Ducati Monster Forum

 This morning it was $17.64 to fill up the tank of my M750. Ouch! That's what it used to cost to fill my Subaru. Just feeling a little :o. I need a raise.

agreed, we all need raises  [thumbsup] just to fill the Monster, let alone the Jeep  [bang]

What's this?  Gas prices are high?  Gee, what a revelation.

:-P

No matter what gas prices creep up to I will still smile every time I pull up to the pump in my Monster.

Just look around at everyone else and know that you are getting about 2-3X as many miles per gallon as all the cagers there.  [thumbsup]

You must ride differently than I do  [evil]
Even with my GasGas which I filled up yesterday I only got about 32mpg. On the other hand, it's fun only putting 1.5 gallons in to fill it ;)

In the good ol days of 1995 I'd buy a Gatorade and fill up the 620 with the change!

Damn ExxonMobil and their record profits 8 years in a row.... wait 8 years, isn't that the term of the presidency?  Nah... couldn't be.

No that's about what I get too.  My point is here in Wisconsin about 2/3 of what's on the road is trucks and most of those average 12-16mpg around town.  Several of my buddies own Jeeps, Broncos and other 4wd trucks that only get about 10 mpg around town.   [laugh]

In the 22 days I have my s2r1k, it seemed the mileage was AWFUL!  Like in the high 20s!!!  My scion can almost get me that. 

With the liklihood of my bike being totaled, I am looking at a Yamaha C3 scooter as part of the replacement, as well as another bike.  It gets like 125 mpg!!!

I'm pretty happy with mine, it gets around 45mpg without babying it. 

Not that it will do much good in the long run - one day we'll be telling our kids about the days when our bikes ran on gas!  it still amazes me we have morons on the road cruising at 80mph in their Hummers as we enter the beginning of the end of the age of the internal combustion engine... enjoy it while it lasts... 

Not quote that bad here in Baltimore.  Most places are running $3.80 to $3.90 for regular.

It was 3.99 at the same gas station last night. I'm curious what it will be when school lets out for the summer.

It's memorial day weekend, so expect to get bent over at the pump.  It'll go down next week.

Just to reintroduce myself. Moved over from TOB. Not a frequent poster, but have been following the board for some time.

Anyways, What MPG is a stock 620 getting?

+1 dude, well said!

*and I still get in trouble for parking on the sidewalk while the chowder heads in full size SUVs take up four spots, but hey that's ok.*

≈$3.80 a gallon for 87 octane, here.

filling up my pickup makes me want to die. :P

$3.69 today!

Looks like I'm doing ok here in Memphis, even though this is a jump of $0.10 from earlier this week... :(


And I had to fill up the Tahoe today. All 20+ glorious gallons worth.

I just paid $4.11 for a gallon of regular-ass Chevron.  Thank god for that stimulus check  [roll]

I don't know about stock, but on my tank tank  I got 48 MPG commuting. I have a 14T front sprocket and a full Quat-D exhaust, so I can only imagine a stock 620 would be closer to 60MPG.

my highly non-stock M750 (now 795) gets 60 mpg most of the time.  I think the FCRs help a lot. 

Also, for new bike owners, gas mileage improves after the first service!

I get 38-44mpg on my M900.

Ours just went up .20 in one day: Spokane

Yesterday on the way to work it was $3.69, on the way this morning it was $3.75, just now after lunch it is, $3.89.

Glad I don't drive a cage!  [moto]

My pickup is over $250 to fill. It's diesel at 4.95/gal. (57 gallon tank) Yay for the Geo Metro (I never thought I'd say that).

I'm not willing to ride my moto year round in Anchorage so I have been thinking about a hybrid, maybe an Escape. 

3.67 for regular in my fit
3.96 for premium for my Rs

Dualsport!

I just went 120 miles on 2.5 gallons of gas, thats all up in the canyons riding and stop and go traffic. Thats about 50mpg i think.  How come some people only get 35mpg?

Hard acceleration, late braking.

Glad (and a bit surprised) to see that we don't have the most expensive gas in the country down here in Honolulu.  We are still under $4/gal for regular, but probably not for long...  Thank god for riding moderately efficient motorcycles.  Now if only it would quit raining...

