Is There Any Bike Out There That Can Give You 400+ km's On Tank Of Gas?

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Last ride I went on I did 330ish kms and had just flipped over to my reserve on my Bandit 600. It has a 19 or 20 litre tank. When I switch to reserve I still have 4-5 litres of fuel so I could probably push pretty close to 400km's before running bone dry!

I know 400+km's is very do-able on a ST1100/1300 or a Concours 1000.
 
I've done 388 km on a 2011 cbr125 (which has a bigger fuel tank than the old model and the engine is tuned better). It routinely does more than 300 km before flashing low-fuel warning.
 
Since this thread has gotten new legs, a serious answer:

-My 97 ZX11, if you could ride it without engaging the main jets much, would break over 400km on a tank (it had a big tank, tho. 24L) Riding it aggressively would literally cut the range in half!
-My GS500 with stock jetting also breaks 400km on a tank. Doing it all in one go will result in a lot of reflection on where Suzuki saved the dollars on the bike
 
sevet said:
Do you weigh like 50 lbs or something?

The most I've ever done on my 300 is ~350km and that used almost exactly 14L. So I could probably get 400km if I rode it until dead empty.
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160lbs

I rode until it was on fumes. Go easy on the throttle, stay out of heavy traffic, and you can easily get 400+ out of the 300.
 
I have a CBF 1000a up for sale that was getting 320-340 per tank not run to empty

I now ride a FJR1300 that does 400-450 not run to empty

I do commute to work so mostly hwy kms on cruise
 
My 2014 Ninja 300 would hit 400 kms on a tank. 17L tank. Fuelly average of 4.0 L/100 kms.

2015 Honda CBR600RR would do about 330 kms. 17 L tank. Fuelly average of 4.8 L/100 kms.

2016 Yamaha FZ-09 can do 300, but that's stretching it and going pretty easy. Touring riding I can achieve that. It's only a 14L tank though. Fuelly average of 4.4 L/100 kms.

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TwistedKestrel said:
Since this thread has gotten new legs, a serious answer:

-My 97 ZX11, if you could ride it without engaging the main jets much, would break over 400km on a tank (it had a big tank, tho. 24L) Riding it aggressively would literally cut the range in half!
-My GS500 with stock jetting also breaks 400km on a tank. Doing it all in one go will result in a lot of reflection on where Suzuki saved the dollars on the bike
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My 03 ZX6 was similar, about 320 km ridden carefully, maybe 200 km getting frisky. Did about 375 km on a stock GS500 without hitting reserve before gassing up. If Suzuki had bothered to spend more than 2 dollars on the suspension it would be a decent small bike. Needs lower pegs/higher seat though. I guess the manufacturers don't like goosing the wet weight with bigger tanks theses days, since a few extra kilos throws riders into a frenzy.
 
2015 KTM 1190 Adventure - 23L tank and the mileage can vary drastically from 4.5L/100 to 7+ (depending upon my mood).

I usually get around 5.5L/100 - 400KM
 
Pegassus said:
I was also thinking the same thing... no way her SV650 gets 400km per tank even on highway only.
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The most I've ever been able to get in 10 years of riding my '06 SV650S is 308 kms. I did about 60 kms with the low fuel light blinking, then solid. I was starting to get desperate looking for a gas station. 17 liter tank and I put over 16 liters into it.

BTW, most FI bikes have the fuel pump in the tank, and the fuel helps cool the pump. Not sure if constantly running the tank almost dry would reduce the life of the fuel pump (which typically are ridiculously expensive for bikes).
 
Flywheel said:
If Suzuki had bothered to spend more than 2 dollars on the suspension it would be a decent small bike.
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To their credit though, the stock seat is really good. I don't understand why so many bikes come with miserably bad seats
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