Full tank CBR 400 Lasts how many miles??

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Re: Full tank CBR 400 Lasts how many miles??

Post by John92 » Tue May 09, 2017 9:52 pm

Another small update, 215km (133 miles) without touching reserve. Still with idle set a little higher than it should be, and from commuting, filtering and motorways so not bad tbh. That balance has made this thing go one hell of a lot further per tank :P

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Re: Full tank CBR 400 Lasts how many miles??

Post by Bowches » Thu May 11, 2017 10:42 am

John92 wrote:Another small update, 215km (133 miles) without touching reserve. Still with idle set a little higher than it should be, and from commuting, filtering and motorways so not bad tbh. That balance has made this thing go one hell of a lot further per tank :P

WOW You have made a huge improvement since the time you said you ran out of petrol on the motorway at 113 miles only!

Now you are getting 133 miles! That is a improvement of 20 MILES! without being on the reserve!

My carbs are not balanced as well and my bike is running Rich.

But I should be able to get 160 miles or more when all is balanced. According to my calculations if I go consistently on the motorway Economically I'm hoping for 60 Miles per gallon (which I think is reasonable). My best MPG in the city riding carefully is 55mpg. If I get 60 mpg on the motorway, then a FULL TANK including reserve should get me.....15 litres is 3.299 Gallons, so 60 Miles per gallon MUltiplied into 3.299 gallons is 60x3.299 = 197 MILES! I'm not sure if I will get that LOL but let me see if I can!

THE 55 MILES PER GALLON WAS REAL BY THE WAY, NO BULLSHIT HERE! I put exactly 2 litres and got 25.2 miles and then it ran out of petrol, so if you work it out that is 25.2 miles divided by 2 litres which means each litre of petrol went 12.6 miles for me. which means 55mpg

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Re: Full tank CBR 400 Lasts how many miles??

Post by Bowches » Sat May 20, 2017 11:28 am

What range have other CBR 400 Owners got on a full tank please write down in the comments sections....


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Re: Full tank CBR 400 Lasts how many miles??

Post by Bowches » Mon May 22, 2017 8:07 am

Hi all.....

I just went to Lynn's Raven Cafe in Shrewsbury yesterday.... its about 160 miles each way from North London (my home) and
I met a guy who has a youtube channel called NC29Biker.

I was quite surprised when I met him as he was the opposite of what I thought he was going to be like. He was very soft spoken, but if you check out his videos he used to ride the NC29 like crazy.

I got 157 miles on a full tank and I really filled the tank right to the very very top, I mean the petrol would fall out, if I would tilt the bike slightly with the fuel cap open! So I got 157 miles but there still was fuel left but I didnt want to take a stupid risk to see if it would make another 30 miles. I reckon I could get 165 miles or maybe 170 miles on a full tank!

My weight is 57 kg with the full 1 piece suit and boots and helmet.

They advertise the CBR 400 as taking 15 litres but I dont think it will take 15 litres about 14 and a quarter maybe......

I like touring you see.....went about 350 miles yesterday, it was easy peasy lemon squeasy....I'm quite a fit person so I reckon I should be able to make it to the top of the UK (John o' Groats) and back to London LOLLL. I would need to go to the GYM to have a ROCK HARD ASS THOUGH TO SIT ON THAT BLOODY WOOD SEAT ON THE CBR LOLLLL

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Re: Full tank CBR 400 Lasts how many miles??

Post by Bowches » Mon May 22, 2017 8:24 am

I HAVE TO SAY as well......I was making the CBR Engine work hard. Was going most of the way like 70-80 mph....Lol i went through some faded Speed camera lines at like over 100 and inside my Helmet I was like OH SHIT OH SHIT O SHIT LOL.

But I dont think aNy speed camera was there. PHEWWWW :grin:

I touched nearly 120 on the way back,THE needle was between 115 and 120, not really proud of it....I encourage people to follow speed limits, It was just to kick some energy into me....I only stopped once for fuel each way.

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