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Re: Fuel economy poll ST1100s (seems only fair)
« Reply #25 on: July 28, 2015, 07:35:29 PM »
My economy is improving slightly. but that might be the riding more on the freeway instead of the open road.
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Re: Fuel economy poll ST1100s (seems only fair)
« Reply #26 on: July 28, 2015, 10:22:49 PM »
My long term average (3 years) is 4.85 l/100k, or about 20.6 km/litre. (Km/litre??? some sort of time warp involved there, I feel. In Australia we use litres per 100 km don't we?) - Hey, I've just realized - the bus I drive gets 20.6 l/100k - something freaky there!

I enjoy the power when I use it, but mostly only use the power I need. With any excess, there is always a "right-wrist tax" you must be prepared to pay.
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Re: Fuel economy poll ST1100s (seems only fair)
« Reply #27 on: July 29, 2015, 07:40:56 AM »
The ST1300 after a battery replacement defaults to indicate km/litre. Pressing the fc/h button until the display is blank and then pressing and holding until it blinks "l/km" and release and wait until it stops blinking. Then it stays on l/km until the next battery replacement. :grin
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Re: Fuel economy poll ST1100s (seems only fair)
« Reply #28 on: July 29, 2015, 10:54:01 AM »
My long term average (3 years) is 4.85 l/100k, or about 20.6 km/litre. (Km/litre??? some sort of time warp involved there, I feel. In Australia we use litres per 100 km don't we?) - Hey, I've just realized - the bus I drive gets 20.6 l/100k - something freaky there!

I enjoy the power when I use it, but mostly only use the power I need. With any excess, there is always a "right-wrist tax" you must be prepared to pay.
K/L is much easier for some of us to understand as we used to use MPG not Gallons Per 100 miles.  Some, like me were taught imperial at school only to have it change a couple years later and as estimate it's much easier to convert K/L to MPG by X 4.5 (e.g. 15 k/l x 4.5 = 67.5 K/G which is about 70 km x 6/10 or 42 MPG). Well.....that's my excuse......lol
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Re: Fuel economy poll ST1100s (seems only fair)
« Reply #29 on: July 29, 2015, 11:02:50 AM »
Very nice Brock, very comprehensive and a great record.


My figure relates to stop start riding to work n back. On a good run I get 18 to 20 ks/l

I have a spread sheet to work it all out if any one would like it. Its set up to 2017.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53770433/Bike%20fuel%202011.xls
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Re: Fuel economy poll ST1100s (seems only fair)
« Reply #30 on: July 29, 2015, 11:05:16 AM »
I've got my fuel gauge set to lts per 100 k's mine hovers around 6.1 and 6 on long highway runs.
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Re: Fuel economy poll ST1100s (seems only fair)
« Reply #31 on: July 29, 2015, 11:59:49 AM »
I use an app on my phone to record EVERYTHING!  and I just found out how to change the read out from lts/100 km to km/ltr.

It rocords all serving costs, repair cot fuel by type ( ulp 98,95 and 91 and eth etc) gives you handy little charts etc and also has a reminder function for oil changes etc.

called Fuel Monitor.

seems to be good for me cause I need to record then and there or else I will never get around to doing it on the old desk top.
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Re: Fuel economy poll ST1100s (seems only fair)
« Reply #32 on: July 29, 2015, 01:06:38 PM »
I've got my fuel gauge set to lts per 100 k's mine hovers around 6.1 and 6 on long highway runs.
Mine (ST1300) on a long run drops to about 5.0 to 5.4. Even occasionally drops below 5.0 l/100 km.
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Re: Fuel economy poll ST1100s (seems only fair)
« Reply #33 on: July 29, 2015, 02:34:55 PM »
If I use the highway blades fuel economy goes up tp about 6.8 due to the wind resistance.
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Re: Fuel economy poll ST1100s (seems only fair)
« Reply #34 on: July 31, 2015, 09:53:37 AM »
If I use the highway blades fuel economy goes up tp about 6.8 due to the wind resistance.

But this is for your 1300 right??

I assume because of the smaller engine the 1100 will be better fuel economy that your big beastie??   ;-*
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Re: Fuel economy poll ST1100s (seems only fair)
« Reply #35 on: July 31, 2015, 11:06:15 PM »
Yes it is and these stats come from when it's usually fully loaded, so weight and wind resistance brings the economy down.
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Re: Fuel economy poll ST1100s (seems only fair)
« Reply #36 on: August 03, 2015, 09:23:19 AM »
Sabie,

Did you notice much difference in fuel consumption when you went from you ST11 to the ST13?
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Re: Fuel economy poll ST1100s (seems only fair)
« Reply #37 on: August 03, 2015, 11:20:34 AM »
Yes it is and these stats come from when it's usually fully loaded, so weight and wind resistance brings the economy down.
Tail, side and head on winds all effect fuel usage. Also the lay of the land. What might appear as a flat road might be a gentle slope up or down. You can ride the same road two days in a row and get a different figure because of all the variables that can occur.

All one can do is record your fuel usage over a period of time to see what you get for worst , best and average fuel usage.
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Re: Fuel economy poll ST1100s (seems only fair)
« Reply #38 on: August 03, 2015, 12:06:25 PM »
Spanner, I've never owned nor ridden an ST1100.
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