FUEL CONSUMPTION, SUZUKI GSX 1250 FA with time line

I HAVE BEEN ASKED,WHAT IS THE FUEL CONSUMPTION OF A SUZUKI, HOW MANY MILES PER TANK, WHAT DISTANCE CAN YOU TRAVAL ON A FULL TANK OF PETROL, SO HERE IT IS FOR YOU GUYS AND GIRLS THIS SHORT VIDEO WILL SHOW YOU THE OUTCOME OF MY TRIP, TANK HOLDS 19 LTS,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME,
CONTENT OF THIS VIDEO
00:00 INTRO
00:42 FUELING UP
02:45 FIRST 50 MILES
06:51 SO FAR 251.1 MILES DONE
07:20 RUN OUT OF FUEL AT .... MILES
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[@johnnytrain2472]

Awsome video. I just bought a gsx 1250fa a month ago and the bike is nice. comfortable with good torque and just a blast to ride around. 250 miles out of a tank wow.... I would have never known.

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

Thanks for watching 👌👍

[@geoffgreenhalgh3553]

That's amazing. Good experiment.

[@francescosola7833]

I have one and I confirm that on the highway the petrol consumption is low. Unfortunately in urban travel the consumption is too high probably due to the high weight of the motorcycle!

[@Trottsatclevedon]

Very Good, Bit easier way to work out your MPG mind than that... good fun though! The GSX has a 19 litre tank = 4.18 UK gals. (251 miles from your Brim to empty equates to 60.14 MPG!) On tour I always Brim it and refuel around the 170 miles mark, reset trip and off we go again (and normally I still have 5 litres in tank takes around the 14lts to brim it.. yet warning lights on) I do the maths and I know I am hitting around 60 MPG. Drops if you raise the revs over 4K but have been caught twice speeding in Spain on mobile speed traps in middle of no where .. Best I have ever had is 64, normal is around 58MPG on tour, in UK normally around 52 MPG pottering local (stop start all that). As you alluded to, keep the revs down and really pretty economical.

[@robinwilliamson2897]

Got 234 miles from full to dry on my 1250 SALO 2009...great bikes

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

They are a great machine, thanks for watching my video please subscribe 👌👍

[@Lonewolf-kw8gg]

I did a similar test on my Gsx1250fa a few years back whilst touring in northern France, I had 5 liters of petrol in my top box, I wasn´t taking it especially easy but not hammering it either , when I got to 360km I was already impressed and decided to fill up at a petrol station, almost exactly 18l went in so I had 1l remaining in the tank, I can easily imagine 400km plus is possible if you take it steady

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

Yes it’s fantastic for the type of bike I’m we’ll impressed with it 👍

[@charleshoward1475]

Interesting film. I have a 1250 myself a 2015 variant. I've barely ridden it to date. The small rides I have done left me thinking it was really rather thirsty in nature. I shall have a rethink on whether to keep it or not and perform a similiar test to the one you carried out here. Many thanks for making this film.

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@BlackCountry74]

Thanks Dave, I've not long changed my GSX1400 for a 2016 1250Fa and was a bit concerned about that light coming on and have been like others looking for some where to fill after roughly 160/175, was thinking of doing the same as you with a can but now you've sorted it, ta mate.

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

Thanks for watching my video 👍hope you stick with us ✌️

[@redleadervfr-v4906]

I have an 09 1250 Bandit and I always fill up around 200 miles and there is usually 4-5 Lts left in the tank. What a bike tho boy dose

[@AntonioBarba_TheKaneB]

I have an older generation 1250 Bandit, I know it can make 400 km on a full tank but I can't help myself but hammer that throttle, so I'm getting 300 top :D

[@souhailshamaissem7564]

Excellent video mate. I am thinking about getting one of these bikes

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

Great bikes love every mile I do on it, thanks for watching my videos 👌👍

[@ExMAB4]

