I may or may not have mentioned here that I bought a pair of Yamaha C3 scooters a few weeks ago. 2007 models with 3-4000 miles on them.

These scoots appealed to me because they're 4-stroke (quiet and more reliable over the long-term than a 2-stroke), water-cooled, and fuel-injected. Should be super-reliable and simple to maintain. Yamaha claims 115 mpg. There are no EPA ratings for motorcycles, so we'll have to take their word for it.

Anyway, I filled both scooters up a couple weeks ago, and now that my son finally got his driver's license, one of them hit E tonight.

Gallons: 1.011
Miles: 94.8
MPG: 93.77

3x the mpg of most cars, and at least twice as fun to get around on. Not fast, but entertaining if you have roads that are favorable to cruising at 35-40 mph.

 

104.5 mpg on the second tank.

 

me and a buddy actually just picked up a couple of new vip scooters and have been getting around 96-100 mpg.

i like the fact that when im on empty it cost me a whole $3.00 of premium to fill it back up.

 

Yeah, it's pretty awesome that you can get around so much on a scooter for so little money. I bought the scooter for my son as an alternative to helping him buy a car and pay ridiculous money for insurance on top of regular maintenance and repairs. Looks like maintenance and repairs will still be there with the scooter, but fuel costs are almost non-existent, and no $300/mo car insurance.

 

my only problem with the scooters ive owned is sure, they get 100+mpg, but the tank was only a gallon itself. so, great fuel economy, but not a very long range. always wanted to build a ruckus with a 5 gallon tank somehow

 

I got no where near that mileage with my scooters Indian 75CC @ stroke and Honda Elite 80. but I can tell you both had a little over a gallon of fuel capicity and there is no way I'd want to be riding them for much more then a full tank. Even the 2 stroke 75cc which had the worst mileage and was fastest would run for an hour or so @ 50-60mph and you'd have sore butt when the time came around to re-fuel.

I've been on a couple pretty serious 2 stroke scooter rallies and every time I was happy to get to the destination and drink beer. All this talk however I am longing for the waft of oily exhaust. (I'm not logical like loren it's all about the experience for me) The elite 80 was an amazing machine but had no soul, it was too good.

 

I road a 250cc Kawasaki ninja for a few months and I was getting 80 mpg just riding normal. thinking back on it, I am curious how much better I could have gotten that with a k&n intake and a better exhaust, then give it a conservative tune.
Scooters can be alright when you have a short distance to go, but I personally felt more safe on the 250. Its like I had enough power to get away and not be in the way of traffic. Didn't feel like everyone had to go around me on the way to work in the mornings.

 

I ride a ninja 250 when im not in my 7.3 idi diesel F250 and I have gotten a best of 63mp on my bike. I dont see how you could have managed 80. Beating on it every time I get on the bike still gets me 55ish mpg. again I see no way you got 80 on a 250

 

getting called out on a thread that is over a year old.
gotta love it.

anyway, what year bike did you ride that you only got 63 mpg with?
My zx6rr (599cc) got between 50 and 60.
what it totally up to date on maintenance?
How many miles did it have on it?
What kind of oil do you use?
Hell, chain lube makes a big difference, especially when you are working with so little torque to begin with.
Did you have the suspension set up for you, or left it stock, or did you have it lowered?
Riding style has a LOT to do with the kind of mileage you can get.
What most people consider to be "conservative" I would call "getting on it too much"
the Kawasaki website says that the 250r should get 60+ mpg being ridden by an average rider.
Take some care into the bike itself, and take care of your throttle and you ought to be able to easily get more than that.
Most of my riding on the 250 was interstate, avoided busy times on the road, accelerated very conservatively, didn't ride out every gear like so many people do, kept the speed and more importantly, the rpms at a reasonable point.
The problem most people have with riding a bike, 250 or not, is that most people think you have to be a in certain gear at a certain speed, and therefore, they ride out 3rd gear when they are going 35-40 mph. They also accelerate faster than everyone else on the road. Same with the interstate, they want to blast down the road, but when you are dealing with traffic, blasting down the road drinks a lot of gas because you constantly have to slow down and speed back up. Accelerating from 50 to 80, in a 250r, takes a lot of throttle.
If I still had the bike, I would record an entire tank of gas for you so you could see it for yourself. I'd average over 350 miles to a tank.

 

This.