I get a fuel discount from my grocery store. Still cost 3.559 a gallon for regular in the F150. Swiped the card, it stopped at $75. Had to reswipe and put in another $9. $84 to fill the tank... (14.4 mpg).

The S2R1k is getting 40+ with HARD city riding. If I took it even a bit easier, I bet I could get closer to 50..

What's the world coming to? it's going down the drain!!!

one reason I bought my fit, I loved the G35 sport coupe I had, but it was a gas hog.....NOW with cheaper insurance, and a MUCH MUCH cheaper payment.....

I was able to save enough money to trade in my s4r and get a Rs and still save a ton of money, and the fit helps offset my fuel costs when I ride like a knucklehead.... [evil]

that and I can fit 2 9' surfboards in the car with 3 people and the windows up and the ac on....and still get great mileage

dude those cars are going for way above their bluebook value right now...  one dude made a business of buying every one he could find, fixing them up and they are selling nicely. 

I don't know how this works out but the current price for fuel in Aust. is $169.9 a litre.

What's that times 4, ummmmmmm, $6.80 a gallon?


Faaaark me! You don't know how good you've got it! >:(

WOW that's expensive!  [laugh]

$4.40 today at the pump. The batmobile is going to be jealous again.

Yeah, but it's not funny! >:(


 ;D

I just checked, it's about 4.59 a gallon for premium in Groton, CT where we're moving in a month or so. The wife's Passat Turbo needs premium fuel...  :-\

That´s still cheap.. welcome to "the rest of the world prices for filling up our cars/bikes/boats etc."

We´re paying 1.25EUR per litre of 95 OCT Unleaded, 1.45EUR per litre of 98OCT Unleaded, 1.30EUR per litre for Diesel in Spain.

Stateside is still 50% cheaper than us.

Our new Yaris D4D (1.4 TD 90hp) consumes 4.5litres/100km and a full tank (45litres) of diesel gives us a max of 800km per tank in normal driving without a/c. We sold the Land Cruiser (3.0 TD 125hp) that had a 90litre tank (70 litres before reserve) as it started costing around 75EUR to fill up (without dipping into reserve) and only giving 600-650km.

True, our gas prices are still cheaper than most of Europe, but we have far fewer public transit options. Very few options when it comes to quality vehicles that get good mileage, and we have to drive everywhere for everything because "suburban sprawl" was designed to isolate residential areas from commercial and retail space.

I'm really hoping the rising gas prices in the U.S. prompts some European manufacturers to return, or return early to the U.S. market. I really want a Fiat Abarth 500 as my next car  [thumbsup]

I am getting about 39 mpg with a Monster and about 26-27 with the Exige S....I'm hurtin' with the WRX wagon with the Thule box on top though 18-20 mpg (engine mods).  Mercifully I don't have to drive it that often [thumbsup]

Ther are PLENTY of cars that get better than the 30-35 mpg my Monster gets.  It gets pitiful mpg compared to say my wife's 07 Tahoe.  We can put 6 people in it and a little gear, tow my MC trailer w/ more gear and get about 18-20mpg with it on the highway.
Still, no cage provides the entertainment value of my Monster or any other motorcycle for that matter.

looool
Will you stop whining please ?
For decades you had those ridiculous cheap gas prices and could run a 3,5 t SUV for the price of a hotdog
I am paying 1,50 EURO per liter here in Copenhagen.
Well...we are more or less used to it for years...so it feels quite normal.
I sold my Grand Cherokee too...whatever...time is changing.
SO lets burn that fuel before someone else does it   [drink]

$3.86 for 87 here.  I get between 35-40 commuting, more on a day ride unless I'm ripping on it the whole ride ~

JM

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I think the main fact hurting us in the states right now is that a lot of Americans got suckered (not sure if that is really the right word to use here) into the mentality that these large thirsty vehicles and now consider them as "must have" status symbols and or lifestyle accessories.  That and we had been incredibly spoiled with cheap fuel prices for a very long time and now find ourselves backed into a corner by our own glutenous consumerism. 