Very very helpful film for me. I always worked on assumption of 150 miles then find a fuel pump. At a push 175 miles. Im blown away and so pleasantly surprised. Wow 251.4 That means in the real world I can push the top up range to 200 miles. I have a 2014 minter FA (6,000 miles). Hardly run in yet. I always suspected she was capable of 60mpg plus if ridden sedately using the massive torque in 6th gear. By 30mph im usually in 6th gear. I prefer 4th gear in 30mph urban zones for responsiveness. The Bandit engine really is a peach.... On the motorway it blows away my mates BMW GS. I presume you knew the quoted MCN miles per gallon figure of 38 mpg if ridden hard and 42 mpg if not ridden hard.... your experiment here makes a mockery of those figures.

[@daveloz1]

Great video thank you.... I have a 2013 model in black I've recently replaced the bulky exhaust with a beowulf exhaust sounds great but I'd say the economy has gone down a lot.... I noticed your gears are slightly noisy too when changing I thought it was just mine 👍

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

Yes goes with a Glonk lol, not to bad if you hold the clutch for a minute but common we don’t have time for that, safe travels 👍

[@daveloz1]

@@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger Yes I'm just glad it's characteristic for these bikes 😀 ride safe 👍

[@ronlee9638]

Thats good to know as I have the same model bike, when my bar flashes I start to panic .. time for fuel .. greetings from Australia

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

Thank you for your support watching my video 👍take care

[@sergioadriao]

That´s impressive for a 1250cc! Until now, my best mileage 2up with top+side cases was 5.05 Lt/100kms. Its around 55.94 British MPG for a 2010 unit. . Mix motorway speed and B roads

[@manbiteslife3110]

5LT /100KM???????? ON A 1250CC???? suzuki are gods..

[@kjbunnyboiler]

Thanks for doing this so we don’t have to🤣🤣🤣. My 2015 FA has just turned 11k miles and it’s been a great bike. It does feel pretty heavy though pulling it out the garage but once moving the weight pretty much disappears. Not doing any distance it these day I tend to drop £10 of fuel into it when the bars on the display start flashing (orange light already on). Just put it through another mot this week without drama, great bikes with a great engine. It’ll be a hard act to follow if I change it! Oh in terms of fuel consumption round the doors I typically get low 50 mpg but these are < six mile journeys.

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

Thank you for your support watching the video please share to help my channel grow, great bike when they get moving as you said 👌👌👍

[@Tec2Nut]

I have a 2009 naked ,ABS , my first bike in 30 years.

[@jamesbronson2774]

Very nice video thank you.I have a 07 1250s and 50 mpg is what I seem to get .The fuel gauge is not the best but you get used to it.

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

Thanks for watching please subscribe and share 👍🏍🏍

[@rodneyhull9764]

Impressive.Appreciate you risking certain death and bike annihilation in the pursuit of 1250FA range figures. My own experience of this had me cop out at 200 as I didn't carry any spare fuel. That figure included some banzai East Yorkshire riding,so was impressive in itself. Cheers

[@geoffgreenhalgh3553]

@@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger My mate bought a 1250 like yours from South Wales and I rode it back to Stockport (it should have come back in the van but the weather was nice) I took it easy on got 200 miles before I went for fuel. I worked it out and it was 66 MPG. I got 50.85 mpg out of mine this week. Multiply litres by .22 and this will give you your gallons. Divide your miles by your gallons.

[@rodneyhull9764]

just back from an almost 2000 mile tour of Scotland. 200 miles per tank was ok. But, that seat! So uncomfortable. Having a rethink about keeping the FA.

[@geoffgreenhalgh3553]

@@rodneyhull9764 The 1250 seat is renowned for being uncomfortable. You can get a jell pad insert or try one of the inflatable pads.

[@rodneyhull9764]

@@geoffgreenhalgh3553 Thanks.

[@edubassplayer2]

Crazy, more mileage that i remember with my bandit 650s

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

Thanks for watching my video 👌👍

[@Torqueix]

Hey Dave, I did it. I bought a stump puller. Can't wait to go and pick it up. As soon as I've got it home, I'll post my experiences every once in a while. Let's see how far I can get with a full tank of gasoline. Enjoy your rides.

