0On 27 Aug 2008 18:58:58 GMT, "Krusty" <dontwantany@nowhere.invalid>
wrote:

>> >> As pretty much all of my trips are now commuting I'm getting fed
>> up of >> paying for 20 littes of fuel to cover 150 miles. Expensive.
>> >>
>> >> So I am looking at either buying another, more wallet friendly
>> bike or >> getting rid of my Triumph Tiger 955i and just using said
>> replacement. >> So there will be an '04 Tiger for sale soon.
>> >
>> > If you're only getting 34mpg, either your Tiger's fucked or you're
>> > ragging the arse off it. I get over 55mpg from my '03 when in
>> > 'commuting' mode.
>>
>> We've had a similar conversation in UKRM about Tiger fuel economy
>> before on the 955i model and the 150-175 miles per tank range seemed
>> to be quite normal.
>
>It's not normal - far from it. 240+ is normal, based on the several
>hundred Tiger owners on the Yahoo groups I run/moderate. There's
>something wrong with your bike - duff sensor or faulty tune at a guess
>(assuming you'd notice if one of the dodgy tank connectors was cracked).

One of the tank connectors was cracked a few months ago to the point
where it was pissing fuel out of the side, Auntie Carole recovered it
to my local garage and they ordered a new one.

I count it as fill up time when the needle is very close to the
bottom, but the fuel light hasn't come on yet. When it's at that
level I generally get 19-20 litres of fuel in the 24 litre tank which
is about 7.5 miles per litre.

I'll let it run low and see how much I get out of it, it's due to be
filled up sometime this week.
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