I am a little dissapointed in my fuel mileage got 53 miles to gal on first tank. havent changed plugs yet and still learning to ride it. My 984 buell averages about 50 mpg and have got as good as 63 on a trip. with more than twice the horespower but it is FI. i still like the gs fun to ride and will keep it after buell is fixed. as my comuter bike. 

i beleave i saw on cnn one nite it was like 42 cents in iran or somthin like that ....thats like 2 buck to top it off 

saw a post i made about petrol prices , dated 20th (or so ) april , 2007 , and now in may 2008 , its 1.08 here. 8 p a year. and being someplaces are 1.12 p a litre

Wow, you guys get way better mileage than I do... I usually go almost exactly 100 miles to reserve. I do have the worst possible stop and go surface street commute though... This summer I'll be working at a place that requires freeway driving, so perhaps my mileage will improve..

it seems strange that my 93 GS gets 58 mpg stomping on the backroad twistys as well as on the highway; I usually keep my RPMs around 6k...

250 miles til I hit reserve for me. That's 72 mpg, mostly freeway riding and I have an 18 tooth sprocket.

only done it once while running in the 08

350km to reserve or
60 to 65 mpg @ 220 miles to reserve

Usually 220 to 245 until reserve.   When I check it it is around 58 to 64 mpg.   Best ever was 69.8 mph on a trip to Cedar point last summer.   although with the speedometer being off by 10% or so  that also change the story. 

Hello Drakis,
I have a 2001 GS and get the same milage as you, it consumes around 1 liter on 24 kilometers in daily use, I love it.
makes you smile if you have to fill up your tank doesn't it?

May 27th  1.08 - 1.12p petrol prices ...

June 10th   1.15-1.25p



Hate This Country

Bloody hell thats expensive.

Our fuel prices here in Australia are bad as well at AUD $1.55 - 1.65 but 1.25p thats like $2.70 a litre here in Australia

Bet you are glad you ride a GS and not a V8 gas guzzler

Oh yea , well im still modifying her ,

Im on a Little Race Tuned 70cc at the moment , Gilara Dna ..

Is its modifyed form , i get 80+ mpg .. I only fill up maybe once ever 3 weeks , and it costs around 6 pounds .. and thats with midnight rides 

I get around 3.7l/100km out of my 06 500F. Its one fifth the fuel consumption of my other transport - a Toyota Landcruiser. Talk about smiling when you fill up!!! $20 instead of $120...

Average mpg is around 50-60, mostly on country roads and motorways.  (Need to check this over several fill-ups)

Initially, I used to forget the bike had a sixth gear!  The biggest difference to my range is to fill it FULL using the centre stand.  Before that, range was 180km to reserve, now its 250km+.  Not brilliant on long distance commutes - filling up three times a day.

Comfortable RPM range in sixth gear is around 5.5 - 7.5k.

The price of fuel in Scotland's Northern Isles before the recent price hike was: £1.30 / litre (unleaded) and over £1.40 / litre (diesel)... and that's right where the stuff comes out of the North Sea.

I have a 98, but the previous owner tweaked it a bit.. and I get a pretty solid 40mpg on with premium. I wonder if faring would improve that number at all. I usually fill around 130, and that's about 3.something gallons of gas. I've run it out to 150, at which point I usually end up on reserve which seems to get me less than 5 miles. My commute daily is 4 miles @ 35-45 with stoplights, 16miles on the interstate between 75 and 90. Also, I seem to go thru a quarter of oil about once a month or so. tac stays just below 7 for most of the trip. I have oil change/plugs/etc on my list of things to do.

Reached 270 km / 168 miles before switching to reserve today, then a further 50 km before getting too nervous to go any further.  (Reckon it might have done another 50km.)

Total range of 320 km / 200 miles for 15 litres (3.3 gallons @ 4.546 litres to the gallon) = 60 mpg.

Cost over £17 but its still better than four wheels.