How is your gas milage?

[Cliffy777]

What kind of numbers do you get?
I know a lot of it depends on riding style, but I am kind of disappointed in the milage of my Rockster. On my R1100RL I averaged 42 mpg very consistently. I didn't have a windshield or anything on that bike either.
With the Rockster I haven't even gotten 40 mpg to date, it runs around 36. I know the bike has a slightly larger displacement, but with the dual plugs and all I thought I would be in the same neighborhood or better than my old bike. I believe my riding style is very close if not exactly the same.
(Who knows, maybe the fancy stripe job is making me root on the throttle a lot more....)
How about you R1150 guys and gals - what kind of milage are you getting?

[Ironhorsecowboy]

I don't really check that often but usually between 35 to 43 mpg.
I ride mostly super slab to work and am usually speeding. I'm one of those 20 over riders in the speed poll. Its not unusual for me to crank it up. K bikes just aren't made for track days, so the super slab will have to do! It just runs so well at 6000 rpm.:heh

[Mr. Frank]

My R1150RT gets from 40-50mpg on the highway depending on wind and speed. Normal at 70-75 mph is 45 or better.

[bearsfolks]

I get a consistent 42-45 mpg. This is to and from work, 4 mi. each way in town, and pleasure riding in the foothills. I have a touring w/s with a laminar lip, and always have my saddlebags on.

[1flyer]

The one year average on my 03 K1200LT was 44.3 MPG. That includes everything; road trips, a daily commute 45 miles on the slab, and any other riding I've done. This is off the odometer without any corrections.

If I figure mileage using the GPS it's 42.2 MPG. When I look at my records for the first year I've found the odometer consistently reads 4 to 5% higher than the GPS mileage. If I look at what the BC has been telling me at each fillup, the average MPG has been 42.0 which is pretty close to the GPS number.

No, I haven’t done any distance “calibration” checks to see which is more accurate, the odometer or GPS, but I figure that will give me something to do on the way to Branson in April.

[Rad]

Low of 33 in hard mountain ride'n

High of 51 in high elevation tour mode

Typical 42-44

Bike: 01 1150GS

[RevWillie]

My '96 R1100RTL gets about 38MPG in general use driving. Out on the highway with constant speed (65-70), it might get 40MPG.

This is the worst gas mileage compared to any of my previous Beemers (R75/5;R80RT;K75T's). With gas approaching $2/gal, and the fact that I have to use Premium gas with the Oilhead (unlike the K's), I find this gas-gulping to be a increasing problem.:(

[kbasa]

VFR - mid 30s, no matter how I ride it.
RS - near 30 if I thrash it, higher if I'm riding it down the highway at sane speeds.
S - I saw as low as 27mpg at a track day. Usual was about 33mpg.

[Rich]

Checked twice, first time 48, next 49. I am impressed with the dual plug.....

[knary]

Originally posted by Rad
Low of 33 in hard mountain ride'n

High of 51 in high elevation tour mode

Typical 42-44

Bike: 01 1150GS

Close to the same.

Winter riding&start-ups w/winter fuel, drops it down to around 39/40.

[karasek]

44.5 mpg on a monoplugged R1200C with Montana windshield, have the aeroflow setup for this year. I keep track of my mileage on a spread sheet.

I've also compared my tripmeter to my GPS, its pretty much right on. Always within a mile after a gas tank full, which is about 150 miles.

[DesertRider]

I bought my 1100R 3 months ago with 2000 miles (it had been in storage since almost new) and the first few tankfuls it got 35 to 37 mpg, with a low of 33 mpg. Now after a very needed throttle body sync and with over 4000 miles it's getting a more consistent 41 mpg in mixed street and freeway riding. I have the factory windscreen, ride with hard bags 99% of the time, always solo (wife has her own bike).

I'm OK with anything over 40 mpg, but I must say that's about the lowest gas mileage of any bike I've ever owned. Of recent bikes, my former K75S got 45 - 47 mpg, my Kawasaki 750 gets 45 - 50 (as high as 52 on occasion), even my old Suzuki Intruder cruiser got close to 50 mpg most of the time.

We used to have an F650CS that got 55 - 59 mpg and I'm told that was rather low for that bike. My wife's current F650GS gets 58 - 60 mpg, and that's almost all in town, in traffic. Quite remarkable mileage for a 650; my Kawi 250 dual-sport is much smaller and lighter yet doesn't do all that much better (65 - 70 mpg).

[Cliffy777]

Originally posted by Rich
Checked twice, first time 48, next 49. I am impressed with the dual plug.....

Can anyone explain why an RT is getting 10mpg better than I am? Again, I do not ride like a racer. Keep the tach at around 5k.

[MarkF]

I get 38-40 mpg on my R1100RL. Sometimes on the highway I get 42-43 mpg. That said I've had people tell me they never get over 35 mpg or always get over 45 mpg on the same model. I think a lot has to do with how you ride. I wind it up some but don't generally thrash the bike. But, at a track day I noticed that I was usually 1,000 RPM higher than on the street and the mileage dropped a lot! I think some of the high mileage guys never wind it out and rarely accelerate rapidly.

Just my $0.02

MarkF

[Rich]

Originally posted by Cliffy777
Can anyone explain why an RT is getting 10mpg better than I am? Again, I do not ride like a racer. Keep the tach at around 5k.

Just guessing, I'd say the fully faired RT is more aerodynamic than a non-faired bike with no windshield. I don't ride like a racer either, but I don't baby it along either. The 48mpg was when the bike had 1000 miles on it, now that it has 2700 I will check it again. It sounds like a beautiful weekend coming up so I'll maybe get that done.

[Mr. Frank]

Originally posted by Cliffy777
Can anyone explain why an RT is getting 10mpg better than I am? Again, I do not ride like a racer. Keep the tach at around 5k.

I usually run around 4K. With the 6 speed that's about 80.