Lambchop

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I realise this is bike related and there is a bike forum but this thread is more aimed at an MPG discussion

I've been riding for 8 years now but never ventured too far because I'm pretty tall and it can get uncomfortable after a while. 200 miles is normally my daily limit before my knees want to explode.

Anyways yesterday I decided to say fuck it and go on a silly long journey from Aberdeen to Isle of Skye and back.

The ride itself was amazing. Aberdeen to Inverness is a bit boring but from then it's just a whole other world. We headed down the side of Loch Ness and on to Skye. We got TOTALLY soaked and by the time we stopped in Skye for lunch we were wringing out our jumpers and gloves

Anyways we had filled our bikes up in Inverness. Oh btw my mate took his old manny RG1200 BMW(he has an R1 and a gixxer thou so isn't a total bike nobber ). We rode to Skye which is all narrow roads with loads of traffic to pass and twists and turns etc and up and down the gears a little. There was no balls out acceleration as it was so wet.

We filled up again just before getting back to Inverness. I did 151 miles so I worked out that my bike did 54.1 mpg! Stick that in your pipe Klingon

I worked out that from Aberdeen to Inverness it was 45.3 and that was with a bit of boot.

Biking is so much cheaper than messing with cars. It's just a shame you get fucking soaked

My last point of the story is that more people need to explore the west coast of Scotland as it's fucking AMAZING. I'd never been over that way and I was blown away. I will return in Spring time

EDIT - PS I did 385 miles all in and am walking like John Fucking Wayne today

Lambchop

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I forgot my other geeky fact.

When we refuelled the 2 bikes were brimmed again and the difference between them was 0.03 litres! 30ml is fuck all!

carlo

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Nice one mate you forgot the bikes are dangerous bit as well as cheaper got to agree loch lomond is only about 20 -25 mins away from me & its stunning i dont visit it nearly enough

FasterFords

I can get that MPG in my car and stay dry, warm, comfy and alive.

zetec-Sam

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That whole essay just to cover up the fact you went out and got bummed.

Lee1

My mam used to live on Isle of Skye, beautiful place.

DAN P

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went on a tour of scotland a few years back in my m3 was so much fun and the roads were so so good i was getting about 19mpg lol

R4N SS

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i'd kill myself on a bike - nearly fell off my pushbike twice on the ride home last night

STeve

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thats your fault Tanwar for taking the stabiliser wheels off

Glenn_

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Nice one glad you had fun.The thing with cars is you dont get wet and you can listen to tunes on the radio too.


A lot of people think any where past leeds in this country doesnt exsist.

cossie4i+

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As my car must weigh about 9 times more than your bike, its about 3 times more powerful and about 1000cc bigger i think my touring mpg of 32mpg is bloody good compared to your bike

I also stay dry and don't walk like John Wayne when i get out of the car

Steve

Pob

I've never been able to get away with wearing leathers, i just look like a gimp with a helmet on

danneth

makes me sick everytime someone mentions inverness

Lambchop

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I listened to tunes yesterday for the first time ever on a bike. I always thought it'd be a distraction but I thought it was brilliant. It almost helped me concentrate more because normally I have a million things in my head and just think of loads of random shite


My bike is approx 300 Kg with me on it. Maybe just over. So hardly 9 times lighter

My bike is 186 bhp. Is yours 558? Graphs or STFU

All good fun mate

cossie4i+

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Your fat then if it weighs 300kg with you on it

So mine with me in is about 5 times heavier

Didn't know you had that much grunt

Im only about 2.45 times more powerful then

You still don't even get twice the mpg though



Steve

Paddy

And his mate was probably doing the same MPG on another bike, so technically, averaging out both bikes for their entire journey, they were doing less per gallon than you.

PLUS you could probably fit 4 people in your car with some luggage.

AND any passengers won't have to spend the entire journey with their private parts half an inch from the driver's bumhole.

