220 miles on a 650 transalp with a 19 litre tank, but only 17 litres went in when i filled it up so i guess 250 to a tank full in general riding.

I have just filled the tank on my 02 Triumph Tiger, the trip was reading 199 miles and it took 18 litres to fill which works out at 50mpg, so 250 miles per tank should be possible with its 24 litre tank.
Cheers Ade.

They don't know how to test touring bikes
 

I regularly get over 300 miles from the 29 litre tank on my 1300 Pan Euro (not the sort of bike you often see here, but it suits me at the moment) and I've yet to push it home (I did once fill up and got 29.4l in, not sure how that worked). Reading the road tests I was expecting nearer 8miles/litre or even worse but I have never sunk that low, even on long autobahn trips.

I suspect the comics are geared up to test sports bikes, and ride all bikes the same; as though they are on a track, getting the knee down and taking it to the redline every time they accelerate. I may push on a bit if I need to be somewhere (I use the bike to commute when I can), but if I'm touring, I tour (I'm so eccentric). I stop to look at the view; I dawdle through pretty villages; I follow interesting looking signs; I each kilos of cake and drink litres of coffee in small cafes. I then stop for regular comfort breaks.

OK, I should ride a Deauville and save money on tyres and fuel, but with Mrs MarkE & me on board I like a bit (lot) of surplus power (and my fragile male ego requires I ride a BIG bike). When I feel more secure at work (too many redundancies around at present and I might be next, especially if I spend too long on HU in the working day) I will be getting something to keep the Pan company and be more suitable for unmade and bad roads, and I'll be interested to see how that does, and which I ride more often.

about 964 Kms... or a smidgin over 600 miles .....:eek3: on my 650 Thumper
as the two elkamet extra tanks are plumbed into my main tank- that could technically count as 'one' tank
I know...I know...where's my coat.....:blushing:

Interesting, the Derbi Terra Adventure will get me between 125-135 miles before the reserve light comes on. In theory this means I've got 2.5 litres left in the 11 litre tank, but the other day I rode another 20 miles or so and still ended up putting 9 litres in the tank.

And the one time I pushed my luck and rode till it spluttered to a halt I got just over 180 miles.

My Haobon 125 would always give me around 40km/litre when I was in China.

I got 450kms out of one 11 litre tankful and it still wasn't empty. :thumbup1:

Given fuel in China was only around 60c per litre (12 months ago), this represented about the cheapest motoring you could imagine.

Garry from Oz.

2001 f650 Dakar - In general use 180/190 miles to reserve light coming on. But I do manage +220 miles a few times whilst touring. With the reserve light on I then allow myself about 50 miles to find some petrol. In the more remote parts of the world (i.e. Southern Scotland!), I have reached 275 miles looking for petrol stations. With the petrol left in the tank I reckon I would have got close to 300 miles before running out.

bawacky.

Thats quite interesting, not bad for an adventurer. I put this to the test last week. I dont have a reserve light, just a switch. I did exactly 110miles and it cut out (on a hill, which probably was a, if not the, factor to my halt). Put the reserve on and it took me 11miles home, at warp speed. Calculating......total range, on one full tank including reserve, 130miles :thumbup1:

Not bad for under a tenner.