Cape Town - Maybe you have wondered which bikes would be the most fuel-efficient in their own categories?
We did, but finding directly-comparable figures ended up being practically impossible - manufacturers’ statements sometimes bear little regards to real-life consumption, while different publications use different processes to measure fuel consumption throughout road tests.
However, there is one method to compare the bikes under a similar set of conditions, all neatly slotted to the various categories: the yearly motorcycle economy run.
Although rider technique is really a variable in this occasion, the leading riders often use very similar processes to ride as economically as you possibly can. It stands to cause, then, that the economy run results would provide a good indication of the fuel efficiency from the various bike models.