Innova fuel consumption

[Jon]

Just filled up after a wild thrash to Southampton. The bike was holding an indicated 70 on the motorway, a true 63 and it did 79 miles on 3.2 litres, although I overfilled and spilled a bit so minimum 112 mpg....Quite good really, about as good as the C90 on fuel but 10 mph faster...

[dmw1950]

That's good, I get about the same on my S-Wing125.

[fly]

.. 79 miles on 3.2 litres ..

When do you usually fill-up - as soon as the last bar on the fuel gauge starts to flash, or is the tank still good for quite a few miles before refilling?

I'm still getting used to my Innova. As soon as the last bar flashes I break out into a cold sweat as I rush to seek out the nearest petrol station! I prefer the old-style c90 fuel gauge rather than the Innova's digital read-out. Find that having 5 bars on the digital gauge just isn't granular enough to see what my consumption is like when riding.

[Jon]

.. 79 miles on 3.2 litres ..

When do you usually fill-up - as soon as the last bar on the fuel gauge starts to flash, or is the tank still good for quite a few miles before refilling?

I'm still getting used to my Innova. As soon as the last bar flashes I break out into a cold sweat as I rush to seek out the nearest petrol station! I prefer the old-style c90 fuel gauge rather than the Innova's digital read-out. Find that having 5 bars on the digital gauge just isn't granular enough to see what my consumption is like when riding.

Interesting question. Well I normal start to panic when the bar starts to flash but it seems to take under 3 litres then. ...about 2.8 litres seems about typical. Yesterday i had just hit the bottom of the A36 when it started to flash so I went (heart in mouth) a further 13.5 miles to the Tesco outside Salisbury and having done 79 miles from last fill-up took 3.2 litres to top it right off.

That means the fuel consumption is 25 miles per litre, and it had half a litre to go in the tank (if honda's claim of a 3.7 litre fuel capacity is right) so when the light flashes it will go 13.5 miles plus half a litres worth (12.5 miles) at effectively full speed.

...call it a further 25 miles from start of flashing bar to coasting to a halt.

However, that's assuming you don't slow down. slow to 25 mph and I reckon you'd easily stretch that to 40 plus miles...And I'd rather ride 40 miles at 25mph than ride 25 miles at 50 mph then push my bike 15 miles!

[Jon]

.. 79 miles on 3.2 litres ..

When do you usually fill-up - as soon as the last bar on the fuel gauge starts to flash, or is the tank still good for quite a few miles before refilling?

I'm still getting used to my Innova. As soon as the last bar flashes I break out into a cold sweat as I rush to seek out the nearest petrol station! I prefer the old-style c90 fuel gauge rather than the Innova's digital read-out. Find that having 5 bars on the digital gauge just isn't granular enough to see what my consumption is like when riding.

One further figure. At my typical speed/consumption figure of 25 miles per litre or 112 MPG...I've got a range of 92 miles...

So a range of 90 miles flat out, and around 130 miles range if you've been taking it easy and cruising at 50 indicated...

And critically, a 1 litre 'extra' petrol container will give you 35 extra miles at a 'get you home' economy speed...Which is worth considering.
now all we need is a well sealed 1 litre container that will fit in that under seat space neatly...

Stop press! This is a two stroke mixer bottle...it'll hold petrol... http://www.amazon.co.uk/ALM-Manufacturi ... roduct_top

[fly]

92 mile range flat out is good.

Think I'll definitely be getting myself an emergency-get-me-home fuel bottle like the one in the link. All the better if it will fit away cleanly under the seat.

[Jon]

92 mile range flat out is good.

Think I'll definitely be getting myself an emergency-get-me-home fuel bottle like the one in the link. All the better if it will fit away cleanly under the seat.

I've just got this one...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/2-stroke-Oil-Fu ... ing+Bottle

edit...haha, the short cut looks like it's a two stroke fecking bottle!