Fuel consumption on my Suzuki GSX1400
 I
wouldn't consider Suzuki GSX1400 as a extremely thirsty bike.
Yes, I'd guess it drinks more fuel than a lighter modern-style
bike with fairing and great aerodynamics. Still, a German journalist
claimed that GSX1400 will always drink at least 10 l/ 100 km (about
23,5 mpg) but I claim that it is not true!
The fuel consumption on my GSX1400 varied at first between 6,5
and 8,5 liter/100 km (between 36,2 and 27,7 mpg), depending if
I was cruising in 80—120 kph (about 40-65 mph) with no heavy
accelerations — or if I was accelerating a lot and riding
at 140—220 kph (70-115 mph). Now when the engine has been
run in the milage has been even better. Once I tried to ride economically,
100 kph (62 mph) average and no heavy accelerations. The resultat
was 5,2 liter/ 100 km! That's 45 mpg (USA) = 54 mpg (Imperial).
Not bad for such a large bike, don't you think?
The only time the fuel consumption my bike was somewhere near
10 l/ 100 km was during my very first ride home from the bike
dealer. ”That's normal. A brand new engine is quite thirsty.
Later the mileage will be better”, the Suzuki service guy
told me at the initial (600 mile/ 1.000 km) service.
The image: the fuel tank of my Suzuki GSX1400.
Click the image to see it in a larger format (photo: Jarmo Haapamäki).
|
| 1 US mile |
=
|
1,609 km (kilometers) |
| 0,621 US miles |
=
|
1 km |
| I US gallon |
=
|
3,785 l (liters) |
| 0,264 gallons |
=
|
1 l (liter) |
| 1 mpg (miles per gallon) |
=
|
42,514 l/100 km |
| 235,214 mpg |
=
|
1 l/100 km |
I'm not used to the US standards. I found these
measurements on the Internet.
Notify even the Measurement Conversion link on the bottom on each page!
Here's another conversion table:
| US/Imperial standard |
|
EU standard |
| 1 mph (miles per hour) |
=
|
0,62 kph (kilometers per hour) |
| 1 CV |
=
|
0.735 kW (kilowatt, new standard) |
| I CV |
=
|
0.986 hp (horsepower, old standard) |
| 1 kg-m (kgm) |
=
|
9,81 Nm (Newtonmeter) |
| 2,2 lbs (pounds) |
=
|
1 kg (kilogram) |
| 1 mpg (USA) |
=
|
2,353 km/liter |
| 1 mpg (British) |
= |
2,824 km/liter |
Jarmo
Haapamäki
October 9, 2001
Updated June 19, 2002
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