I lived in Europe for almost eight years before moving back to the states and yes, they have coped with much higher fuel costs for a very long time.  But they are also secure in the understanding that smaller, more efficient vehicles make more sense than great big land yachts that we have grown up with here.  The cities there are also set up in more of a commuter friendly way as well: much better public transportation infrastructure as well as a more centralized layout.  Hope it isn't too late for us in the states to take more from that model and rethink or ways...

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need tahoe to drive on job sites though  :-\

Boo job!!  Get a new one!  ;)

Or better yet, a local contractor down here ditched the truck for such things and replaced it with a Hypermotard.  You should follow his lead!  ;)

hard to transport the accidentally-left-at-the-warehouse roof curb for hvac unit on bike...

Dude, you should see what people can carry on their bikes/motorcycles when they get creative.  I see people carrying long boards (surfing style) on push bikes down here all the time.  I bet you could pull of a curb.  ;)

Yeah i have an 03 civic which gets 28/32 and the 620 gets about 38-42 and i actually log my miles and gallons.  And i am still bitiching at the pump. So you guys that get 50+ let me know what your doing so I can mod my monster to get that.

well, don't be the first one out of the gates at a stoplight, and accelerate about the same rate as the cars (even though that's painfully slow on the bike). Next step is short shift, and don't down shift to slow down from stop light to stop light, just pull in the clutch and apply brakes.

Use 87 versus 89 or 93, 2-valvers don't have enough compression to justify higher octane fuel despite what the manual says; its written in accordance to higher compression 4v bikes and high compression kits for the 2v's.

Oh, and the riding techniques to maximize fuel economy also minimize some of the fun. Loud downshifting is fun. Starting off and beating some traffic and whatnot is fun. But it uses unnecessary fuel if you need to be miserly.

Hey, $40 a week and half to fill the monster is a whole lot better than filling up my caddy with $100, and that doesnt even fill the tank up completely. 

dude i  am in construction and my truck guzzles the fuel. but i hate when i have to explain myself when people tell me to drive something that uses less gas. they are always the first ones to ask me for help when they buy furniture [bang]

the " it will be 12 bucks a gallon by august" ron [evil]

I have a very short commute in traffic, so I never get to give it much throttle. I logged my miles the last 2 tanks and got 46 and 48 mpg. The last tank was 139.3 miles on 2.877 gallons of fuel.

I'm getting about 50mpg from my '02 900 2v.  Most of my riding is through reasonably twisty roads but it seems to be fairly consistent irrespective of how hard I push.
Here in Oz we only dream of fuel at $4 a gallon.  Currently I'm paying in excess of $6 for 95 RON.  (yes that's US$ and yes it's US gallons not imperial gallons)
I dare say that you could pick up a pick up quite cheap over there at the moment. [laugh] ;D  (pun intended)

Hard riding on the 620 produces mpg in the 40's and going relatively easy it gets in the 50's. I might have to try a run one day of extremely easy riding to see what the max mileage I can squeeze out of it just for curiosity's sake.

I've been getting 37 or so with the Mazda on my daily commute and the GTI has the potential of getting great mileage as well if you go easy on it which is hard as the car begs to be whipped. We saw 38 mpg once over the course of a 100 mile or so round trip.

Time to get a Vespa  ;D

God yes you can.  A friend of mine is in the market to get a new vehicle in order to save a bit at the pumps (he currently drives a Jeep somethingorother) and every dealership he went to laughed at him when he mentioned his trade in.  NO ONE is taking any sort of truck/suv in on trades down here simply because they cannot sell them on again.

Diesel officially hit $5.00 / gal at the Kailua pumps today.  :(

i would gladly pay five bucks a gallon if i lived in hawaii ;D

are there any nice back roads from mass to where you live?

the ron [evil]

Oh, you beat us. Diesel is at $4.99 today in San Jose.

BTW, what's up with Rotten Robbie? They are the most expensive gas in my neighborhood since Thursday. Union 76 and Chevron are both less by 1-15 cents/gal.

I would gladly pay 10$ a gallon to live in Hawaii.  [beer]

4.09 for 3.8 L.

Translates to about 1.10 per L, I guess.

