13-01-13, 11:18 AM
(13-01-13, 08:48 AM)dudeboy52 link Wrote: That explains it then i did not relise the newer ones had bigger tanks. And it has had a oil and filter change when i purchased it about a month ago. And dont no about air filter and plugs would it be worth putting iriduim plugs in and a k and n air filter?
IMO....no. Lets say you got an extra 5 miles on a gallon as a result (which I doubt) and jump from 45mpg to 50mpg in town. The cost of new Iridium plugs & KN Filter would be about £80. You are averaging about 10 miles now on every litre so that will jump to about 11.20 miles on every litre. You will save roughly about 60c on every gallon. So it would take you about 123 gallons of petrol before you break even to make up the £80 outlay. Thats about over 5000 miles to cover just to break even. It would take me a year just to break even!! You might save £80 over the course of the next year and then you will have to change the plugs and filter again and wait another year to save money again after that!!
If petrol consumption is your main problem, maybe you need a more efficient bike. But that has its drawbacks too. You will have to make sure that your outlay for this new bike is the same ( or less ) as what you get for your Fazer. Because lets say you pay a grand extra for a bike that will get you 60mpg or even 70mpg.....that grand would buy you 166 gallons of petrol for your Fazer and cover 7,000 miles. So again, it would take you well over a year to see the benefits of your new purchase and you might have to sacrifice power and performance (smaller bike) to do so.
The only bigger bike that I would see as anyway efficient on juice, would be a Honda NC700. You would have to outlay about £4000 with your own bike to get it. That would buy your Fazer petrol for about 5 or 6 years. Ya....You'd have the joys of a new bike ect...but it would take you 5 years to make a saving in petrol if that is you main goal...lol! :eek