6000 mile trip fuel figures for the f800gs

[Corona]

I have just returned from a 6000 mile, 6 week journey through Europe and around Turkey. I was interested to see how the bike did on fuel so I recorded miles and amount of fuel almost every time I filled up the bike. The bike was always filled to the max at each stop however knowing how the fuel tank is on the 800 there is obviously going to be some variance between fill ups.

To put the numbers into context I weigh 65kg with about 10kg of riding gear on top. The bike had about 65kg of panniers/top box and assorted equipment with about 10kg of farkles. The panniers and top box are the BMW aluminium ones and not very aero dynamic. The bike always used RON95 fuel.

Fuel tank distance ranged from 155 miles to 240 miles depending on riding speed/style and road type. Worst fuel efficiency was cruising the European highways at a GPS indicated 130 Kph. The best was from small windy roads doing between 40 and 70 Kph. Tyres are OEM Pirelli Scorpion Trail - ignore my sig.

The journey consisted of 40% motorway or dual lane riding, 40% single lane and standard road riding and 20% minor road or off road riding.

Average MPG was 59.2 and Median Mpg 61.4. Smoothing out the figures this leads to a normal expected tank range of 210 miles and 60 Mpg.

Hope some one finds this useful I have posted this on ADV but thought I would share with fellow UK riders not frequenting there.

Litres	Miles	Kilometeres	Miles/Litre	KM/Litre	Miles/Gallon
11.477	155.6	250.41		13.6		21.8		61.6
10.51	141.6	227.88		13.5		21.7		61.2
10.99	122.7	197.47		11.2		18.0		50.8
10.07		0.00				0.0		0.0
10.84	115.9	186.52		10.7		17.2		48.6
11.37	156.8	252.35		13.8		22.2		62.7
11.18	144.3	232.23		12.9		20.8		58.7
8.09	122.9	197.79		15.2		24.4		69.1
10.38	155.1	249.61		14.9		24.0		67.9
10.31	123.1	198.11		11.9		19.2		54.3
10.78	124.7	200.69		11.6		18.6		52.6
9.81	114.4	184.11		11.7		18.8		53.0
10.73	136.7	220.00		12.7		20.5		57.9
10.508	113.5	182.66		10.8		17.4		49.1
4.78	78.6	126.49		16.4		26.5		74.8
11.85	143.8	231.42		12.1		19.5		55.2
					
	84.4	135.83				
10.402	133.8	215.33		12.9		20.7		58.5
10.32	141.6	227.88		13.7		22.1		62.4
7.8	123.3	198.43		15.8		25.4		71.9
10.19	138.3	222.57		13.6		21.8		61.7
13.857	199.2	320.58		14.4		23.1		65.4
7.61	95.7	154.01		12.6		20.2		57.2
12.42	174.9	281.47		14.1		22.7		64.0
8.857	120.5	193.93		13.6		21.9		61.8
14.73	220.6	355.02		15.0		24.1		68.1
12.12	163.2	262.64		13.5		21.7		61.2
11.44	160	257.50		14.0		22.5		63.6
8.09	129.9	209.05		16.1		25.8		73.0
7.12	120.7	194.25		17.0		27.3		77.1
6.18	88.2	141.94		14.3		23.0		64.9
10.92	152.2	244.94		13.9		22.4		63.4
10.3	131.1	210.98		12.7		20.5		57.9
9.85	135.6	218.23		13.8		22.2		62.6
5.77	87.4	140.66		15.1		24.4		68.9
11.58	164.5	264.74		14.2		22.9		64.6
6.95	106.4	171.23		15.3		24.6		69.6
11.57	158.2	254.60		13.7		22.0		62.2
11.66	156.5	251.86		13.4		21.6		61.0
12.51	150.8	242.69		12.1		19.4		54.8
11.22	130.6	210.18		11.6		18.7		52.9
11.01	113.2	182.18		10.3		16.5		46.7
12.25	121.2	195.05		9.9		15.9		45.0
9.01	97.6	157.07		10.8		17.4		49.2
8.41	106.9	172.04		12.7		20.5		57.8

 

[stephen.stallebrass]

My findings are the same and that's about what I get too.

 

[duckspeed]

I suspect not many comparable jananese motors are achieving those figures, bloody impressive that is !!

 

[Richeyroo]

But my 03 registered VW Passat diesel estate just did 54mpg over 3500 European miles with 4 people in, a bloody dog, a roof box and 2 bikes on a towbar mounted bike storage rack. We mixed town journeys and motorways at around 75/80mph.

And the Passat eased past 155,000 miles on this trip

But perhaps this debate has been done to death elsewhere

 

[Dean]

That good fueling I love it when you F800 Gs's get good figures! It means us F650 Gs's get better

 

[Tim Cullis]

Nice work, did you used to be a train spotter? That's a lot of weight in the boxes, you obviously ignored the weight restrictions on the lids.

I normally reckon on 25km/litre on my F650GS twin. Have seen 85 mpg and once tried for 100 mpg, but gave up out of boredom at having to ride so carefully.

 

[Corona]

Nice work, did you used to be a train spotter? That's a lot of weight in the boxes, you obviously ignored the weight restrictions on the lids.

I normally reckon on 25km/litre on my F650GS twin. Have seen 85 mpg and once tried for 100 mpg, but gave up out of boredom at having to ride so carefully.

Not really. Each side pannier rated for 10kg of load. With gear each weighed around 15kg inc the weight of the case. Top box rated for 5kg and around 8kg inclusive of case. ~10 kg strapped to pillion seat (large lock and chain for parking in Istanbul etc.) Tank bag and two saddle bags and your coming up to 65kg. Probably a slight over estimate but gives an idea.

Not saying it was well packed mind First long distance trip so learning as I went. Next time it will be half that amount.

 

[illumeo]

Nice to know I am not the only sado making spread sheets out of my bikes fuel consumption.

 

[StumpyFingers]

Nice to know I am not the only sado making spread sheets out of my bikes fuel consumption.

I have got an App for that.

I have been testing different types of fuel, Esso, Shell, BP and a leading supermarket brand.
On each occasion I did the same run, With Esso and Shell and BP I got 67 / 70 MPG with the Supermarket fuel I got 64.9MPG.
I also found the bike popped more on the cheaper fuel and seemed slightly different, it did not start as easily. As soon as I put Shell fuel back in the bike response returned.

 

[Dean]

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