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Reply #15 on: June 25, 2022, 04:25:17 pm
High of 92, low of 81 miles per US gallon.


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Reply #16 on: June 26, 2022, 08:53:33 am
I’ve requested the Meteor 350 be added to the Fuelly database using Meteor as the model and 350 as the sub model. 
Hopefully this will correct the ‘invalid motorcycle’ error.
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Reply #17 on: June 29, 2022, 01:27:34 pm
No idea what I am averaging.  But I have just filled up with E5 and it cost me £2.089 per litre.  ( £9.50 per imp gallon )

Thank goodness I get a reasonable MPG on the bike, problem is I do mainly A and B roads which are twisty, so not that good perhaps.

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Reply #18 on: July 09, 2022, 04:58:36 am
The first tank full returned over 100mpg US.
The next tank full returned 96mpg US.

The speedometer shows "ECO-rating" when your doing it "RIGHT"  :)

I signed up on Fuelly , but haven't see it post anything yet ?
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Reply #19 on: July 21, 2022, 07:30:02 pm
Just averaged 2.86L/100km over a 400km trip-meter. Much of that was 2-up and at least half going highway-ish speeds. The first time I dropped under 3L/100km. I am super impressed.


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Reply #20 on: July 22, 2022, 02:59:34 pm
Well we're on Fuelly now.   8)

I ain't never had a real bike that got this good of fuel millage .   I don't have to even think about how much it cost $$$ to go anywhere again.   Seems like my first bike (Honda S65) might have got better , but it toped out at 56mph on its best day going down hill with a tail wind !  ;D


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Reply #21 on: July 23, 2022, 07:13:50 am
   
Seems like my first bike (Honda S65) might have got better , but it toped out at 56mph on its best day going down hill with a tail wind !  ;D

Seems we not only bought CB160's as our second bike, but I bought a S65 as my first bike too! Now tell me you bought a CB750 next.  ;D

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Reply #22 on: July 24, 2022, 04:57:18 am
Nope Dexter ,

I got a Yamaha Twin Jet 100 , a CD175, and finally a CB350 in Gold Color , but Dad traded his CB450 in and got a CB750K and I inherited it later in life .

I've lost track of how many I've had.   The CB160 was a "Second Bike" while I had a Yamaha SX650 for the "Out of town" stuff.  I live in ElPaso at the time and the 160 was the "In Town" bike for running back and forth to work.  It was a "FUN MACHINE" !!!   

Hay , the S65 is the only bike I've ever had that beet the Meteor in the MPG area ! 
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Reply #23 on: July 24, 2022, 07:10:31 am
Nope Dexter ,

I got a Yamaha Twin Jet 100 , a CD175, and finally a CB350 in Gold Color , but Dad traded his CB450 in and got a CB750K and I inherited it later in life .

I've lost track of how many I've had.   The CB160 was a "Second Bike" while I had a Yamaha SX650 for the "Out of town" stuff.  I live in ElPaso at the time and the 160 was the "In Town" bike for running back and forth to work.  It was a "FUN MACHINE" !!!   

Hay , the S65 is the only bike I've ever had that beet the Meteor in the MPG area ! 
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And if memory serves, the S65 would do around 60 mph flat out crouched over the tank! Impressive for 65 cc's! Of course, it probably weighed about half of what the Meteor does.
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1966 Honda 65 Sport
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1982 Honda V45 Magna - the most uncomfortable bike I ever did a cross country tour on!
1983 Honda CB1000
1995 Honda ST1100 - sold 2015 after 175,000 km
1996 Honda ST1100
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2021 Royal Enfield Stellar Blue Meteor 350


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Reply #24 on: July 25, 2022, 03:46:12 am
Hay it was my first bike (way better than peddling !

https://www.motorcycleclassics.com/classic-japanese-motorcycles/honda-s65/

Got better than 100 mpg on the real fuel of the day too !
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Reply #25 on: July 31, 2022, 05:14:21 am
I’ve only checked one tank full so far and I got exactly 80 miles per gallon. But the bike didn’t even have barely 300 miles on it when I checked the mpg.


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Reply #26 on: August 10, 2022, 03:17:31 pm
Hi there I am getting over 100 mpg mainly back lanes and duel carrage ways
It's pretty amazing that's like moped figures really


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Reply #27 on: January 19, 2024, 03:40:57 pm
Thought I would add to this thread rather than start a new one.

My first few tanks, I was getting like 80-85mpg. A few tanks ago, I was down to 75mpg. I filled up yesterday (got about 1500 miles on mine so far) and was aghast lol to see that I only got like 66mpg my last tank 😮

I'm thinking that perhaps I've been getting on it a little more, and winding it up to higher revs before shifting - although I was surprised to think doing that could have that dramatic of an effect. So this tank, I am going to take note to shift a little sooner, not rev it up so much, etc. That's all I can think, as I haven't changed the places or routes I drive, ridden 2 up, increased load, or anything else I could think would impact mileage.

Anyone else have similar experiences with their 350?
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Reply #28 on: January 19, 2024, 04:18:11 pm
Thought I would add to this thread rather than start a new one.

My first few tanks, I was getting like 80-85mpg. A few tanks ago, I was down to 75mpg. I filled up yesterday (got about 1500 miles on mine so far) and was aghast lol to see that I only got like 66mpg my last tank 😮

I'm thinking that perhaps I've been getting on it a little more, and winding it up to higher revs before shifting - although I was surprised to think doing that could have that dramatic of an effect. So this tank, I am going to take note to shift a little sooner, not rev it up so much, etc. That's all I can think, as I haven't changed the places or routes I drive, ridden 2 up, increased load, or anything else I could think would impact mileage.

Anyone else have similar experiences with their 350?
Yep.

I started off with 82 USA MPG, during the ridiculously low-rev break-in period.

The next tankfuls were, in order: 74, 81, 54, 65, 61, 71, 59, 57.

Those are the ones that I have pics for, anyway. (I have a habit of snapping shots of the pump and odo when I fill up. My credit card is in my phone case, so I have the phone out when filling up.) That's not the complete list -- I guess I missed some, because I have a little over 2,000 miles on the bike now.

Those 70mph-ish long blasts to get wherever some back roads start, where I want to ride, do take a toll on the mileage.
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Reply #29 on: January 19, 2024, 04:40:39 pm
Yep.

I started off with 82 USA MPG, during the ridiculously low-rev break-in period.

The next tankfuls were, in order: 74, 81, 54, 65, 61, 71, 59, 57.

Those are the ones that I have pics for, anyway. (I have a habit of snapping shots of the pump and odo when I fill up. My credit card is in my phone case, so I have the phone out when filling up.) That's not the complete list -- I guess I missed some, because I have a little over 2,000 miles on the bike now.

Those 70mph-ish long blasts to get wherever some back roads start, where I want to ride, do take a toll on the mileage.

Thanks for sharing that Bill!👍  Looks like you've seen quite a bit of variation as well. I guess with only one cylinder, the impacts of differences in speed, revs, etc are magnified to some extent - at least it seems that way. I will be sure to come back and update after my current tank. I really like getting at least 70mpg, was downright tickled when I got 80mpg, coming from a Honda Magna that got about 46mpg at best.
 
Keepin' the shiny side up - ride safe everyone 😊👍