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street triple mpg?

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#1 ·
A friend of mine is thinking about getting a street triple and wants to know what kind of mileage they get. So what is everybody averaging?
 
#11 ·
I did about 120mi yesterday and did 45.6, much of it was a pretty steady 60mph. I am still breaking it in, so I was pretty easy on it.
 
#15 ·
This is the record I kept when I got my Striple. I don't ride too aggressively but it's not continuous steady speed stuff either.

clop
I ride a Daytona so I should probably just keep my nose out....but 2 things I have noticed, clop...

1) Man, you keep thorough records!

2) HOLY COW you get some range out of that thing! I seldom see more than 200 kilometres before the low fuel light comes on, and often less than that.

O.B
 
#16 ·
the brit gallon is 20 percent more fuel than a us gal-so if you get 50 mpg Brit style you're getting 40 mpg US

I get better gas milage from my '02 carburated FZ1-noting that it is 1000cc and produces 150 rwhp-it kind of bites that the fuel injected Triple is usually about 2 mpg on average lower-both bike are modded the Triple has the arrowfull w/Triumph map-about 45 with my honey driving and about 38 mpg with me on average- my fZ may go as low as 36 and as high as 48.5 with jetkit and full exhaust system-I still think carbs are great-the FZ is far more fuel efficient but isn't the fun the triple is to ride on a curvy back road.
 
#17 ·
the brit gallon is 20 percent more fuel than a us gal-so if you get 50 mpg Brit style you're getting 40 mpg US
08 Striple. Arrows Lowboy and map.
48.2 UK Mpg over an 87.7 mile round road trip- mixed roads including quite a lot of 30,40, and 50 MPH limits and some motorway/ dual carriageway roads. Brisk pace didn't see many police or speed traps.
I'm happy at that.
 
#20 ·
I have been averaging 39mpg commuting to-and-from work. At every fill-up, I calculate my mpg by dividing current miles on my 2nd trip meter into the number of gallons I place in the tank so am pretty confident that my estimates are as accurate as the odometer on my bike.

Stats:
purchased new in November.

95% plus of my 2000 miles have been commuting to-and-from work. Hopefully with good weather I can skew that percentage. :cool:

If this bike is like my last bike the mpg should improve as the engine loosens up a bit. My Speedmaster avg'd in the low 50's; however the first 5k it was in the low-to-mid 40's. My first few tanks of gas it averaged in the upper 30's, if I remember correctly.

Hopefully that helps.
 
#21 · (Edited)
I did 356 miles on my R this weekend and averaged 48.0mpg US on the dot. It was a wide variety of some traffic, highway, curvy roads, and even a stint on the turnpike.
 
#24 ·
Is something wrong with my bike

Hi there,
I am a new owner of a 2011 Street triple which has only done 3000 miles..
I was surprised when my fuel light came on after only 90 miles, especially as the tank holds almost 5 litres more than my old SV which did a good 120 miles before the light came on.

I turned the computer on the mpg mode, and I only seem to be doing 32/33mpg (UK gallons),compared to everyone else who is doing in their 40s... (and this is in in US Gallons, so are probably doing more) I am doing mainly 10 miles urban commuting... I get her into 6th quite regularly and don't ride hard at all.

Is there something wrong with my bike.?? Seems to run ok, wondering if i have a fuelling issue.. although bike is smooth.
 
#25 ·
Hi there,
I am a new owner of a 2011 Street triple which has only done 3000 miles..
I was surprised when my fuel light came on after only 90 miles, especially as the tank holds almost 5 litres more than my old SV which did a good 120 miles before the light came on.

I turned the computer on the mpg mode, and I only seem to be doing 32/33mpg (UK gallons),compared to everyone else who is doing in their 40s... (and this is in in US Gallons, so are probably doing more) I am doing mainly 10 miles urban commuting... I get her into 6th quite regularly and don't ride hard at all.

Is there something wrong with my bike.?? Seems to run ok, wondering if i have a fuelling issue.. although bike is smooth.
May want to check the map. But really it's all in the wrist. My normal ride into work at 11pm I average about 26 US MPG, my ride 800 miles 2 up with overnight gear I got about 40 US MPG through Vermont which isn't exactly flat. :whistle:

A lot of the US guys never change the computers over to the US MPG so they always think they are getting better MPG so take threads like this with a grain of salt.

I know the two gauge clusters I've had on my bike I've had to change to US from the UK settings. This thread talks about it. 60 MPG!!! (not) - Triumph675.Net Forums
 
#28 ·
UK-US Gallons: does anybody know if by chance, the bikes sold on the US would like have the mpg fuel gauge still indicating UK mpg?

The reason I am saying that is that when I look at my on board computer, it is always 8-9 mpg higher than what I divide manually the miles by the number of gals I am filling up with.

Any comments on that?
 
#35 ·
I've found the lower the rpm the better mileage. 4-5k is fine but the acceleration won't be there in the higher gears if you want it, but that doesn't matter when you're just cruising. Prob can't shift much lower than 4k.
 
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