Register Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

Go Back   GZ 250 Forums > GZ250-Specific > General GZ250 Talk

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 03-20-2007, 07:15 PM   #11
Badbob
Senior Member
 
Badbob's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Tallahassee FL
Posts: 945
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.



Login or Register to Remove Ads
Badbob is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 03-20-2007, 07:30 PM   #12
bigfour
Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: CT, Norwalk
Posts: 51
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.
__________________
bigfour is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 03-28-2007, 06:47 PM   #13
happyhobo
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Squamish, British Columbia
Posts: 26
Help this poor Canadian gal....how does this all work out at kilometers per liter?????



Login or Register to Remove Ads
happyhobo is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 03-28-2007, 06:47 PM   #14
happyhobo
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Squamish, British Columbia
Posts: 26
and don't suggest a calculator please :lol:
happyhobo is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 03-28-2007, 07:49 PM   #15
Bill
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Florida
Posts: 174
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!



Login or Register to Remove Ads
Bill is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 03-28-2007, 08:00 PM   #16
happyhobo
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Squamish, British Columbia
Posts: 26
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)
happyhobo is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 03-28-2007, 08:29 PM   #17
Bill
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Florida
Posts: 174
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!
Bill is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 03-28-2007, 08:34 PM   #18
happyhobo
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Squamish, British Columbia
Posts: 26
:2tup: yup i got it....thank you
happyhobo is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 03-28-2007, 08:42 PM   #19
Badbob
Senior Member
 
Badbob's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Tallahassee FL
Posts: 945
Quote:
Originally Posted by happyhobo
and don't suggest a calculator please :lol:
How about a link to one: http://www.worldwidemetric.com/metcal.htm
Badbob is offline  
Reply With Quote
Old 04-01-2007, 06:18 PM   #20
jonathan180iq
Super Moderator
 
jonathan180iq's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Dalton, GA
Posts: 3,996
I'm getting an average of 63.5 MPG.
jonathan180iq is offline  
Reply With Quote
Reply




Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:40 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.