Can someone tell me what the range is of the new GS? I don't mean doing 45 mph... say your sitting at 85?
Fuel consumption....New GS
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You should easily get 50 mpg so 200 is a good bench mark. Go much faster for any length of time this will drop but it's pretty good and ridden on normal roads with bursts up to 100 200+ is easily obtained in my experience although I am sure some will get a lot worse!
The Grey One
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it will be until the fuel runs out!
So many variables here, weights ( bike and lardy tosser) wind speed and direction, gradients, use of throttle & gears.
I'm sure you can take a guess given that you know how much fuel the new GS carries and what sort of fuel consumption is normal. There is always Google if you don't know the answer to these questions.
All people on here can tell you, if they have tried it, is how far a particular GS went on one day, on one set of roads and in one set of weather conditions. I suppose if you got a few hundred replies from people who had actually run their tanks dry then you might get some useful data. Don't hang by the thumbs waiting, even if that number had been dumb to run out I not sure they will admit to it on here.
There are some sarcastic bastards on here you know!
John
According to the computer on the bike, I am averaging 5.1 litres per 100km since I got it. I don't know what that is in good old Imperial units!
At 85 into a headwind you will be lucky to get 170 to the tank.
jonnyp
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I'd agree with that, 170 would be about right on M roads at 85ish. You should see 200 on A roads.
I was seeing 260+ on the DTE after fill up's whilst on a summer trip but I doubt I'd ever have got that.
Pretty good MPG
Seen 60mpg tootling around Derbyshire & Matlock..
seen average on last trip of 54mpg..
Overall average 51mpg including city traffic & motorway at reasonable speeds & hard acceleration. (Over a 350 mile trip)
All solo rider at 14 stone..
Better than my 2011 GSA mu
Great bike, wheelies included in above consumption figures
Seen 60mpg tootling around Derbyshire & Matlock..
seen average on last trip of 54mpg..
Overall average 51mpg including city traffic & motorway at reasonable speeds & hard acceleration. (Over a 350 mile trip)
All solo rider at 14 stone..
Better than my 2011 GSA mu
Great bike, wheelies included in above consumption figures
It's a reasonably reliable rule of thumb that most modern 4-stroke motorcycles will return 10 miles per litre on average throughout their lifetime.
Appologies for the mixed units, but as most bikes' fuel tanks are measured in litres (whilst most UK riders equate to distance in miles) it's probably the easiest way to express it.
One imperial gallon is 4.5 litres (give or take a nads) equating to 45 mpg.
Besides being reasonably accurate, the advantage of the basic 10 miles per litre rule is that it's easy to remember. I see a lot of bikes (and riders) of all sorts on the Wanders; it has proved remarkably reliable when estimating how it is we will go, before the bike with the smallest capacity tank (say an ER6F with 'just' 15.5 litres, or my own F800R at 16 litres) will probably need to fill up.
Appologies for the mixed units, but as most bikes' fuel tanks are measured in litres (whilst most UK riders equate to distance in miles) it's probably the easiest way to express it.
One imperial gallon is 4.5 litres (give or take a nads) equating to 45 mpg.
Besides being reasonably accurate, the advantage of the basic 10 miles per litre rule is that it's easy to remember. I see a lot of bikes (and riders) of all sorts on the Wanders; it has proved remarkably reliable when estimating how it is we will go, before the bike with the smallest capacity tank (say an ER6F with 'just' 15.5 litres, or my own F800R at 16 litres) will probably need to fill up.
Delboy777
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5.1 liter = 1.121 843 Gallons
100km = 62.137 119 224 miles therefore you will be getting (if the computer is correct)......55.3884271008 mpg.......simples.
I think that applied to any 4 stroke from the 80's / 90's - I had a GPZ900R, FZR400RR, 2 x ZX9Rs, ZZR1100 and a Thundercat, all did about mid 40's when making progress, even my 2008 ZZR1400 was similar, my old GS was about the same at fast road cruising and my S10 about the same.
The only difference I have seen is both my Adv bikes were much better at lower speeds where the sportier bikes did not improve much when going slower (or get much worse when going faster)
The GS / S10 both would achieve well over 50mpg on back lanes / Alpine passes, but on the flip side guzzle fuel if ridden above 90. My ER6F commuter bike is really good in rush hour traffic, constant stop start / filtering will drop the S10 to low 40's and the little kwak manages mid 50's.
So the new GSA, with the 30ltr tank, wont go as far as the old GSA with the 33ltr tank as BMW says it will.....
I rarely get lower than 55mpg in normal commuting and rarely less than 200 miles to the tank over a range of riding.
I don't think there will be much in it - my LC GS gives about 10% better mpg than my 2011 GSA did; I know there's a weight penalty with the GSA over the GS, but I doubt it'll mean 10% worse mpg.
Cheers
Jimmy
I haven't got a clue ..only when the fuel gets low I put some more in and continue to enjoy my ride and not worry , it's a bike - fuel +throttle =fun = who the f--k cares x
mcinlb
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5.1 liter = 1.121 843 Gallons
100km = 62.137 119 224 miles therefore you will be getting (if the computer is correct)......55.3884271008 mpg.......simples.
Roughly speaking..........
Well, I have just been down to Speyer and Sinsheim in Southern Germany to visit the Technical museums there (fantastic btw) and took the opportunity to check the fuel consumption . All autobahn/motorway; blowing a bloody gale (but more sidewind than headwind); me (a big Tosser) and two expanded Vario panniers; and cruised at between 125 and 145 kph. The bike computer tells me that I averaged 5.0 litres/100kms.
No calculator to hand, but sure someone will convert to imperial
pillion and luggage and around 90/100mph
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