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

Looking forward to it 👍

[@Torqueix]

@@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger - Hey Dave, now that I can look back on about two months of riding, I think it may be possible to give some kind of statement to how much fuel I consume with my own Suzuki GSX 1250 FA. So far I don't make it over 400 km per tank but 370 km to 380 km depending on how smoothly I use the throttle. Considerung the weather and street conditions these months I don't assume it to be too bad to need about 5 l/100 km. But anyway, I love everey single klick I've put on this awesome machine so far and will continue to enjoy it. Wish you the same.

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

@@Torqueix I’m pleased you love it, I’m very impressed with mine it’s a keeper I’ll never let my one go, long or short distance it’s 100% stay safe out there my friend and would you share my videos on social media 🙏👍👍👍

[@Torqueix]

@@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger - You're right, it's a keeper for me, too. I don't want to sell it either; not because it being my very first motorcycle only, but for being so fantastic. Its character is what makes the circle round.

[@MrPsiclone666]

I commute mine through traffic so off on throttle etc 280-300 kms with a few litres to spare when i do a weekly fill worked it out at 15km/litre there abouts. geared 17/46 My 1200 doing the same trip just drinks fuel but it is geared 14/48 🤤

[@tabryis]

50 miles a gallon? Holy fuck

[@tonyinfinity]

It's an under 100HP bike, that's not that impressive. A 1250cc engine should be atleast 120HP, They could've used a 900cc engine and got the same fuel mileage and same HP. My old ZX-6 had 110HP and got 60 MPG.

[@davidkirkham3818]

Good work Dave. I have one of these bikes but never had the nerve to break 200 miles. I would though question the accuracy of the mileage. My speedometer runs at 10% higher than my sat nav speed and my sat nav mileage after a journey is lower than the speedo mileage. Have you compared a Google maps mileage with the one you recorded. Even if it was 10% out it would be a good result.

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

@davidkirkham3818 thanks for watching the video glad u enjoyed it, I meter also runs a about 10% it’s crazy 👍👍

[@Torqueix]

Hey Dave, I'm about to get one of these awesome bikes these days. It's totally amazing what mileage you were able to accomplish. Freaking great, that's more than 404 km with 19 l of gasoline! What was your average and peak speed though?

[@Torqueix]

@@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger - Watching was my pleasure...so you're welcome. :)

[@rothmenmoto7962]

impossible can get 300 km for 1 full tank in this bike....i only can get 200 km for 1 full tank....but if you riding slow below 100 kmph maybe you can get 230 km for 1 full tank

[@ricknash4694]

I would be interested in seeing the comparison between E5 and E10 on mileage

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

Something I didn’t think about, but bad my friend 🤙

[@MrLucagsr]

I have the same bike and in normal use it is really economic. The problem is with this engine it is difficult to drive normaly 🤣

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

Haha yes that can be a problem 👍thanks 4 watching

[@antmensah242]

This is a cracking bike which I’ve owned for 5 years but The fuel gauge is crap and once it starts flashing I’m worried and. Start Thinking about finding fuel. I go to 175 miles max because running out would be disastrous. Thanks for this experiment which would show that the bike is much more capable. My question is why do Suzuki list it as only 40mpg ? Mcn in their review say the same and this seems to be the official figure. Your test proves that it is way out. I know the gsx was a built as a budget bike so is it the case that Suzuki got lazy and didn’t bother testing it correctly ? Will try the test myself just to confirm but getting to 200 miles per tank is a massive difference when touring

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

Thank you for watching please let me know how you get on 👌👍Dave

[@axelfiraxa]

For my naked Bandit 1250 with screen, panniers, a topbox and 60kg with gear pilion i got exactly 40mpg on tour. Without the pilion i get 43. I recently changed the gearing from 18 front and 43 in the rear to 40 in the rear. It is still sporty enough but runs a bit more relaxed. Havent tested fuel economy yet

