Yeah - what he said.poldark wrote:Nope these are from a French scooter website and quoted in litres per 100km (62 miles), which is standard European fuel measure. It's common that normal users achieve far higher actual mpg than journo test levels, if that's what these are.Data wrote:Just got it I think. The figures are calculated on US gallons...3.6 litres per gallon. Reckon that's it as it seems to fit nearer to what some might get to the gallon. Stephen, where did you get the figs from?
The actual quoted consumption is less the issue than the relative differences between the different models listed, assuming the level of inaccuracy is consistent this at least suggests the new 350 does deliver 10-20% better mpg.
The performance figures are tested ones, not claimed, and the poor mpg comes as a result from the poor things being flogged half to death during the testing.
Good sources of info, only in foreign:
http://www.scooter-infos.com/actualites.html
http://www.scooter-station.com/
http://www.cyberscooter.it/
Oh, and don't forget that your fuel consumption calculation will be as exagerrated as your speedo reading (ie, around +10% on most scooters).
I think it's the same on the B400 but need to confirm that. My pencil and paper method against the computer showed a 0.5mpg difference after my 358mile Birmingham trip. Started out with a completly brimmed tank and burped it 3 times to make sure. I'm told that the fuel consumption computer undereads on B400's by about 4% though. So you are actually getting more mpg's than it tells you. Interesting I thought.