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« on: January 25, 2016, 06:04:55 pm »
I've started this topic to record the ups and downs of using the bike for business.
I'm having a quiet start to the year, so only 772 miles to date at an average of 53.4MPG. Most of this has been done without panniers fitted. I'll refit them when I have my first overnight stay then leave them on for a similar mileage for comparison purposes.
No point in posting running cost until the bike has a few services under its wheels.
First revelation: the trip computer.
I suppose it would have been too much to expect a useful MPG reading!
A marvel of teutonic logic: this device appears to calculate consumption in litres per 100km to the neares 0.1 then converts it back to MPG: hence the irregular jumps in MPG.
Calculated MPG from brim to brim shows the trip computer is 6% optimistic. The tank range calculated by the trip computervaries by about the same amount. Assuming the tank volume is a usable 24 litres, calculated range is around 285 miles. When I have a safe opportunity, I will check this in real life.