I will give it another go tomorrow, but from my rough calculation I did 100 km per tank on 2014 899 which is at 9000km. It has akra exhaust, with rapid bike auto tune. What could even possibly cause such low mileage? I don't even see black smoke, or smoke of any kind that would indicate it's running rich. I'm mostly using sport mode.
https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/reviews/bikes/ducati/panigale-899-2014-review-used-price-spec As a point of possible reference, I get 45mpg from my 959.
I didn't see leak or even black smoke. I really would say I somehow miscalculated, but I had to fill up twice in a day and really didn't ride that far, so there is seriously something wrong. I wonder if the rapid bike and akra exhaust is somehow acting up?
We filled up 3 times yesterday and twice today. Smile and enjoy it. It’s nothing compared to the depreciation.
It’ll be the exhaust and the rapid bike tune screwing it up, my 899..standard trim, even on a good hoon does 110 ish miles before the reserve fuel light comes on. You are filling it sat on the bike keeping the bike upright off the stand to get a completely full tank aren’t you?? I’ve always found the 899 to be really good on fuel, the benefits of a slippery shape and tiny frontal area, one time cruising down a motorway in Belgium somewhere, the dash computer told me I was getting 63 mpg !! Distribution graph from fuelly, real world owners averages, bear in mind most of these miles per gallon are US gallons which are smaller than ours . https://www.fuelly.com/motorcycle/ducati/899_panigale/2014
When y out say fill up do you mean because the light has come on or the light has been on for ages and running out of fuel? If being ragged (track day, really fast road ride) 100km to the light is probably in the ballpark. If it’s until Emily so light comes on at say 70kms something is fucked. If it’s that bad for fuelling it would smell like fuel is pouring out the exhaust - any petrol line smell or you mates behind mention it? And you mean kms not miles….
Used to get around 90-100 miles on mine (spirited road riding) before the light came on, then another 30 odd to find a petrol station. With termis and map etc..
Fill up and set the trip, or note the mileage, go for a run fill up again and note mileage and fuel required. Simple calculation after that.
Bin off the Rapid bike and get the bike re mapped with the Akras and get them to switch all the Euro emissions bollox off. You won’t regret it and I bet the fuel consumption gets better.
Yeah it's a very comfortable reserve range on the Panigales. The light comes on with 5L remaining, so you've only used 12 of your 17. So with getting 95 to the light, you technically will still have another 39.5 miles until you're completely empty. I miss the way my old Suzuki's did it, you got a flashing fuel light when you hit reserve, then a solid fuel light when you reached 2L remaining as a sign of get to a station now you idiot
