Has anyone tried hypermiling their FZ6R? Just curious what the absolute best possible gas mileage is for our bikes. Anyone have any techniques that increase mileage? For example shifting technique, short warmup period, ect... I usually get about 50 ish mpg in everyday mixed riding on my bike with the 17 tooth front sproket. Last night I rode about 160 miles on 55mph max roads pretty steady and still have two bars of fuel available on my gauge. I was trying to short shift and rarely saw over 4000rpm until I was in 6th.
Hypermiling
- Thread starter bigddy263
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good mileage is like this =)
2-3k rpms in 6th never higher this is like 35mph lol
always lay down on your tank
as soon as your bike says 100 degrees take off
35MPH hu? yea Ill just get bad mileage. haha
fill your tank some time till the fuel touches the metal grate
ride like 10 miles and the fill to the same line and see what your millage is i bet it goes up 25mpg lol
don't lug the engine... shift too soon and you'll stress it out faster and hurt mpg because it has to work harder in each gear.
drag is what kills our mileage... keep it under 55, tuck in and you should get 50-55mpg... that's about the best I've seen posted up here.
I usually get around 40-44... but I don't shift until 7-9k usually, and ride in 5th a lot...
and that's still twice my cage mpg... but 100X more fun
drag is what kills our mileage... keep it under 55, tuck in and you should get 50-55mpg... that's about the best I've seen posted up here.
I usually get around 40-44... but I don't shift until 7-9k usually, and ride in 5th a lot...
and that's still twice my cage mpg... but 100X more fun17/44 sprockets help too
Chevyfazer
New Member
I have anti-hypermiled my bike and got like 20mpg lol
I ride relatively easily, most of the time. I'm not psychologically capable of hypermiling, though. I just couldn't do it for a whole tank. However, my best mpg to date is 55.5mpg. Keeping in mind that particular tank was almost all highway and with the stock sprockets, it's actually less than what was calculated by the odo.
RooKie
New Member
Higher gears = better gas mileage
If you really want to get max gas mileage I recommend the following shifting points:
0 - 10mph = 1st
11 - 17mph = 2nd
18 - 23mph = 3rd
24 - 28mph = 4th
29 - 33mph = 5th
34mph+ = 6th
Using this info your acceleration will not be the fastest and I do not recommend it for use in heavy traffic when having max acceleration can get you out of trouble; however, if you follow this while cruising on streets with normal traffic flow your gas mileage should improve.
If you really want to get max gas mileage I recommend the following shifting points:
0 - 10mph = 1st
11 - 17mph = 2nd
18 - 23mph = 3rd
24 - 28mph = 4th
29 - 33mph = 5th
34mph+ = 6th
Using this info your acceleration will not be the fastest and I do not recommend it for use in heavy traffic when having max acceleration can get you out of trouble; however, if you follow this while cruising on streets with normal traffic flow your gas mileage should improve.
linkgt
Member
I was getting very good mileage when I first got the bike last march... on the 40-47 mpg range. However, I would "race" the engine a lot, shift quick often, and take it to 130mph prob once every weekend.. lol (i know prob shouldn't have done that)
Anyway by october or so of last year, my mileage went down..I changed air filter, spark plugs, oil change, +1 front sprocket, and a synched throttle bodies(earlier this year).. The best I have gotten has been 37 mpg... no matter how easy i take it on the throttle. I guess I stressed the engine too much or something by taking it fast every week :/
And I know I keep repeating this.. but the +1 up front sure bogs down the bike. Can barely take the bike up form 120mph.The exhaust helped a lot though, Feels a lot more like stock now. Cant wait till I get PCV...
Anyway by october or so of last year, my mileage went down..I changed air filter, spark plugs, oil change, +1 front sprocket, and a synched throttle bodies(earlier this year).. The best I have gotten has been 37 mpg... no matter how easy i take it on the throttle. I guess I stressed the engine too much or something by taking it fast every week :/
And I know I keep repeating this.. but the +1 up front sure bogs down the bike. Can barely take the bike up form 120mph.The exhaust helped a lot though, Feels a lot more like stock now. Cant wait till I get PCV...
Ha! Impossible in California. Try going 55 on the freeway and see who's front grille you become a part of
The -most- I have been able to get while driving 'responsibly' and with the flow of traffic has been about 45MPG.
Subtract a couple MPG from that for when I added the TBR and a couple more after going naked.
Russ
The -most- I have been able to get while driving 'responsibly' and with the flow of traffic has been about 45MPG.
Subtract a couple MPG from that for when I added the TBR and a couple more after going naked.
Russ
Did the +1 give you better acceleration? it’s a trade for acceleration vs. top end speed right? so do you regret the sprocket change?
linkgt
Member
HELLLL NO!! haha you have it the other way around. There's actually a really good thread on this which I will find and edit later.. I was regretting it until i install exhaust, read below.
Theoretically you're supposed to get higher end speed with a +1 up front, but our bikes just doesn't have the HP to overcome the drag for this to happen. It's actually slower on acceleration AND lower top end speed(highest I ever got was 124.. people say though that the speedo is off by 6% with stock sprocket so 130 would mean about 124 or something so...)
The biggest benefit of the +1 up front was the bike being A LOT smoother on the highway and taking the gears a litttle longer to shift. It's so much smoother and reduces the vibration by a ton.
I installed the exhaust last week and the added HP helped acceleration a lot.. it ALMOST feels like stock now. I think with PCV and marthy maps, it should feel golden again...so in the end, I dont suggest putting +1 up front UNTIL you have AT LEAST an exhaust installed so the change isnt too drastic.
RooKie
New Member
Doesn't make sense!
a = old top speed reading
b = new top speed reading
c = old sprocket
d = new sprocket
This means that a/c = b/d in ideal conditions
a/c = b/d
a/c*d = b
130/16*17 = b
138.125 = new top speed
I guess I just can't get through my head that drag can bring down your top speed so significantly. *sigh*
I had the same experience. I went back to stock gearing because I didn't like the +1 front sprocket. The bike couldn't pull to redline in top gear with the +1, so lower top speed on this bike (granted no mods on mine at the time).
linkgt
Member
Exactly.
Here's the link I promised JT, http://www.600cc.org/forum/f89/effects-changing-sprockets-23986/
Useless pickles is your guy is you want to know about sprockets
linkgt
Member
yea its pretty confusing.. just look at the link i provided on top ^^^... But I know drag, and just the lack of HP doesnt really let the fz6r take advantage of a +1 up front... if it still runs like bleh even after PCV, i might just go back to 16.. just put in that mpg doctor thingy that fixes speedometer reading.Doesn't make sense!
a = old top speed reading
b = new top speed reading
c = old sprocket
d = new sprocket
This means that a/c = b/d in ideal conditions
a/c = b/d
a/c*d = b
130/16*17 = b
138.125 = new top speed
I guess I just can't get through my head that drag can bring down your top speed so significantly. *sigh*
just for fun in my toyota celica when I drove down to virginia I was messing around with gas mileage I had averaged about 35 mph at 75 mph and just for fun I went 35 mph in 6th gear till the next gas station on some back road after about 10 miles I hit the next gas station and after I calculated it a came out to about 70 miles per gallon I wasn't going exactly 35 but I was going just enough so that the engine would not bog it was pretty much going along with gentle peddle
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