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

@@axelfiraxa please let us know how you get on also post parts you used 👌👍Dave

[@PCG2022]

HELP! : My 2010 1250 with 14k on the clock keeps picking up a intermittent buzzing/vibration? Ive tried everything to eliminate it with no joy. Bar ends filled with expanding foam (after market Renthals) Didn't do it after bar install for roughly 3k miles I covered so not the bars. Tightened every nut, bolt & screw in site. Including engine mounting bolts to correct torque settings. Dose it in neutral and more noticeable on engine break or with extra weight. Had new tyres, plugs, air filter, oil filter & PAIR removed. None of them. Don't think it's chain, tyres or sprocket related as it's present in neutral. Sometimes it's in every rev range and sometimes only around the 3k - 3.5k rev range which is expected but then sometimes irons out at 4k. The bike is riding me! as in I'm changing into 6th at 2k revs to try to not feel the vibes :( Really love this bike and it's my first bike too. Didn't have this issue for the first 4k miles ive done and now I'm not enjoying it no more :( Any help , Ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated. Great video Dave enjoyed it..:)

[@PCG2022]

@@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger Thanks for suggesting keys though Dave. I have tried that😉 Even read somewhere someone's toolkit under seat wasn't wrapped tight. Tried that too😉 Its a bugger. let's hope someone else who reads the comment may have had similar issue or on of your subscribers 👍 Stay safe. PCG

[@mirkoveselinov6041]

Check your time chain tensioner.

[@PCG2022]

@@mirkoveselinov6041 Thanks for suggestion. I've got it booked in a garage on the 14th. Think they going to check valve settings for me to make sure its okay. Will know more once the spanner man at the garage takes it out for a run. Valves apparently should have been checked at 15k. I'm now on 17.5k. Its seams to have got worse after topping up my oil. Recently had a crankshaft seal leak, now sorted so I topped it up. Got me thinking if the guy who had it before me was running it on full synthetic and ive been using semi? Could it be something as simple as this.

[@bane8593]

dose it automatically switch to reserve. ps just brought my gsx 1250 loving it so far

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

Thanks for watching my video yes it goes straight over the only warning is the gauge flashes, that’s why I had to do this test for pice of mind, Dave

[@bane8593]

Cheers for fast reply just subbed to chanel

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

Cheers thank you 🙏

[@fatherdougalmcguire9129]

Does the GSX1250FA suffer the same fuel pump issues as the 07? And how was ya arse at the end of all that? Seriously the seats are shite

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

Ha ha, no problem with fuel pump fingers crossed so far, the seat is a bite hard but I alway keep going, thanks for looking at my video 👍👍 Dave

[@marjan7897]

You could say how is 250miles in km

[@foghole9449]

Why do you talk miles, when you put in liters? In Canada were messed up to but km's is the norm now, although MPG is still a conversion I do. On my 09 I go around 250km, put in 12 liters, so approx.5l/100km or 55mpg. Good video though, could probably go 200 miles for sure :)

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

Thanks for watching my video, well in the uk we buy fuel my the litre, and our roads are mark out in miles, so it’s just the way things are over here, but saying that when talking to people we tend to ask how many miles per gallon, it’s a strange one 😧thanks for your time DAVE. 👍

[@Jandejongjong]

Why would you run it dry?! Not logic to do the test like that. Just fill it up, ride a lot of miles, and fill it back up. Calculate your miles over the liters. Fill it up the same way. Mid or side standard. And fill it up at same gasstation. Different fuels different miles.

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

The fuel gauge is poor and loads of fuel when saying low, it was needed to be done as a once off 👍

[@willsterofleicester]

Don't get insurance Carole nash underwriters Marker Study. I had my 3G gsf1250 stolen and burned in Leicester. I got £75 for incompetence and £50 for lying followed by a f off pill 💊 as settlement. Shocking very angry biker

[@davetompkinsmotorcyclevlogger]

🤬hopefully my followers will read this