More Morrisons

(Mpg 48.36) KM per Litre:17.12 Pence per mile:8.36 160miles! for £13.37

Now I took the back way home last night and as the fuel drained away the bike seemed to run rougher and rougher, with it managing to stall 3 times! So i might be changing the fuel rather soon as its been running bad since I started using this Morrisons stuff, maybe justcoincidencee.
Another thing to note is its been rather windy this week so I imagine that didn't help. Did had a lovely ride home last night...Addedd another 20 miles but what the hell, drunk a bit more fuel too...Butt it all seemed to be flowing well last night, all smooth like. The old skill is coming back.

Fuel light started flashing at 132 miles.
Went solid at 155 miles.

More fuel from Morrisons

(Mpg 50.89) KM per Litre:18.01 Pence per mile:7.94 122.8 miles for £9.75

Cheap Fuel

In order to balance things out I've decided that it time to use some 'cheap' fuel, namely some stuff from Morrisons for these reasons:
1. Because it on my route home.
2. I don't have to take a long detour/delay to get there.
3. I have a 'fuel saving' card from Morrisons.
4. Its cheap, cheap, cheap...

So is the cheap store fuel better price per litre then the 'premium' Branded fuel???

(Mpg 50.55) KM per Litre:17.89 Pence per mile:8.00 150 miles for £12

(Mpg 51.71) KM per Litre:18.3 Pence per mile:7.81 138.9 miles for £10.86

So at the moment it looks like I get less mpg but this is balanced out by the lower pence per mile. Though the weather is not as cold, it has been rather wet and windy.

6 more days of Optimax

13th morning
(Mpg 51.9) KM per Litre:18.37 Pence per mile:8.14 £11.15 137 m.
13th evening
(Mpg 50.75) KM per Litre:17.96 Pence per mile:8.32 £11.65 140 m.
14th
(Mpg 50.12) KM per Litre:17.74 Pence per mile:8.43 £11.88 141 m, light came on at 137 m.
15th
(Mpg 53.38) KM per Litre:18.89 Pence per mile:7.91 £11.31 142.9 m.
16th
(Mpg 52.05) KM per Litre:18.42 Pence per mile:8.11 £11.21 138.2 m.
22nd
(Mpg 49.51) KM per Litre:17.52 Pence per mile:8.62 £13.27 154 m fuel gone up to 93.9 ppl.

Most of these figures have been on days that are cold but dry, maybe one or 2 trips with rain. Also the last figure was with 15 miles of running about in Portsmouth getting a new tyre, then running the bike at home sorting the Scottoiler out. So this would have damaged the figures a little.
Another thing I would like to point out is that the Optimax has been pushed a little more in the SV, with me running the bike between 6-7,000rpm in most gears. So I could have got much better fuel figures.
The Average Fuel details has also been updated and I'll be looking round for another fuel to test before I do a final unleaded test. Might try Sainsburys up the road as they have a Super Unleaded.

Day 8 Last of the BP....

Filled up at Shell this morning with Optimax so these are the last of the BP figures.

(Mpg 50.56) KM per Litre:17.89 Pence per mile:8.35

Cost £10.01 for 130.9 miles... been runing the bike hard just lately so that explains the mpg drop. The shell is also cheaper at 92.9 ppl.
Will be updating the Averages at the top as soon as I get some free time...

Day 7

Still wet and not so cold...

(Mpg 52.57) KM per Litre:18.6 Pence per mile:8.55 £12.09 141.3 miles...

Might try to see how long I can run it before the light comes on when I'm taking it easy. As the only time its appeared at the moment is when I've raged. As I only used 12 llitresof fuel I should have another llitresbefore the light comes on. So atleast another 10 miles of tank range. Oh and the fuel price had gone up. its now 98.9 ppl rather then 96.9 ppl.

Day 6 Coldish and a little wet.

(Mpg 53.34) KM per Litre:18.88 Pence per mile:8.26 £11.24 for 136.1 miles

Normally riding, not trying hard to conserve fuel, but not ragging it.

Day 5 bit warmer.

(Mpg 48.41) KM per Litre:17.13 Pence per mile:9.10 136.1 Miles £12.38

Light came on a 131.8.
Still been riding the bike a bit hard, so I'll see how things improve as I ease off again. Maybe even get that magic 60mpg.
I've been told by a friend that works at BP if I keep the fuel in there long enough then it should clean the engine and improve the mpg more. So one more week and then its on to the Optimax or Tesco Super.

Day 4

Still cold.
Well after riding the bike how I felt I seem to have manged to get the reserve light to come on, it was at 133.4 miles and I did take some back roads home. I've been running the bike alot harder then the last few days, so lets see how it affected the MPG.

(Mpg 47.27) KM per Litre:16.73 Pence per mile:9.32 for 135.8miles £12.66

So it looks like I lost about 5 miles per gallon, not bad. Hopefully when the weather warms up this figure should go up as the engine is now at it most inefficient.

Day 3 on the SV

(Mpg 53.92) KM per Litre:19.08 Pence per mile:8.17 for 139 miles £11.35.

So same distance, same journey, similar weather (cold/ice but dry) may have ridden the bike a little harder and still a saving.

Fuel Experiment on the SV

Day 1 on the SV, 120 miles
(Mpg 40.05) KM per Litre:14.18 Pence per mile:11.00 £13.20
This was with what ever fuel was left in the bike and the fuel light came on at about 110 miles, not very good figures, though much better then the old GT

Day 2 on the SV.
(Mpg 53.2) KM per Litre:18.86 Pence per mile:8.27 £11.50
So this is the figures I got from filling up this morning after 138 miles and no fuel light. Much better, even with 3 litres of normal unleaded.

Back on a SV again

So happy...
Its great! After almost a year of not having ridden one it feels so good. Oh and the power! I forgot about it all, and the engine braking. Though it is a little strange being so close to the ground again, I'm going to have to ease myself back in to the cornering, with all the ice and snow it made me a little paranoid.
So other then the sticky brakes and the snow on the bike it was great morning!

So if you want to love your bike again, go get your sv smashed up by a recovery company, ride a old Kawaka GT about for a year then get another sv from you mate Steve to replace the GT and love the SV again. The smashed up one is being moved into the back garden in the summer for 'best'.

The GT has been written off, just waiting on the insurance. So all new fuel figures will be coming from the SV, so I little time to bed the bike back in will be need so I expect results to rather different.