Go Big and Ride Small

[Magnusson]

Have you seen the mileage on that SuperCub? Under 1.5 liters per 100 km. Or in Yankee measurements, 156 mpg. Of course it has tiny tank to compensate.
Rant warning. What is it with those tiny tanks on most new bikes? Sure you have theoretical range of 250 km, or so. But who runs the bike until empty? Real-life practical range would be 100-150 km. On a trip this would mean visits to the petrol station 3 times a day. Why cannot more be like the CB125F, same mileage but robust 11 liter tank, for 800 km in theoretical range.

Love how that 125 concept looks. Hmmm, winter project for my CRF250?

[Godspeed]

Completely agree about the tank sizes and ranges… I liked the look of the 26 litre tank on sale on this forum but thought sticking that on my Innova would be madness! Though if I continued getting my normal mileage I’d have a range of about 850 miles.. brilliant!

Interested to see at the ABR festival that the majority of bikes here seem to be 1 litre plus machines

[fatowl]

I've recently got a DL250, and so far, i've been filling up at about 280 miles, with a few bars left on the fuel gauge!

[Godspeed]

What size fuel tank do you have? Any pics of the bike?nice bikes, considered one for myself a while back

[fatowl]

Is got a 17.3 L tank, and I'm getting 95 mpg. That gives a theoretical range of around 340 miles.
It's happy to cruise at 70 to 75 if you want to get a move on, but I prefer to potter around gawping at the countryside.

[fatowl]

Here's a couple of pix from the other day,

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[Godspeed]

That’s a cool bike, kind of mixes the lightweight option with ability to do motorway as well.
Nice

[fatowl]

Thank you. I know they aren't well thought of as off road bikes, but as a small road bike, that can do a bit of green laning, it's not bad. As standard, it's ridiculously low geared, so I've geared it up a bit, and it's much better now. It's easy to work on too, which is a plus. I'm finding I'm taking it more often than my bigger bikes.

[Godspeed]

Does it come with panniers too as it looks like mounting points on the rear?

[fatowl]

You can get it with panniers, but I didn't. I don't know how good they are, but I've got some throw overs I will use if I go touring.
I got mine as a cheap end-of- line deal, so it was take it as it is.