What Kind of Gas Mileage Can You Expect From Your Motorcycle?

The lesson is clear, if you want the most bang for your buck when it comes to buying fuel for your motorcycle, buy a diesel.

Just kidding…

It looks like the most stingy model line as far as gasoline consumption is concerned belong to those obsessive German engineers at the Bayerische Motoren Werke, BMW. That is, of course, for bikes you wouldn’t be to embarrassed to be seen riding.

If somewhere around 80 MPG just isn’t good enough for you, you stingy person, then you’ll have to consider something like a Honda Unicorn, and woe be it if your friends see you riding it.

If you want information on what kind of gas mileage you can expect from your machine, or you just want to contribute your two cents and take part in the most comprehensive survey on motorcycle gasoline economy we’ve ever seen, you can add your real-world information to the survey at Totalmotorcycle.com (http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/MotorcycleFuelEconomyGuide/index.htm):

Here’s a short compilation of what kind of gas mileage you can expect from various makes and models of motorcycles from 2005

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We’re here to give you advice on choosing the best motorcycle, and then getting it properly insured…