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Offline EYAL400

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fuel consumption in a 2024 DL650?
« on: November 16, 2024, 15:29:08 »
What is the average fuel consumption in a 2024 DL650?
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Offline Upt North

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Re: fuel consumption in a 2024 DL650?
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2024, 16:25:30 »
My 2017 is anywhere between 55 and 60 miles per imperial gallon depending on the ride. That's two up with luggage.
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Re: fuel consumption in a 2024 DL650?
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2024, 17:35:39 »
 I am a bit disappointed if the consumption drops below 4.5 l/100 km, that's 62 mpg. Long term trip is usually at 4.3 or 65 mpg. That is touring and loaded (2-up). I'm sure riding alone will take care of at least 5 mpg as I do use the rev range a lot more riding solo.  :icon_wink:
So how's it going so far then?

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Re: fuel consumption in a 2024 DL650?
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2024, 21:04:31 »
On my 2015 I generally get around 56 - 58mpg on twisty North Wales A and B roads. I don't know if the gen 3 does any different though.

Offline Coast

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Re: fuel consumption in a 2024 DL650?
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2024, 13:23:53 »
Steady solo riding with no pillion or luggage, averaged out about 69mpg for my last 10 fill-ups. My indicated mileage is about 3mpg less than the actual mpg (my last Strom was about 4-5 mpg out).

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Re: fuel consumption in a 2024 DL650?
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2025, 18:10:15 »
This baffles me. I have a 2023XT and don't ride like a maniac but average 52-53mpg, solo, no luggage and I'm only 82KG.

Offline Jim13_Wee_Strom

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Re: fuel consumption in a 2024 DL650?
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2025, 19:26:47 »
FWIW, I use the "Road Trip" app on my iPhone to track fuel usage and servicing costs... maybe a little too anal for some but satisfies (to some extent) my "need to know". All data is ball park (near enough) as it's taken from the bikes odometer (inaccurate) and fuel added to the tank (factual)... I'd prefer gps tracked mileage to get a truer reflection of mpg, there are some very good apps available that will do this (Kurviger, Detecht, Yamaha's My Ride etc etc), but its a ballache setting up the tracker (phone) to do this on a 4 mile trip to work and back.

All my miles are done solo with some laden down with camping gear, some riding in a small group but mostly Billy No Mates at my own pace (fast and slow)... all legal of course  :whistle:

65.53 avg over 15,600 or so miles... YMWV as they say
Don't sweat what you can't influence...
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Re: fuel consumption in a 2024 DL650?
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2025, 20:47:03 »
50-60 depending on motorway/a roads but I'm a high calorie human (170kg dry weight, 6ft 3).

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Re: fuel consumption in a 2024 DL650?
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2025, 23:02:14 »
mrklunk, is that imperial mpgs or US (think the latter is always lower)
That aside, it depends on a lot of factors. If I'm doing a lot of motorways and stay below an indicated 70mph the bike shows I get between 60-65mph depending on weather. Above an indicated 70mph (aka satnav 70mph, which can be 77mph on the bike) it can struggle to hit 60mph depending on weather. 80+ in Germany was like the bike developed a serious drink problem (that was two up with luggage).

Riding short distances, lots of stop/starts and filtering through lots of heavy traffic can kill mpg too.

Usually if my mpgs seem low and I'm riding normally, it can be a good indicator that the brakes need a clean. Last time this happened on of my dust seals had popped so brakes needed a refresh.

Summer time doing 50-60mph can give 70+mpgs.

Whilst I like getting high mpgs, sometimes it's nice to ride a bike as a bike likes to be ridden - I don't mean speeding but rather using the rev range   :auto-dirtbike:

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Re: fuel consumption in a 2024 DL650?
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2025, 21:46:53 »
Hi, yeh I'm in the UK so it's imperial! I've never "cleaned my brakes" other than regular washing, but then again, the MPG hasn't changed since I got it at 3500 miles. I do mainly A and B roads, 60 MPH, and a bit of town. I'm not bothered just baffled it's so much lower than everyone else. Cheers