I checked my car with the sat-nav and it was 5mph over-reading throughout. So 16% at 30 mph but 7% at 70mph. It was as if the dial was turned as an easy way to make it over read. Dunno how or if that might relate to the odo tho.
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Posted 04 September 2012 - 09:08 am
QUOTE(td or sv? That is the question. @ Mon 3rd Sep 2012, 19:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I have often wondered about this (and don't have a sat-nav to check) - if a speedo is reading, say, 10% high, does it follow that the odometer is also overstating by 10%, ie a bike showing 20,000 miles may only have covered 18,000?
I dont mind if the speedo over reads. It will help me keep my license. But I'll end up paying more for services/service items. Very cunning Mr Yamaha
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Posted 04 September 2012 - 11:28 pm
The TDM 900 has a rev limiter which kicks in at 9500. I was once told by a Yamaha dealer (and TDM rider) that you shouldn't worry about the redline, that the motor is safe to 9500, that it was just Yamaha being conservative. Dunno how true that is, but I wouldn't be reving my bike out to those extremes, TDM's are about torque not high revs anyway.
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Posted 05 September 2012 - 10:20 pm
This thread has just prompted me to convert my best trip into old money, 72.4mpg, avg. Not bad for a 98. Not typical either admittedly.
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Posted 05 September 2012 - 10:50 pm
72.4mpg from an early mk2 ! Ya got pedals fitted to it Harv ?
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Posted 06 September 2012 - 05:09 am
QUOTE(harvey krumpet @ Wed 5th Sep 2012, 23:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
This thread has just prompted me to convert my best trip into old money, 72.4mpg, avg. Not bad for a 98. Not typical either admittedly.
Crikey!
Best I've done is about 65 (Imp) mpg on a sub-Nana-speed run down the coast to Dunedin, with a strong nor'easter over the port shoulder.
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Posted 06 September 2012 - 04:41 pm
Since I rebuilt the fuel system I've not had much chance to use the bike.
I got a bit of commuting in this week, and I thought I'd do some fuel checking before I found out I'd got the fuel lines the wrong way round the hard way.
I have managed to return an average of 44mpg around town, and I got a long run in yesterday that I checked out and returned 59mpg.
I got a bit of commuting in this week, and I thought I'd do some fuel checking before I found out I'd got the fuel lines the wrong way round the hard way.
I have managed to return an average of 44mpg around town, and I got a long run in yesterday that I checked out and returned 59mpg.
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Posted 06 September 2012 - 04:53 pm
Turn for reserve and f all 'appens. Did that on my mk1.
Result with the 59mpg though Mick !
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Posted 06 September 2012 - 05:50 pm
QUOTE(Studley Ramrod @ Thu 6th Sep 2012, 17:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Turn for reserve and f all 'appens. Did that on my mk1.
Result with the 59mpg though Mick !
Result with the 59mpg though Mick !
It's happened to twice now, and I'm determined not to be left sitting by the side of the road, waiting for the RAC again.
I reckon if I rode like a granny I'd have done better, 4.4 - 5,5K in top on the motorway and the return journey on A roads not exactly hanging around you know.
Good to get some miles in on a sunny afternoon.
Edited by TDMick, 06 September 2012 - 05:53 pm.
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Posted 09 September 2012 - 09:31 pm
mmmmmm
My 9'r is doing sub 50 mpg
48mpg to be exact
Not giving it a hard time, never been above 90mph and never got anywhere near the redline
No traffic, just country lanes and fast A roads
Have I got an issue?
My 9'r is doing sub 50 mpg
48mpg to be exact
Not giving it a hard time, never been above 90mph and never got anywhere near the redline
No traffic, just country lanes and fast A roads
Have I got an issue?
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Posted 09 September 2012 - 10:50 pm
QUOTE(nav18tor @ Sun 9th Sep 2012, 22:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
mmmmmm
My 9'r is doing sub 50 mpg
48mpg to be exact
Not giving it a hard time, never been above 90mph and never got anywhere near the redline
No traffic, just country lanes and fast A roads
Have I got an issue?
