eco mode

[Lonewolf]

Steve goes so slow that when we stop for a break he cleans flies from the BACK of his helmet.

And this coming from a Gent who wears PINK armbands!!!!

[100milesaway]

And this coming from a Gent who wears PINK armbands!!!!

Yes indeed, but they are go faster pink.

[coman37]

About 47 MPG over 190 miles on trip to lakes at weekend trying to stay in high gear in eco mode and double figure speeds keeping up with 600cc sports bike leader 

so you were doing 10 mph ????

Coman

[Rusty]

I,m with Zedman here ... never had it off ( so to speak ) and average 48 mpg after 12 months and 12000 miles .... love it 

[100milesaway]

I have never had the eco off since i have had the bike for 2 months now, at the moment i am achieving 49mpg.

Me too, unless you are riding like a loon eco mode is perfect. Mine has averaged 52.4 since new (6500) miles, and I never think it needs to be in normal mode, but I do only ride on A and B  roads and never go near motorways

[MajorTom]

With my new 2012, still under 400 miles on it. I got it on the 16th. I had a 2008 before and I can tell you I appreciate the ECO mode. My numbers with the eco mode are at least 15% better than on my 2008. Converting my leters per 100 km to our old miles per imperial gallon way of calculating, I now get 51.4 miles per gallon on my first W/E trip (5.5 liters per 100 km) and it's not even broken in! I used to get 44.1 miles to the imperial gallon (6.4 liters/100 km). That's a 14% economy compared to my 2008. If I did take care I'm sure I can improve even more. Haven't had figures like these since I had this specially slow speed trip with my old 1996 Honda ST1100.

I'm impressed with the ECO mode...and all!

[Mean1400]

I'm doing 6,4 liter per 100 km in city traffic to and from work with endless redlight starts every 500m. I always use Eco mode. 6,4 is about 43mpg according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy_in_automobiles.

Is that about what you guys have?

[viper]

i dont really use eco mode that much, but when we did our big euro  tour this year (3k miles) i did use if for all the long hauls and tried to gauge what my saving was , it certainly wasnt 10% , something between 5 and 8% id say , in other words just a few mpg improvemnt , nothing outstanding really

[SirToU]

Hmmmmmm. 

I used to average 42-43mpg on my commute to London on a 2009.  Now 53-54mpg on 2010 wih eco.
perhaps I just gel with my bike... :-). Butnthats what it sys on he tin - nearly 25%.


Neil

[Debs]

What is Eco Mode?

[Kwikasfuki]

What is Eco Mode?

[SirToU]

Debs

Eco mode is a switchable fuel map on 2010+ GTR's.  Kawasaki have leaned of the fuel consumption to give better fuel economy in Eco Mode.

This works very well between 70-90mph on long trips (50mile+ constant speed roads).   Over 4500rpm, this makes very little difference if nothing at all (this is where the VVT cuts in).

This also doesn't work very well, or very little around town at there is lots of acceleration and braking. Also at slower speeds and on/off throttle conditions, with the lean mixture, I think the ECU starts to compensate for the lean mixture and can be a little jerky (ie when touching idle, even if momentarily).

Hope thats not too technical.

Neil

[Teacher]

Well I've only done around 500 miles in the last month, but have averaged 50 mpg on one trip and 45mpg on another, both being around 180 miles. I've had the eco on and off on both trips but have decided not to bother with it unless say on a motorway.
Both trips were "spirited riding" , so I can't complainn at those figures.
My Blackbird , which felt alot faster, returned 40mpg; it never needed flogging as it was so blistering fast

[O.C.]

I just switch the ECO mode on very time I climb aboard the bike, as I don't see the point of running without it TBH.

[Debs]

Debs

Eco mode is a switchable fuel map on 2010+ GTR's.  Kawasaki have leaned of the fuel consumption to give better fuel economy in Eco Mode.

This works very well between 70-90mph on long trips (50mile+ constant speed roads).   Over 4500rpm, this makes very little difference if nothing at all (this is where the VVT cuts in).

This also doesn't work very well, or very little around town at there is lots of acceleration and braking. Also at slower speeds and on/off throttle conditions, with the lean mixture, I think the ECU starts to compensate for the lean mixture and can be a little jerky (ie when touching idle, even if momentarily).

Hope thats not too technical.

Neil

Makes perfect sense

I wont worry about then as I dont have it do I...