 Toyota RAV4

Summary for 2005 Yamaha FJR1300

Total Quantity Purchased (Gallons) 35.293

Total Cost $105.03

Average Price ($/G) $2.976

Average Fuel Economy (MPG) 44.54

Total # Fill-ups 7

Fuel Purchase History - 2005 Purchase

Date Price Gallons Total Odometer Station MPG

10/10/2005 2.959 5.287 $15.64 1,889 Mobil

10/8/2005 2.959 5.290 $15.65 1,654 Circle K 44.45

10/3/2005 2.959 4.107 $12.15 1,420 Mobil 44.23

9/30/2005 2.959 5.661 $16.75 1,233 Mobil 45.53

9/25/2005 2.999 4.300 $12.90 983 Diamond Shamrock 44.16

9/20/2005 2.999 5.163 $15.48 789 Mobil 45.12

9/15/2005 2.999 5.485 $16.45 563 Circle K 43.77

 

[ibsunburnt]

That's a 05 Prius not a 06.

I keep my log at GasBuddy

 

[fjr183]

My 03 owner's manual calls for "regular unleaded gasoline with a pump octane number [(R+M)/2] of 86 or higher, or a research octane number of 91 or higher."

Here in Ohio the pump octane number of 87 is what we use.

I believe a research number of 91 would be equal to a pump number of 86.