How much fuel does your bike use?

[ambrose78]

A year on after the carb rebuild and I'm hitting reserve generally  around 330kms. The furthest I made it was 370kms before chickening out and putting in 19.1 litres.

I use name brand regular grade unleaded. No ethanol fuel if I can avoid it.

If you are hitting reserve at 220, try a tune up.

If that doesn't work then I definitely recommend paying the carbs some TLC. It took me about 3-4 hours of gentle tinkering about in the garage to fit.

Good luck with it.

[bruce_launceston]

I still run my overflow drain hose in it's factory location ie: across the top of the motor to the right hand frame tube near the battery, down the frame tube and into the hole part way back along the top of the footpeg/muffler bracket just above the brake light switch.
When it overflows it does drip over the brake light switch and onto the exhaust pipe which always seemed a weird design??

I always run premium grade petrol, you should get more mpg from the better quality fuel. People that should know tell me that it is worth the extra $ for the higher octane fuel because of the extra miles you will get per tank.
I also believe it is better suited to our old style engines that were originally designed to run on leaded fuel.

[Semper Gumby]

My bike uses A Lot of fuel*!

(as I ride it all the time!)  

  8-)

* - 87 oct with  SeaFoam additive.

[Bob_Roller]

My average fuel consumption now, is 200 miles (330 km) to reserve, before the addition of 10% ethanol to the fuel supply, my average to reserve was 225 miles (370km) .

Speed has a dramatic effect on mileage, when the national speed limit in the US was 55 mph (90km/h) I could get about 250 miles (410km) to reserve on rural limited access  highways .

[Ed Miller]

"Speed has a dramatic effect on mileage, when the national speed limit in the US was 55 mph (90km/h) I could get about 250 miles (410km) to reserve on rural limited access  highways ."

Thank you Ronald Reagan.  (For raising it, though not enough.)