My 9'r is doing sub 50 mpg
48mpg to be exact
Not giving it a hard time, never been above 90mph and never got anywhere near the redline
No traffic, just country lanes and fast A roads
Have I got an issue?
I would not have thought there's an issue. I got 50mpg when I checked mine with similar riding conditions. There's the issue of the accuracy of petrol pump guages and bike odometers to consider.
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Posted 10 September 2012 - 03:05 am
QUOTE(nav18tor @ Mon 10th Sep 2012, 07:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
mmmmmm
My 9'r is doing sub 50 mpg
48mpg to be exact
Not giving it a hard time, never been above 90mph and never got anywhere near the redline
No traffic, just country lanes and fast A roads
Have I got an issue?
My 9'r is doing sub 50 mpg
48mpg to be exact
Not giving it a hard time, never been above 90mph and never got anywhere near the redline
No traffic, just country lanes and fast A roads
Have I got an issue?
I'm currently getting 50-56mpg with lower gearing and no O2 sensor, but rarely get a chance to go over 70mph for any duration.
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Posted 10 September 2012 - 01:21 pm
QUOTE(AzzA @ Mon 10th Sep 2012, 04:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'm currently getting 50-56mpg with lower gearing and no O2 sensor, but rarely get a chance to go over 70mph for any duration.
I am at 70mph + for most trips
A benefit of early starts and empty roads
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Posted 10 September 2012 - 01:50 pm
QUOTE(nav18tor @ Mon 10th Sep 2012, 23:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I am at 70mph + for most trips
A benefit of early starts and empty roads
A benefit of early starts and empty roads
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Posted 10 September 2012 - 04:58 pm
I found fuel receipts from this years RTT,
I was averaging around 66-67 mpg
I was averaging around 66-67 mpg
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Posted 11 September 2012 - 10:29 pm
QUOTE(Studley Ramrod @ Wed 5th Sep 2012, 23:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
72.4mpg from an early mk2 ! Ya got pedals fitted to it Harv ?
Had the girlfriend pushing on hills......I did this on a two up trip which was ridden very sedately, sticking to the speed limits & cruising. New emulsion tubes & slightly lower gearing would have helped immensely. Possibly the barely legal exhaust helped with breathing too. 100kmh @ 4000 rpm for hours.
It was quite weird pulling in for gas and bum recuperation & hardly putting any petrol in it.
TDM 850 Loud and unusual. CRM 250r Woo hoo! DT 230 Lanza Fiddled with.... Bloody hell, is that legal? GG Randonee AKA "I didn't think that was possible".
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Posted 12 October 2012 - 07:31 am
Still running my 92 Mk1 TDM and love her. She has passed my age having done 76,000 miles now, and i don't hang about, has straight thru venom cans with a bolt in baffle so sounds good, a couple of the regular journeys i do are the same miles whether on her on my other bike or in my van. She had 32,000 miles on when i bought her and i have never touched the carbs, still doing around 60 mpg 
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Posted 12 October 2012 - 08:25 am
My Mk1 850 gives about 48 mpg the 900 around 62 but with panniers fitted this drops to 56 but I get more smiles per twisty mile on the 850 
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Posted 12 October 2012 - 11:12 am
My MkI does about 140miles to the tank full and my have my Tuono do 85miles to £25!! But my God it is soo much more fun than the TDM will ever be!
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Posted 12 October 2012 - 11:54 am
If you are reading this in the US and feel inferior.... remember the US gallon is 83% the volume of an imperial gallon. 
So... 0.83 x 59 = 48.97 (lets say 49)
I get about 43 mpg city and 55 mpg highway... not sure how that converts.
So... 0.83 x 59 = 48.97 (lets say 49)
I get about 43 mpg city and 55 mpg highway... not sure how that converts.
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