Fuel Saving Tips

[SauRoNZA]

Generally most big bikes only get around 20km/l fuel consumption (obviously a blanket statement). There are some newer bikes, such as the Honda NC750 that SauRoNZA mentioned that reflect a change in motorbike manufacturers mindsets towards something thats more affordable to maintain compared to the power-solves-all-problems of the superbike era.

Yeah I get about 5.6 l/100 on my 675cc, a mate got 3.5l on his NC700.

But it wasn't really all that cheap to maintain. Dont remeber the numbers but his first two services were quite shocking and not much cheaper than his CB1000.

Chains and sprockets depend largely on the rider l, much like tyres.

I've got 32000km on the original chain and sprockets now and should easily get to 40k.

Original super sporty rubber got to 18000km on the rear, front was still fine but I swopped for more road friendly harder compounds at about R3500.

In contrast my car tyres are about a grand each (granted lesser brand Achilles) but even so they get easily double the mileage and can be rotated.

 

[SauRoNZA]

10 000KM/1 Year, according to BMW.

Anrt cars 15 000KM/1 Year?

6000km on most smaller bikes and or high performance ones.

10 000km on average lately.



15000km on some newer lesser strained engines. But nobody really trusts that yet. Relies on much more expensive oil to manage that though.

 

[Sinbad]

Yeah I get about 5.6 l/100 on my 675cc, a mate got 3.5l on his NC700.

But it wasn't really all that cheap to maintain. Dont remeber the numbers but his first two services were quite shocking and not much cheaper than his CB1000.

Chains and sprockets depend largely on the rider l, much like tyres.

I've got 32000km on the original chain and sprockets now and should easily get to 40k.

Original super sporty rubber got to 18000km on the rear, front was still fine but I swopped for more road friendly harder compounds at about R3500.

In contrast my car tyres are about a grand each (granted lesser brand Achilles) but even so they get easily double the mileage and can be rotated.

24 spark plugs between my 2 cars :/

 

[redarrow]

If a bike is costing as much as a car to maintain then you're using the wrong bike if economy is your aim..
It's not really fair to compare the maintenance costs of a superbike with a typical sedan, a superbike is like the motorcycle equivalent of a Ferrari, I'm pretty sure it costs way way less to maintain than a Ferrari.

I service mine myself so I save somewhat on that, just did it yesterday in fact and it cost me < R500, changed oil, replaced oil filter, sparkplug and primary headlamp. I did it pretty in depth, even checked the valve clearances and it all took me just a few hours. I'm certainly no seasoned mechanic, I'm pretty sure a pro could've done it all in an hour and a half. Honestly shouldn't cost that much unless you're being really ripped off.

Replaced both tyres about a month ago for ~R2k, my new tyres should apparently get about 15k KM from speaking with other bikers using the same ones (Mitas E07).

For what it's worth the reason I have my bike has nothing to do with economising, but it's not bad at it anyway.