Currently $1.65 here in Aus, so sounds good to me!  [thumbsup]

I used to get mid 50's on my 620.  I got somewhere in the low 40's with the S2R1K and now I'm in the high 20's and low 30's with the S4Rs with a tank range of about 80 miles before the light comes on.   [bang]

But I'm not complaining.  While I was in Italy, it was around EU$1.51/litre off the AutoStrade for Benzine... so that translates out to $9.25 a gallon.  Ugg.  And I was driving a little smart forfour. 

I'm happy driving my Diesel... got 37.4 MPG on my recent trip from Medford, Oregon back ot the SF Bay Area averaging at 73 MPH, so that's not too bad.  Along I5, I saw some stations charging $5.25/gal.  I feel sorry for the truckers who are depending on it for a living.  I just filled up near my house at a Chevron in Emeryville, CA for $5.15/gal. 

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Dude, spend some serious time down here before you make that statement.  It's not the paradise that everyone thinks it is.  One thing to holiday here, another thing entirely to live here.

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I'll gladly give my first born (18) and second born (16) for premium gas (or even regular). My arms and legs I need.

In the Netherlands the regular is 1.65€ a litre that's about 9.50$/gallon i think

Have the costs been rising as rapidly (during the last month) over there as they have here in the states?  I lived in Europe for almost eight years before moving to Hawaii last year and have never seen prices increase so much during such a short period of time.

Same situation here also. A very close friend who works for a bank in the mortgage dept. hasn´t seen so many houses being reclaimed by the bank in his life. It´s a really hard thing to do, he is so upset that people are losing their homes (so am I). The cost of living has just become silly since that goddam Euro came into circulation.

Examples of price increase.. 1 EUR= = 166.386 Spanish Pesetas (ptas)

                             Before          After
Coffee                   100 ptas        1.20EUR = 200ptas  - Twice the price
Lunch                    900 ptas       10.00EUR = 1663ptas - Nearly twice the price
House            43,000,000ptas     90,000,000ptas - Over twice the price
Gasoline                0.52eur/litre    1.25eur/litre - make the beast with two backsing ridiculous
Steak                     15eur/kilo        25eur/kilo - i´ve pretty much given up beef..

If this keeps up worldwide the revolution will be televised.

Seems like it dropped here now that the holiday is about over. $3.79/ regular, $4.69/diesel.
Luckily, there's a station near me that still sells the high sulfur(off road) diesel for $.20 less than the low sulfur stuff. Since my truck's a '97, it eats that just fine.


Still only gets 16MPG though. :'(

And things will continue in that fashion as long as the EU keeps bringing more countries in.  I moved to Germany (from the UK) just after the Euro came into effect.  All the Germans and French that I knew were livid that the cost of everything doubled overnight (without their wages being raised a pfennig) simply to prop up the economies of the more under-developed countries to the south and east.

4.8 down here....

It's at least $4.35/gal FOR THE CHEAP SH*T here in Kirkland/Bellevue!

 

I filled up at $4.19 for 87 today in Indiana... my other car takes premium at almost $4.49 - luckily it is fun to drive and gets 30mpg or it would get the boot!

Premium is 5.09 here...well, by my place anyway.  I don't really use 89 or 87 unless I'm really strapped for cash and I'm filling my truck.  Unfortunately, $50 will only get me a half tank in my truck, it really makes me unenthusiastic about driving.

Gas is now $6.20 a gallon here in Thailand its gone 25% in the last 4 weeks .

but yesterday in parts of England Gas was $15 a gallon and its regularly $12 a gallon almost every where in the rest of UK

so you Yanks are lucky.

$4.06 last night for 93 octane in Indianapolis.

The M900 is actually averaging between 45 and 50 mpg, since I haven't been wringing it out much.

By comparison, my '00 Malibu with the 3.1L V-6 gets 30mpg (actually considered efficient, in most circles), and my '00 Infiniti with a 3.3L V6 is averaging 19mpg.  We spent about $110 filling up the sedan and family truckster this weekend.

So, yeah, I'll be riding in to work a lot...

4.59 in socal outside of ventura.

have a monster 620 with termi/pc3 remapping for better fuel air, normally get around 45 city and on an all highway riding around 47 mpg.  never got above 50mpg, then again never rode at 55mph for that long to use 1 or 2 gallons then fill up.

