Tue, 30 Mar 1999 08:43:21 +0800 - Message No. 5360
From: "Seung"

Subject: Re: Fuel consumption


Hi Matthias, just thought you might like to compare numbers.  I get 21km per
litre if I'm in Singapore where speeds never exceed 100.  But on the
Malaysian highway, cruising at 140 or so....I got only 15km per litre.
Anyone tried sticking at 160 for extended periods?  What's the fuel
consumption like?

Seung fr Singapore.
-----Original Message-----
From: Matthias Becker 
To: Peter Oostrum 
Cc: xrv@atic.org 
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 2:16 AM
Subject: Re: (XRV) Fuel consumption


>Hi Peter,
>My RD07A takes 6,5 - 7,3ltr/100km (i.e. 1:15,4 - 13,7) in town, which
>means tropical Singapore and Choke for the 1st 20 seconds only.
>During my last trip on the way back from Kuantan, Malaysia I managed to
>squeeze it to almost 5,0ltr/100km (1:20 !) at an average of ~100 -
>110km/h. A fellow @-rider (RD07) encouraged me to go for the ~450km
>(~370+70to80) with one filling only, after he told me that he achieves
>figures like that all the time and he barely tops up before 400km (I
>usually go for 300 only).We were both with a pillion, plus Top Case /
>Luggage Roll(=Gepäckrolle) and both 6-foot (~185 + 193cm) tall, riding
>in a group of 7 bikes. Needles to say, that we could have looked for gas
>in our tanks with a burning candle after that.
>I don't think I'll do that again as I sweat more than my Queeny
>consumed, after I saw the '400' on the Tripmaster. But through this I
>experienced that it makes a hell of a difference, how hard you are on
>the throttle. On the other hand I must say that my RD07A, with it's
>fixed carb needles, seems to be a little bit adjusted to be in favor of
>hot weather conditions anyway, which also applies for the top speed.
>Hope, that I could give you an idea.
> Stay upright
>
>  matthias  becker
>           @tic #458
>
>
>
>
>Peter Oostrum wrote:
>>
>> Since i noticed that my @ (RD04) is drinking a bit more than it's master
i
>> wonder what is normal for a @.
>> Mine is managing a steady  1:12 at the moment (normal road cruising)
>> In a motorcycle guide i saw a ratio of 1:17 but these guide's are mostly
>> wrong about a lot of things so i would like to know what the normal fuel
>> consumption rate really is.
>>
>> Greetinx,
>> Peter Oostrum




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