October 29, 2019

Getting poor mileage ,no idea why

Getting poor mileage ,no idea why

So my gsx 1400 is killing me in terms of petrol .
I’m getting about 7l/100km sometimes more!.
My commute is about 150km a day 95% of it is open roads.(dual carriageway and N roads)
Ive kept a steady pace of 100kmh in 6th gear.
At best I got 6.8l/100km.
I’ve had the injectors professionally cleaned,new air filter,new plugs, fuel pump cleaned,TPS sorted.
The battery is a year old but only started using the bike about 2 months. It’s now struggling to start now and need to use my jump starter on it to get started.
Could the battery cause a drop in mpg?
I know the cold weather is gonna be worse but it had been driven when the weather has been hotter and the mpg is still crap.
Only other thing I need to check is if there could be an exhaust leak somewhere.
Any ideas on what else to check?
I knew the bike wouldn’t be great on petrol but looking online my bike is way above normal L/100km. People thrashing there bike get better milage.


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