How to improve MPG. Best mpg on st1300. Commuting

My average mileage was 38 mpg. Last summer I had a brief chat with a WA State Brown Hat. Since then, I have observed the speed limit and mileage went to 40+ mpg. Amazing co-incidence.
 
When I got my bike the average said 32 mpg. I figured the previous owner ripped it everywhere he went. So, after resetting it, it’s now saying 35 mpg. I guess I must rip it too :roflmao:
 
My 1300 has 74000 miles and it tends to average 9.8 to 10 miles per litre according to the average display readout. In fact it always takes less fuel than that suggests to fill it to 29 litres. 10 miles per litre is about 45mpg.

Things that have always improved it:

Making sure that brakes dont drag !
Balance throttle bodies
Constant speed riding on motorways.

I avoid doing the latter. I prefer the tight twisty hilly countryside, and the constant accelerate/slowing drops the consumption considerably. So an average 45mpg for a tank - I am more than happy with.
 
Nitesail said:
Hmm, there's probably some stuff I need to check.
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What makes a significant difference in mpg on my bike is the air filter. I can tell when it needs changing from a slight drop in mpg. I live on a dirt road so it gets more than the normal amount of dirt in it. The stock paper filters work very well, I would never use a K&N filter or any reusable filter. Tests show they do not filter as well as paper filters.
 
Nitesail said:
Hmm, there's probably some stuff I need to check.
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As Mr Heath said, throttle body sync and no brake drag should get you to 40 mpg. I might average that, but I’m heavy handed all the time. 45 maybe hard here (US) because of the ethanol, I get a 10% increase in MPG using non ethanol gas.
 
SupraSabre said:
...There are a lot of other things to worry about than gas mileage. When you throw in tire wear, gear wear (how many years do you get out of your gear when you wear it day in and day out), etc, The few bucks you save in gas getting eaten up pretty quickly...
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I had a 70+mile commute for several years on my Burgman 400. I kept track of my gas mileage and also had a couple columns where I'd tally up what it would've cost me to drive the car instead. Gas was at $4/gal for the first time and my car got @15 mpg, the Burgman @65 mpg. I realized quickly that I could pay for good riding gear in the savings of riding vs driving. A nice Olympia AST2 jacket was about a 2 week commute. The Olympia Dakar pants were about 1.5 weeks. And everything after that was free and clear "profit".

SupraSabre said:
...The two reasons I commute on my bike(s) is to save the gas money up front and the fact that I can get through traffic when it is crawling my normal commute home includes 20 miles of lane splitting.
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I also commuted on the bike simply because I love riding...for whatever reason. And the few times I had to take the car, I'd be crawling in the normal lanes and see a biker go speeding by and wishing I was there too.

Chris
 
motornut said:
I can paint "ST 1300" on a 50 cc Vespa for you. It is a guarantee that the mileage will improve dramatically
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motornut said:
Under "Funny" is two kids with a saw and a hammer looking at a engine and a bicycle. Put them in front of an ST with the smaller motor
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Reminds me as in the 70's my neighbor put an engine from Renault 4 (4 cyl 747cc - not Boing :) into a Plymouth Satellite to save on gas. (It was in Europe where gas is EXPENSIVE). So he had a huge American car (impressive) with a small motor. According to him it was moving, lol

As for the ST1300 - I get 34-36mpg
 
There seems to be a group of riders who get about what I get, then another group who seems to get about 10 miles per gallon better on average.
 
If we could all stick to the same definition of a gallon this thread would be much less difficult. My bike averages 16 - 18km/L so depending on where you live, that is 36-42 miles per US gallon, or 45 to 50 miles per Imperial Gallon (as used on Coruscant).
 

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My average fuel mileage is 42 us miles per gallon with 87 octane gas. Where the ST1300 shines is the low maintenance cost if you DIY. Tires, brake pads, fluids, are the bulk of it. Liability insurance is just over a $ 100 per year with Safeco which is the same company AAA uses. I don't bother with full coverage insurance on a 20 year old, although beautiful bike.

Currently my ST1300 has 108K miles showing and I figure it's got at least 75% more life left in it. It still looks great and runs great.
 
Nitesail said:
There seems to be a group of riders who get about what I get, then another group who seems to get about 10 miles per gallon better on average.
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Ahhh...but it isn't necessarily that they are getting that much on "average". Those bars only mean what someone has gotten once. My own graph for my F800GT would show you I got over 74 mpg...once or twice. Most of the time in town, I got about 48 mpg. On the highway, I could count on 55-60 mpg. It all depended on how many stoplights I hit and how fast I was going. My current F900XR has gotten 95 mpg. I have no idea how that happened. But it shows in the Fuelly data.

Chris
 
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