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From: Zebee Johnstone on 19 Mar 2010 20:26 In aus.motorcycles on Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:16:03 GMT Kevin Gleeson <kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote: > > And when you start to factor tyre and servicing costs in as well. I > recall I worked at one stage on the Budgie, I was burning as much > money on tyres as I was on fuel, per km. THe Noggie gets about 320km for 19l around town, so that's 5.9l/100km or 16.8km/l. The Mighty Scooter does about the same, but $60 tyres every 15,000 are cheaper than $220 tyres every 15,000! Beign a twoey the scooter's easier to service but the Norge doesn't need a litre of bloody expensive 2 stroke oil every 1000km! But then if I'd wanted cheap transport I'd not have chosen a heavy 1200 or a hot two stroke. The Bolwell scooters seem to run on the smell of other people's petrol. Zebee
From: Kevin Gleeson on 19 Mar 2010 21:43 On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:26:56 +0000 (UTC), Zebee Johnstone <zebeej(a)gmail.com> wrote: >In aus.motorcycles on Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:16:03 GMT >Kevin Gleeson <kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote: >> >> And when you start to factor tyre and servicing costs in as well. I >> recall I worked at one stage on the Budgie, I was burning as much >> money on tyres as I was on fuel, per km. > >THe Noggie gets about 320km for 19l around town, so that's 5.9l/100km >or 16.8km/l. The Mighty Scooter does about the same, but $60 tyres >every 15,000 are cheaper than $220 tyres every 15,000! > >Beign a twoey the scooter's easier to service but the Norge doesn't >need a litre of bloody expensive 2 stroke oil every 1000km! > >But then if I'd wanted cheap transport I'd not have chosen a heavy >1200 or a hot two stroke. The Bolwell scooters seem to run on the >smell of other people's petrol. I was melting budgie rears at $300 every 2500km for a while, then decided that I really need to go to a harder compound . . . 5000km I don't mind but 2500km was a bit excessive. Especially as I was riding 100km per day. But they did build a racetrack to my front door, the bastards. Kev
From: JohnO on 19 Mar 2010 21:54 On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:26:56 +0000 (UTC), Zebee Johnstone <zebeej(a)gmail.com> wrote: >In aus.motorcycles on Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:16:03 GMT >Kevin Gleeson <kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote: >> >> And when you start to factor tyre and servicing costs in as well. I >> recall I worked at one stage on the Budgie, I was burning as much >> money on tyres as I was on fuel, per km. > >THe Noggie gets about 320km for 19l around town, so that's 5.9l/100km >or 16.8km/l. The Mighty Scooter does about the same, but $60 tyres >every 15,000 are cheaper than $220 tyres every 15,000! > >Beign a twoey the scooter's easier to service but the Norge doesn't >need a litre of bloody expensive 2 stroke oil every 1000km! > >But then if I'd wanted cheap transport I'd not have chosen a heavy >1200 or a hot two stroke. The Bolwell scooters seem to run on the >smell of other people's petrol. > >Zebee The Bandit is getting ~ 4.7ltr/100km ~ 21.5km/litre. I think the Bandit motor knocks out about 96hp out of 1250cc, so it is not an overly stressed motor. Johno Beer?
From: Zebee Johnstone on 19 Mar 2010 22:58 In aus.motorcycles on Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:24:42 +1030 JohnO <varcs45(a)msn.com> wrote: > > The Bandit is getting ~ 4.7ltr/100km ~ 21.5km/litre. I think the > Bandit motor knocks out about 96hp out of 1250cc, so it is not an > overly stressed motor. > Probably less stressed than the Norge in Sydney traffic. If I don't ask it to lanesplit for 1m at a time, it does better. Zebee
From: JohnO on 20 Mar 2010 02:26
On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:58:51 +0000 (UTC), Zebee Johnstone <zebeej(a)gmail.com> wrote: >In aus.motorcycles on Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:24:42 +1030 >JohnO <varcs45(a)msn.com> wrote: >> >> The Bandit is getting ~ 4.7ltr/100km ~ 21.5km/litre. I think the >> Bandit motor knocks out about 96hp out of 1250cc, so it is not an >> overly stressed motor. >> > >Probably less stressed than the Norge in Sydney traffic. > >If I don't ask it to lanesplit for 1m at a time, it does better. > >Zebee My bad Zebee, that was for non-city work. I would imagine the norge would do better out of town :) JohnO Coopers? |