Personally I like to have a 300 mile range. this is because I live nearly 300 miles from the channel ports and sometimes it is not possible to get fuel between the ferry and my home.
This is easy to do with a car but not so with a bike. The BMW I had did about 50 ish mpg and I could get about 200 miles before hitting reserve. I never managed to put more than 18 litres into the 22 litre tank even after switching to reserve.
My Enfield does over 90mpg and I can guarantee 200 miles before needing reserve (240 if I switch over). I have never managed more than 12 litres into that tank. It is supposed to hold 14 litres. I hope to change it out for one of 18 litres which should give me my desired 300 mile range. It is time consuming searching for fuel, an ideal situation would be to be able to do a full days riding without -needing- to refuel. Even so I find I do more miles per day on the Enfield than on the BMW even though the BMW does more miles per hour. The difference is my ability to ride longer between fuel stops and to only stop for fuel in conjunction with some other reason.
I like to fuel up late in the day before finding a campsite. That way in the morning I have a free run until the following afternoon.
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