incredible gas milage

[fx-treme]

a freind of mine i ride with has a 2003 sxviper completely stock and he blows me away with his gas milage. better than my 03 rx-1. our last trip he got 165 miles on a tank of gas and still had about a gallon left.i beleive it's an 11 gallon tank. that seems to be outragous for a 700 triple. i told him if hhe ever sold it i'd buy for a second sled.

 

[Master of Faster]

My brothers 2002 Viper does almost as good of mileage as my 03 RX-1 does, and its a riot to ride to. He rides it hard all day long and still does 14+ mpg. If all I rode were tight twisty trails I'd deffinitely ride a Viper.

 

[rxrider]

Viper gas tanks hold 11.6 gallons of fuel if topped out. That is nothing amazing about him getting 14+ MPG, what do you get riding together with him on your RX-1, you should do better than him

 

[pro116]

my brother's xtc 700 will get 17 m[g if easy on the gas and I know nos-pro said his old sxr 700 could get 17

 

[welterracer]

My old RX warrior always got alot better gas milage than my buddys Viper does.. he would be on E and i would have a 1/4 tank or better left

 

[BIG BLACK WARRIOR]

Had a 03 Viper ER for a couple of months back in 2003, and always got 16+ MPG even with my 260 lb butt on it. I got about 14 MPG with my 04 Warrior. I now get about 15-16 MPG with my 05 RX-1, and my riding style hasn't changed. So definitly, the Viper gets good gas milage.

 

[rxrider]

Around here we are not able to beat the RX-1 when it comes to gas milage, riding conditions are lakes and rivers. Pretty good flatlander conditions. We ride at high speeds 80-100 MPH, this is where the RX-1 shines. At slower speed under 55 MPH the Viper, SRX, SXR and RX-1 are more equal when it comes to fuel consumption. This is me and my bunch of buddies observations over the past 4 years, best ever on one of our RX-1s is 18.9 MPG, Vipers 15.7 MPG, SRXs 15.2 MPG, SXRs 14.7. The old Enticer ET340 would have beat even the RX-1, but we can't find any one to test LOL.

 

[Motorhead]

A lot of it has to do with clutch set up(RPM), even with the 4 strokes !!
But then again some are better than others.............

My 03RX1 with HH, 14-16 MPG
My 03RX1 with stock clutches, 15-17 MPG
My brothers 03RX1 with lower than stock engagement and RPM clutches,
18-21 MPG.
My wife's 03 Viper ER 16-18 MPG, Stock with exception to a Bender can.
My daughter's 02Viper ER 13-15 MPG, stock with exception to a Sno stuff can.

 

[NY_SXR700]

I ride with a buddie on a Viper also, he gets as good of mileage as I do with my GT. We always fill up at the same time. Sunday I got about 11mpg in the rolling fields..... what a blast. I was WFO all day long in them wide open rollers 108 miles in 40 miles of land. I love riding in powder fields. Doug

 

[LazyBastard]

my brother's xtc 700 will get 17 m[g if easy on the gas and I know nos-pro said his old sxr 700 could get 17

I find that REAL HARD to believe. My buddy has an XTC600, and it downs a whole 12gal tank for evey half 10gal tank mine uses.

 

[dirkdiggler]

Power and RPM fellas. the Apex makes 150hp and spins almost 11000 RPm's. Throw a set of CPR or SLP pipes on the Viper which will make it about 150hp and I bet you the gas mailge is about 9 mpg.


The reason the RX-1 got better milage is it made less power. Look at the vector I hear they get 18 to 20 depending on the rider. Tehy make 30 less HP and spin about 8400 rpm's

 

[LazyBastard]

MPG does NOT correlate directly with HP, and using aftermarket engine modifications is NOT a good example since they arent designed for efficiency. Sometimes a bigger engine is actually more efficient. Reason I bought a big V6 outboard for my boat rather than a smaller V4 is that its more efficient to run the big engine slow than the small engine to its limits.

 

[dirkdiggler]

MPG does NOT correlate directly with HP, and using aftermarket engine modifications is NOT a good example since they arent designed for efficiency. Sometimes a bigger engine is actually more efficient. Reason I bought a big V6 outboard for my boat rather than a smaller V4 is that its more efficient to run the big engine slow than the small engine to its limits.

I'm out of this topic

 

[maim]

i know i have an 1997 et410 and a 2001 sx500r.
my brother has 2002 viper.

when the sxr almost dry the viper still has close to 1/2 tank left.

when the et410 runs dry (i carry a gallon kicker) the viper is on its last 2 bars on the gauge if we are trail crusin at 60kph.

the sxr is getting aprox 140 km to a tank of gas and its the same size tank as the viper.


if i am hammering hard on the 410 it gets around 120km per tank (wot most of the trip).

 

[rxrider]

Them twins have always been thirsty, spesially the 500 twin.