There has been some talk here about the fuel range of the KLX 250.
So I thought I would test the range on my bike. I stopped by a PTT station and put a few lieters of 91 in a old water bottle bungied it to the back of my bike and set out to run the bike out of gas.
Here are my results,this tank of gas was run on a mix of dirt roads,single track and some highway.
The fuel light started to flash at 177 k
I rode 83 k on reserve for a total of 260 k.
After running the bike dry I laid the bike on its right side to see if there was any hidden gas.I tryied to start the bike,nope.Again I tried it on the left side,tried to start it,nothing.
I did this test a few years ago on my KLR 650 and got about 10 more miles.
Ok, now I add the gas from the waterbottle and off to find a gas station.
At the gas station I notice that in total (gas from water bottle and from the station) the bike takes 7.5 L.
That works out to 34.6 K/L or 81 MPG.
Thats a little on my low range but this tank was over half on dirt.
Anyway, The big news to me was the 83 K on reserve.
Al
So I thought I would test the range on my bike. I stopped by a PTT station and put a few lieters of 91 in a old water bottle bungied it to the back of my bike and set out to run the bike out of gas.
Here are my results,this tank of gas was run on a mix of dirt roads,single track and some highway.
The fuel light started to flash at 177 k
I rode 83 k on reserve for a total of 260 k.
After running the bike dry I laid the bike on its right side to see if there was any hidden gas.I tryied to start the bike,nope.Again I tried it on the left side,tried to start it,nothing.
I did this test a few years ago on my KLR 650 and got about 10 more miles.
Ok, now I add the gas from the waterbottle and off to find a gas station.
At the gas station I notice that in total (gas from water bottle and from the station) the bike takes 7.5 L.
That works out to 34.6 K/L or 81 MPG.
Thats a little on my low range but this tank was over half on dirt.
Anyway, The big news to me was the 83 K on reserve.
Al