Fuel Consumpton

[Crane]

Have done about 4 tanks now on my new K9 but noticed i'm only getting 150km before the needle is in the red. All these km have been done in the inner west so far....is this about right?

Fuel gauge seems ok because im putting about 18ltrs in on a refuel.

Hi Red, you are either fanging it out each & every time you take off which I doubt because you would be running it in or you spend a hell of a lot of time sitting in traffic. If that is not the case then get it back to Suzuki to fix it under warranty as you should only have around 600 km on the clock & they don't go out of tune that quick. 150km per 18 litres converts to about 8.33 km per litre (23.5 MPG in the old lingo) or 12 litres per 100kms which is nearly what my VT V6 commodore gets

...so I think you have a problem either with Self control Traffic or the bike

+1 to all the above. 23 mpg is what I get out of my V8 Fairmont on hwy cycle on LPG giving it plenty

Could be its a combination of the traffic and your enthusiasm. My (soon to be sold and replaced with a Busa) 1500cc Kwaka cruiser slurps it up in heavy traffic to the point where when I first got it I was seriously looking for the leak. Get yours checked though.

Cheers