Noojee - Trafalgar with Eastern Sportbike Riders

Manual fuel tap

While my GPZ's fuel tap is working perfectly, I put this in just in case... to avoid flooded cylinders and the resulting hydro-lock plus bent rods!


Edit: Was a bad idea and removed. Rode for 60km and the bike sputtered like running on 2 cylinders!. Spent 30 minutes on the side of the road to remove the tank and run the original setup.

Fuel Economy: Kawasaki Ninja vs Yamaha R6 vs Honda Jazz vs Toyota Prado

Kawasaki GPz900R A7 (year 1990)
Completely stock engine/carbs/pipes
Bonbeach - Gembrook - Reefton
385km / 25L / $28 (ron 95)
= 15.2km / L
= 6.57 / 100km (42.99 mpg UK / 35.8 mpg US)
= $7.27 / 100km

Yamaha R6 (year 2000)
Stock engine/carb, Screaming Demon pipe with noise restrictor
Bonbeach - Reefton - Black Spur
300km / ?L / $23 (ron 95)
= $7.67 / 100km

Honda Jazz GE 1.3L Auto (year 2013)
Fitted with Pivot 3-drive THC throttle controller,  set in EC5 mode
(note that this is a genuine one. EBay versions might be fake and I had to refund it)
Dashboard indicated 5.7L / 100km
Bonbeach - Wilsons Promotory - Inverloch
417km / 25.5L / $28 (ron 91)
= 16.4km / L
= 6.12L / 100km (46.16 mpg UK / 38.4 mpg US)
= $6.71 / 100km

Melbourne - Cann River - Canberra (713km, 10hrs)
Canberra - Adaminaby - Tumbarumba - Albury - Melbourne (1,049km, 11.5hrs)
About 50km of dirt and gravel road, used manual shifter
EC4 setting on Pivot 3-drive Throttle Controller
1,762km / 119.39L / $134.32
= 14.75 km/L
= 6.78L / 100km (dashboard indicated 6.3L/km)
= $7.62 / 100km

Toyota Landcruiser Prado 3.4L Auto (year 1996) 8 seats
Fitted with non-injection LPG

Melbourne - Goolwa (SA)  round trip with Trailer
1,635km / 327.1L LPG / $226.71
= 4.99km / L
= 20L / 100km (14.1 mpg UK / 11.7 mpg US)
= $13.8 / 100km

Bonbeach -Walhalla gravel track/camp
366km / 79.1L LPG / $44.2
= 4.6km / L
= 21.6L / 100km (13 mpg UK / 10.8 mpg US)
= $12.07 / 100km

Using Petrol (91)
Bonbeach - Bendigo via south melb. heavy traffic, strong winds througout
202km / 29L / $33.63
= 6.96 km/L
= 14.4 L/100km
= $16.6 /100km

Bonbeach - Canberra via East coast return trip
Using LPG and about 300km of petrol
2,100km / $375
= $17/100km

The Black Spur and Lake Mountain

297km

Mornington - Arthur's Seat - Flinders

A brief break of the weather in a very wet week.

175km / 12l / $14

CCJMC Ride to Arthur's Seat

Carrum - Arthur's Seat - Flinders

140km / 9.6l / $13

Fork oil change

Fork oil change and shimmed the suspension with 4x washers from Mitre10

Noojee - Fumina - Hill End

Perfect blue sky day, 22deg

24l, $32

The Japanese... they love their GPz900R's !