Elwood

I ride day in day out on the commute. Manage to get anywhere between 45-50mpg most of the time. That equates to around 200-220 miles a tank at around Ł20!

I don't how how I got by in the past without a bike. A car just cannot compare to the freedom a bike offers. I only ever use the car now for functional jobs like going shopping.

cossie4i+

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Thats all sooooooooooooo true lol

Have that Chop

Steve

Lee1

Mike Rainbird

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That was precisely for that reason that Chop became a biker !

Lambchop

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My bike is around 206-210Kg wet weight I think without googling it. Many people confuse the dry weight which then makes it look silly

I must be 90 Kg with leathers etc on. Maybe even more actually as it's all quite heavy.


Get to fuck. At least I'm a biker with nice toys. You're the worst kind. Middle aged, no bike and harks at days gone by Get a BMW bought!

foreigneRS

i'd love to go up that part of the world. next year maybe, need a good destination for a decent tour. need to beat the 1000 miles in 48 hours i did this year going coast to coast.

vroooom ptssssh

West coast is awesome, on a bike it must be even better! On summer days the roads there are riddled with bikers!

v man

we need to get a passionford bikers nurburg tour sorted for next year

stevos

That's great mpg I don't see anything like that out my z1000.

Shings

1 - This is the reason I am getting a bike - theory is booked for a week tomorrow.

2 - Agreed - I sail out of Largs a lot and around the Clyde Estuary and its awesome.

3 - This is a reason maybe I don't want a sports bike and the bike nobber bikes are the way to go?

J

markk

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We used to do loads of miles on the bike before the kids came along, the most miles in one trip - 600 in 11 hours

that was a very john wayne moment after that, we got to within 5 miles from home and had to get off - just happened to stop at a nice chinese restaurant lol

my ZX12R used to return in the 50's with me, the wife and our camping gear on.

ive got a cracking bike now, i commute 6 miles to work each day, bought a cheap (3yr old) chinese 200cc single, its never done less than 70mpg and i ride it like i stole it everywhere - and im best oart of 16 stone.

Glenn_

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Chop i play music in my car and i think about loads of random shit too.I get to the end of my journey then think about the songs/tunes ive just been playing.Half the time i cant remember.

BigErn

West coast of kilt country is a lovely place. Been up a few times but never on the bike. I think St Marys Loch is the furthest Ive been in Scotland on the bike.




MPG on the Hayabusa is usually around the 40 mark on 2 up runs and usually in the mid 30's if Im out playing on it. I have seen it around 45mpg but that was when I first got it and was gaying about getting used to it

The R1 now only sees about 80-100 miles to a tank now and it takes about Ł20 give or take a few pence to fill that up.

Mike Rainbird

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I have nice toys and one of them is a BMW !

XR2

I'm not into bikes but I think its also great fun driving around on one of them. I visited Scotland last year and also the Isle of Skye. It was a very beautiful place with great roads. Believe me or not, driving around in my Fiesta ST is a great pleasure. You stay dry, can take a lot of things with you, it's got a good heating and A/C and sitting in it nearly 20 hours in two days is no big problem. (Southern Uplands - Folkestone on Sunday, Folkestone - Home/Southeast Bavaria on Monday, 1200 miles)

Here are some nice photos of the Isle of Skye:

https://passionford.com/forum/pictur...d-trip-gb.html

Lambchop

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Fuck me thats quite a lot of miles! See if we can organise a big run next year?

I'm not that interested in a ring trip on the bike. Bit dangerous there IMO.

LOL@big nobber bikes

Toys of the 2 wheel variety you nobber! BMW M3 is of course v cool. I reckon a BMW bike would suit you too


Bollocks! My tyre has LOADS of meat left and I almost turned 2k miles on tue. Not much use since I bought it in April last year

Lambchop

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I just had a look at your photo thread and it is AMAZING!

I'd seen the very start of the thread but hadn't gone back for updates!

XR2