So, as a new Swing owner, what fuel consumption should I be expecting on a longish trip, loaded with camping gear etc. ? Imperial MPG

Some motorway work (to channel ports) then mainly equivilant of A and B roads on the continent. I am just working some budgets out over the coming weeks! The guys I will be with are "mature" riders, all riding big trailies and the like so no "bum in the air" nonsense

I am working on 45-50mpg average.... is this realistic?

Hi Steve welcome to the forum I don't think you are to far out with your estimate I'm only getting around 35 or so but I do ride bloody hard always have and as my wife said always will.my swing has got 68000 miles on so maybe this doesn't help nor does the mallossi variator with 21gram rollers but it ain't have fun ride safe mate

I have been getting 54 on the freeway with my gear.

The guys I will be with are "mature" riders, all riding big trailies and the like so no "bum in the air" nonsense



yeah, right.

Hi steveR.

I ride on all kinds of roads either on my own for short journeys of say 50 miles, at a reasonable pace, and also on longer club runs which are quite a bit more energetic to say the least and can be from 100 miles up to 300 miles a run.

I was a little dubious about getting a SW as I had heard and read that the MPG return on a SW was not very good but I went ahead and bought one anyway.

Since I got the SW, in September last year, I have been pleasantly surprised to have averaged out a return of 60 MPG (Imperial) with a max 64 mpg / min 57 mpg return.

My Burgman 400 averaged 74 MPG and the X Max 250 I had for a while last year averaged 85 MPG.

steveR,

My SW was first registered in March 2010.

It was a demonstrator and the salesman at the dealership used it as often as he could, as he really enjoyed driving it, to commute to and from work (about 74 mile round trip) and so the mileage was quite high at 4600 when I bought it last September.

Perhaps the longer / frequent runs, from new, helped the mpg.

Hopefully it will keep on returning this level of mpg.

Hello Steve.

I consistently get 46 miles to the gallon (US) when commuting on the interstate at about 75 mph and US highway at 65 mph. I recently went on a trip of 62 miles each way where about one third were smaller roads, doing about 45 to 50 mph and that brought my economy up to 50.5 mpg.

I read on the japanese site for Honda that the SW should give you 30 km/l (about 70.5 mpg) at 60 km/h, about 38 mph.

But again, the SW in Japan may, or may not come with the heavier variator rollers that come OEM in some parts of Asia.

I have a J Costa variator in my Swing, and ride it kind of hard. Fast starts all the time. However, I don't like Interstates and take secondary roads instead. Top constant speeds are usually no more than 70 mph indicated.

The worst tankful that I have ever seen was just over 44 mpg US (dead of winter) and the best about 53 mpg US. Probably 90% of my fill-ups are 47-51 mpg US. I have put about 10,300 miles on the bike.

From my reading, I feel that sustained speeds over 70 mph start to really hurt mile per gallon figures.

I get 54MPG consistently when I buy gas here in Missouri (10% ethanol required by law) but I can get 60 or 61 when I go down to Arkansas and buy pure gas.

WOW smorkle, That's some GREAT MPG!

If I ride the speed limits I get around 50 mpg. But when I avg 75 (gps) in the interstate I get about 42-44 mpg. I'm happy with it since I generally go the speed limit mostly now. For a nice smooth ride with plenty of storage it is well worth the mileage.

I'm getting between 53 and 56 MPG (that's US gallons) consistently and it doesn't seem to waver from that range whether I baby it or run 90+ on the superslab. But as I've mentioned elsewhere, where I live the earth truly is flat...

As you are a uk rider, you should really listen to people who ride the same kind of roads as you. I do about 200mls a week all year round riding for pleasure.I mainly ride in Lancashire and Yorkshire so plenty of hills and country lanes. I bought my Silverwing in May last year, it was registered in Feb07. It had 1300mls when i got it and iam now coming up to 8000mls. I never get less than 58-60mls per gall. I check tyre press weekly as well as oil. I have recently fitted a new rear tyre. It passed M.O.T.no problems. The only extra thing i do is put a measure of Redex every time i fillup.It might be worth mentioning that a US gall is less than a Uk gall.I hope you enjoy your swing as much as i do. Safe and enjoyable riding to you SteveR

Touching the subject of handling, it took me a few rides to get used to tilting the bike with my hips instead of my knees pushing the tank, as in the 599 Hornet I had before.

I also, soon realized that tight turns work better if you tilt your torso forward to shift the weight balance in favor of the front wheel; it feels more under control and I'm able to lean the bike much more while feeling confident of its stability.

SteveR, fuel consumption on the Swing gauge usually works like this:

First bar comes off the scale after one US gallon.

Each of the next bars (skinny ones) falls away after about 12-15 miles.

When the last bar (fat one) starts to flash, there will be one US gallon left.

Even knowing the UK gallon is larger, that 70 mpg figure is terrific. If a UK gallon is about 20% more, that's still like 56 mpg US.

Just been riding SW UK. On motorways got over 62mpg, but country lanes/towns dropped to 55mpg

I envy you all getting 60 -70 MPG (UK galls). My 'Wing' is giving me around 45 - 53 right now. (I am canning it though.) Well over legal motorway speeds when the roads are clear!!!!! So I am not too disappointed in the fuel return.

When my sensible head kicks in, which won't be long as it is getting near holiday season and loads of folk unfamiliar with the roads and just generally bimbling around, I will resume my usual summer plod and see a better fuel return.

Just done a 111 mile round trip, mostly 'A' roads at 60-65mph, short stretches of dual carriageway 70-80mph, two-up, and into some very blustery winds at times. 55.5 mpg, (UK gallons, obviously), I'm well pleased.
Only slight downside - I had to switch on my heated grips for a while! Roll on summer!!