What bike?

[IndigoJo]

I've noticed that there's no bike with a bigger than 500cc engine that does as much mpg as my car (a 2014 one-litre) and some do even less. A modern 125 does about twice as much (some even more) but the savings go down rapidly with anything bigger.

 

If I was downsizing from an old saloon or a 4x4 then any motorbike would be an improvement, but if your car is already pretty economical, there seems to be no savings made by switching to a bike unless it's a tiny one. I'd have expected there to be at least some saving, given that any motorbike has less to carry than any car; a cushion instead of a cabin for a start.

[JRH]

When I have changed my bikes, admittedly not very often, I have never worried about the MPG. My bike is for fun and when working commuting in the summer. 
Though now my bike does do a lot more MPG than the car. Though again the car wasn’t bought for its MPG but to suit my needs at the time of buying.

However my OH’s car beets both on MPG.

[AstronautNinja]

38 minutes ago, JRH said:

When I have changed my bikes, admittedly not very often, I have never worried about the MPG. My bike is for fun and when working commuting in the summer. 
Though now my bike does do a lot more MPG than the car. Though again the car wasn’t bought for its MPG but to suit my needs at the time of buying.

However my OH’s car beets both on MPG.

Considering any bike is double my cars mpg it's really the last thing on my mind 

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

Unless you're commuting every day I don't get the issue with bike fuel consumption. My 1200 Bobber generally gets 60mpg when ridden 'briskly' and 70 mpg if I'm just bimbling along. My CBF has carbs and probably gets around 50mpg. 

 

The only issue with bike mpg is range. When you ride something like a Bobber with a 9 litre tank around N Wales you get pretty good at knowing where the petrol stations are. 

 

Far more important factors relating to bikes are how many grins per mile do you get?  

[AstronautNinja]

34 minutes ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

Unless you're commuting every day I don't get the issue with bike fuel consumption. My 1200 Bobber generally gets 60mpg when ridden 'briskly' and 70 mpg if I'm just bimbling along. My CBF has carbs and probably gets around 50mpg. 

 

The only issue with bike mpg is range. When you ride something like a Bobber with a 9 litre tank around N Wales you get pretty good at knowing where the petrol stations are. 

 

Far more important factors relating to bikes are how many grins per mile do you get?  

Smiles per gallon is all I care about. 10 being the minimum 

[onesea]

54 minutes ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said:

Unless you're commuting every day I don't get the issue with bike fuel consumption. My 1200 Bobber generally gets 60mpg when ridden 'briskly' and 70 mpg if I'm just bimbling along. My CBF has carbs and probably gets around 50mpg. 

 

The only issue with bike mpg is range. When you ride something like a Bobber with a 9 litre tank around N Wales you get pretty good at knowing where the petrol stations are. 

 

Far more important factors relating to bikes are how many grins per mile do you get?  

My car gets about 38-50 depending if local runs or long run 

 

Trophy gets about 35-40mpg, or £40 a day. Its heavy and far too easy to go far to fast at 0200 across the forest. With police and animals hiding.

 

This bike should be about 60-80mpg or £20 a day and it's used for commuting and as general run about.

[S-Westerly]

I've never bought a bike and worried about the fuel consumption. What'd be the point? I know my wife's car - a large saloon - gets in the mid 50s. My bike is  mid to low 40's but to be honest I really don't know as I'm just not bothered. Small cars don't do it for me at all but I don't buy cars that's my wife's field.