GZ250 Gas Mileage

[Badbob]

I don't know what her secret is. I was thinking of mounting a camera on her bike

I stretched a 4.5 mile ride home from work into 40 today and would not have come home then if there were not some things I I had to get done. I never take the short way home but I some times take the fast way.

[bigfour]

I got over 90mpg when I first got my bike but I think that was because the bike was running too lean from the factory, after shimming the needle and drilling out the mainjet, I can't say for sure what my mileage is. I really have to check again sometime. My rule of thumb is, if your RPMs take a while to settle down to idle after blipping the throttle, you're running too lean.

[happyhobo]

Help this poor Canadian gal....how does this all work out at kilometers per liter?????

[happyhobo]

and don't suggest a calculator please :lol:

[Bill]

OK, Let's see if I can get this right. this should be very close approximations. Here are a few conversions that you can use. Just read slowly.

Metric to English
100 km/hr = 62 mph
1 liter = .26 gallons

I often just figure that 100km/hr is close to 60 mph (I made the mistake of misreading the speed limit signs in Canada once. I was driving a car with an English speedometer - mph - and forgot the sign was in km/hr. I was close to 80mph which I thought was well under the posted 100 when the Mountie stopped me.

I just figure that 100 km/hr is close enough to 60 mph
and
1 liter is just a little more than a quart of which there are 4 qt to a gallon

Since 60 mph is a common speed I'll use that. This conversion is the other way - English to Metric

60 mph = 96.5 km/hr
1 gallon = 3.8 liters

Now for a common calculation.

60 mpg = 96.5 km/3.8 liters
or
60 mpg = 25.4km/liter

Totally confused? Hope that wasn't too many examples. I have to say that you folks really have the easier system than we do. We are behind the times with a much more cumbersome system to do conversions within.
Just ask someone how many inches in a mile and watch their eyes roll into the back of their head. :lol:
On the other hand to figure how many centimeters in a kilometer all you have to do is move the decimal point.
:2tup:

Cheers!

[happyhobo]

oh sure...its all clear now !!!!as mud that is...no really thank you....i recon i can get about 300km/on my tank....(i think)

[Bill]

I'll try again!

You have a 14 liter tank according to Suzuki.
The typical claim is that the GZ250 gets about 70 to 75mpg which is the same as about 30 to 32 km/liter
so
If you multiply you tank capacity (14 liters) by the milage claim (30km/l) you would get 420 km on a tank of gas assuming that you run the tank dry. (not recommended).

Your recon of about 300km/tank is well within its capability. Of course if you ride like a bat out of h@ll your milage will be less.

Better?

Cheers!

[happyhobo]

:2tup: yup i got it....thank you

[Badbob]

Originally Posted by happyhobo

and don't suggest a calculator please :lol:

How about a link to one: http://www.worldwidemetric.com/metcal.htm

[jonathan180iq]

I'm getting an average of 63.5 MPG.