75 mpg :D

[Engineer]

Yesterday afternoon I filled up the bike in St.Ives, set both mpg trips to zero and set off on the 20.3 mile ride to my girlfriends house.

I kept to the speed limits and avoided harsh acceleration. By the time I arrived at her house the mpg computer had settled to 75mpg - if I hadn't got stopped at every set of traffic lights in St.Neots it would have read 79mpg!

 

[2 wheel humvee]

Back of the class-must try harder

 

[Dahoum]

WOW!!!!
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he has a girlfriend

 

[MikeO]

Fill it & use a calculator - vehicle mpg computers are notoriously inaccurate. Spookily enough, they tend to make the vehicle appear more economical - it's almost as if it was intentional...

Mike

 

[stever1]

You need a hobby, or to get out more.

 

[Ian J Hartley]

Get yourself a push bike, then you wouldn't have to stop at the traffic lights

Or better still get a girl friend who lives closer

 

[Ex TSi Fly]

Just a tip, girlfriends love tales of 120 mph filtering on your back wheel with your cylinder pots smashing door mirrors as you go........75mpg and stopping at all the lights.....Really?

 

[Deleted account 231002001]

MPG ... not something I have ever worked out on any bike I have ever owned.

 

[Giles]

MPG ... not something I have ever worked out on any bike I have ever owned.

Me neither - my bike is my toy and I don't commute on it. Same with tyres really .... Yes EXP's were just a bit too quick to square off, but apart from those tyres, I don't really concern myself with wear rate ...

 

[Old Codger]

Yeah but no but !

Must be right

Computer says

 

[Yellow Peril]

Must be right

Computer says

But in which mode?

 

[Alex B]

In Dynamic Mode, averaged 64 mpg on a trip from Southampton to Dorchester (CW's as it 'appens) to get some minor work done.... roads were busy so poodling along at between 40 - 65 mpg.

Overall, though, the key point is that the LC is "economical" if ridden carefully.

Could do with a 7th gear though.....

 

[Engineer]

But in which mode?

I ain't got modes on my LC

 

[Engineer]

Fill it & use a calculator - vehicle mpg computers are notoriously inaccurate. Spookily enough, they tend to make the vehicle appear more economical - it's almost as if it was intentional...

Mike

I have already checked the accuracy.

 

[Engineer]

Me neither - my bike is my toy and I don't commute on it. Same with tyres really .... Yes EXP's were just a bit too quick to square off, but apart from those tyres, I don't really concern myself with wear rate ...

I was bored - don't really give a stuff about fuel consumption or tyres, I ride almost every day just because I love riding a bike.