I'm not complaining .. but I did have to ask (MPG)

[ShellOil]

I have a direct comparison with 2 BMW bikes.

My GS1150 (2000) costs me £25 every two days for 180 miles.

My RT (2010) costs me £19 for every 180 miles.

The RT is doing 60mpg the GS 45mpg for the same commute.

 

[Cortina]

Computer??? What's that, mine is a basic 2005RT.

What I do is the old fashion method of:

Fill up the tank - slowly until I can't get much more in.
Reset the trip to zero.
Ride for about 280+ miles.

Repeat above steps.

So each fill up is based on number of miles covered on the trip
divided by the fuel put in at the pump. (x 4.54 for mpg conversion)

So unless my trip meter overeads big time and/or the pumps are widely inaccurate (!) then my
mpg figures stand.

That's why I quoted all those figures for that trip.
The RT is a consistent performer. Day in day out.
And as I said I feel cheated if I dip below 60mpg!

Hate to say but I've got every trip logged on a spreadsheet for all my vehicles.

Sad but true.

Don't worry ... you're not the only one !!

Now , let me quote a page " 27th May 1978 filled CX500 £2.50 at 71.9p per gallon (gulp - 15.82p/litre !!) 60.05mpg"

Sad ... but at least we can spot when something is out of kilter !!

 

[robvanelst]

My '06 model RT achieves between 54 and 58 mpg, typically doing 75-80 speedo-mph on UK motorways and sticking to speed-limits everywhere else. Best I got was 62 MPG (quiet ride on A roads at 60 mph) and 38 mpg (steady 110 mph in Germany when I worked there for 6 months). This is from over 70k-miles so that is as average as it will get for me

Fuel consumption seems slghtly better on higher octane fuels but not enough to justify the price-difference - even after 70k I am not sure what I prefer: the engine seems to run quieter on high-octane but not quite as responsive on the throttle than when running normal 95, esp. when the engine is still cold. But anyway, that is no doubt another topic of endless discussions on this forum

We also run RTs in our bloodbike-service and they all average at around 50 - 55 mpg, funnily enough the latest DOHC models all consistently using 5% more than the "oldies". But maybe that is only because the slightly "crispier" thorttle response leads to a more enthousiastic riding style

Overall I think it's pretty good for a bike the size of a bus - if it wasn't for the expensive transmission repairs then the RT would be as cheap as a moped to run.