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Offline MartinW

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Re: How many miles to a tank
« Reply #20 on: July 20, 2017, 18:11:45 »
Jethro - I usually fil up around 180 miles on my K4 Wee (which is much less economical than any post 2007 650) and have a max of 226 miles from a tank.


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Offline colin

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Re: How many miles to a tank
« Reply #21 on: July 20, 2017, 19:31:43 »
2 weeks ago on trip to Croatia. 240 on a tank full.  one black dot showing on the fuel gauge, 2016 DL650. can't remember how much I put in to fill it backup.

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Re: How many miles to a tank
« Reply #22 on: July 20, 2017, 20:10:10 »
I don't even give it a thought until it hits the 220 mark.....unless I am in some God forsaken part of the world.

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Re: How many miles to a tank
« Reply #23 on: July 22, 2017, 17:32:25 »
300 kms usually before I fill up, still plenty of range left even at that, but I think it's better for the fuel pump not to run too low.

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Re: How many miles to a tank
« Reply #24 on: July 27, 2017, 16:29:49 »
I don't even give it a thought until it hits the 220 mark.....unless I am in some God forsaken part of the world.
220 :shock:
I have a 2015 Wee and I get twitchy around the 180 mile mark, that's about the point at which I'm down to one bar. 

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Re: How many miles to a tank
« Reply #25 on: July 27, 2017, 17:13:10 »
At my last fill up it took 17 litres to full. Done 254 miles.

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Re: How many miles to a tank
« Reply #26 on: July 27, 2017, 21:10:37 »
Hello All

Over the last 12000 miles I have averaged 247 miles to a tank, mostly at motorway speeds M25/M3 & A3.

My Max distance still with 1 square showing but pump flashing was 273 mile.

I only use Sainsbury's or BP unleaded, and brim the tank to just over the filling hole.

This being on a L0 650 all in standard condition

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Re: How many miles to a tank
« Reply #27 on: July 31, 2017, 13:35:59 »
Hi jethro I have the same bike with exactly the same problem except on standard cans can you let me know how things go as I'm looking to resolve this myself  :dl_hyperhysteria:
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Re: How many miles to a tank
« Reply #28 on: July 31, 2017, 22:44:56 »
2017 650, 300 miles per tank. Typical mpg is low to mid 70's.

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Re: How many miles to a tank
« Reply #29 on: August 14, 2017, 09:31:46 »
My 2017 v 1000 after fitting the Scorpion exhaust is now returning nearly 66 mpg imperial, that's tank to tank filling. The computer average shows less at 60 mpg, gives a safe margin. You should be able to get a safe range of 250 miles even hard riding, perhaps not track days though :) But saying that my Guzzi Stelvio performed better the harder it was ridden, 350 miles before filling THAT up.
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Re: How many miles to a tank
« Reply #30 on: August 14, 2017, 15:55:43 »
07 Wee with 68k miles usually returns 58mpg.

I fill up around the 200-210 mark usually