Fazer 8 mpg and range

[Frosties]

Hiya fellas,


As per title really. Looking to replace my Tiger 900 and had a look at a lovely blue 2011 Fazer 8 - 11k miles, 1 owner, fully serviced, with new PR3 tyres and rack also thrown in for £4,800 from a main dealer.


Thing is, I need to do about 180 miles from a tank but all the reviews say that 40 - 45mpg is the average. With a 17 litre tank I'm not going to manage it.......or am I ? My daily one way use is 30 m/way miles at 90 mph then 10 -15 miles dodging round London.


Any advice much appreciated  :thumbup

[noggythenog]

I dunno frosties


Not the busiest place the 8 side of th forum but im sure they'll jump at the chance for some action.


I think we all pretty much established that on the thou 150 miles coul e squeezed out.


Could be wrong here but i think most stuff is the same and so surely going from 1000cc to 800cc could gain you those extra 30 miles.......but even if it does you'll be cuffing it i reckon rather than comfortably knowing it is so.


They are still heavy those 8's so regardless of cc drop they still gotta lug allot of weight about.


They certainly dont do 200 or we'd have heard plenty trumpetting about that long ago ie comparing to the Gen1 thou etc etc.....how well do they cut hedges though type stuff.

[Frosties]

:lol  Doesn't seem to be busy Nog. I know they didn't sell loads buuuuut.........


From what i can gather, the lump is a sleeved down thou jobby but could be wrong. Read on the web some guy was averaging 55mpg and squeezed 192 miles with a twitchy arse which leaves just over a litre - didn't explain his riding style though.


After my van collision (first in over 25yrs) up town where I locked in the wet (no time to cadence), a little switch has turned on in my head re ABS. I've changed to PR3's which may have helped at the time but who knows.....the switch is on and I'm going to out the Tiger to gain ABS (not allowed to fill that space in the garage with a 3rd  :rolleyes ). I bloody love the Tiger but the Fazer 600 is a much better town bike squeezing those gaps so of more use to me.


Reckon they'd trim that hedge a damm sight better than Nicks poor effort  :lol

[david095]

I think I got almost 160 out of a tank with a 50/50 (ish) mixture of steady A roads and twisties ladened up for Stormin the castle, but by then my pucker was twitching to find a garage asap. Normally gets to about 140/150 before it tells me to 'fill up' and that's after filling the tank reasonably full.

Not heard any one get any where near to 180 yet, but would also be interested to hear if they have.

[Phil]

  My daily one way use is 30 m/way miles at 90 mph then 10 -15 miles dodging round London.

You only use it one way?

I usually get 52mpg but I don't do motorways at 90mph or dodging traffic commuting.

[Didier9]

didn't explain his riding style though.

That is one big factor, but the type of traffic and how long a single stretch is also factor in.
It's much easier to do 180 miles one time than 18 miles 10 times with a given amount of gas. Each time you start the engine cold, it's not going to be at full efficiency for several minutes until the coolant and the oil are at temperature. If you have a carburated engine and run the choke, it will be worse. If you warm up the engine before you get going, it will be even worse, regardless of carb or FI.
Also, if you live and work half a mile from the highway, it will make it much easier than if you have city traffic the whole way.
I have not done careful calculations with the bike, but with my car, even though I only have highway to work (except for the 3/4 mile from my house and a couple of traffic lights), I average 22 mpg on my 12 miles trip going between 45 and 65 with one or two occasional traffic light stops. If I take the car on a long trip, I get 25 or 26 mpg doing 70-80 (and only stopping for gas).

[mike.fz8]

after a weekend away. traveling back from west wales to home approx 130 miles I got back with 1 bar left on the fuel gauge.  My route was mainly A roads, I was still running it in so I wasn't screaming the engine but I wasn't sticking to the running in recommendations either.  mines not the best on fuel compared to other bikes I've had.