.....and now that my country (UK) and your country (USA) want to bomb the shit out of Iran, it´s gonna get even better.

I´m using the bicycle more and more each day. One day it may be THE only way into work and back.  >:(

When I started this whole thread, gas was 4.09 and I was shocked. Now 4.09 sounds "good." 4.53 is the cheapest I've seen in San Jose today. Diesel came back DOWN to 4.97.

I'm with NUTTS. I ride my bicycle to work most days. I guess that is the silver lining. It's good for me.

I'm curious what the minimum wages are where gas is $12-15/gal. It would be awesome if we had decent public transportation, but that's not likely to happen.

I wish I could get away with riding my push bike into work but it just isn't practical.  I live about 17 miles (each way) from work which isn't really much of a problem, but I usually get to the office no later than six in the morning which would make my departure time simply ridiculous!  Plus, the final two miles of my ride home would be climbing a seriously steep hill!

But you'd be in great shape!

lol  Very true.  The big problem with that is that I couldn't afford to replace all the calories that I burned off everyday.

Something is wrong with your bike if you only got 20 something mpg.  I have the DP ECU and ride it hard and get over 40 mpg.

This morning in Azusa (So. California) 4.55 for 87 octane............ >:( soon it will be expensive to go for a canyon ride.

Lates.

I had to borrow my brothers Land Rover Discovery (lifted, roof rack, winch.. ect) for a month while my bike was being repaired after my bike got stolen... I can say at $4.25 or so per gallon 7 mpg vs 35 mpg on my monster is a really big difference  [bang]

I'm getting 55-57 mpg on my 03 620. It's completely stock. I'm commuting about 60 miles a day back and forth to work, so I have to fill up every 2 days...which is somewhat annoying  :P I liked filling up once a week in my VW, but it only gets about 27-29 mpg....so the monster it is...


the 35-45 mph cross winds out here in west texas are kicking my ass on some days though  >:(


I'm kinda suprised to see how low some of your mileage is on the monsters. I don't ease mine around....I ride it pretty good, and I'm still seeing great fuel economy.


and for the record...if I could possibly live closer to work, I would, but there are exactly 2 houses within 25 miles of where my office is I think, and they are both on site (and occupied)  [laugh]

its all the modding these bastards do. it ruins your mpg's.

... and I thought it was the extra 60 lbs I was carrying around  :-[

When I bought my bike (carbed) it was running very rich and getting about 24 around town.  I've yet to completely dial in the jets (after 4th time, I've lost a little wind from my take it apart/swap/dyno/rinse/repeat excercise) I now am getting closer to 33 city with a bump up to 40 for any highway trips (preferably non-slab).

And back on topic, worst offenders here in Sacto are at $4.75, but most are 10 cents less than that with Costco coming in nearly 20 cents cheaper.

Funny catch I recently discovered about myself.  I was driving out of my way to find cheaper gas - only trouble was that I ended up burning between half and a whole gallon to do so.  I may have saved $2 to fill up if I was lucky, but I spent that much or more to get there - not to mention the drive-time.  [bang]

Same here, I was getting about 26mpg around town when I first got it. I just had my bike dyno tuned and re-jetted... low & midrange torque and mileage must go hand and hand cause now I have way more of both.  ;D I am now getting around 37mpg city and just under 45 highway I think.


Yeah gas prices suck but you have to smile knowing we get the gas mileage of a Prius but the fun factor of a Ferrari (well pretty close anyway).  [thumbsup]

FWIW, I just paid $1.69.9 per litre, which works out at $6.45 per (US) gallon.

Damn near $30 to fill it up!

big (and premium was $1.74.9...)

last week i saw $5.09/gallon in westwood. i had this urge to throw stuff at the gas station, yeah i know it's irrational.

$4.32 @ gal (gas, diesel $5.01)here in the nutmeg state. filled my f-250 4x4 last nite, took 38 gal = $165. i had to reach up & pull my eyebrows back down. [bang]  [puke]

This thread explains why I have seen two scheduled maint. visits on my S2R and one oil change in my truck this last year.