Thread: high fuel consumption and some weird stuff
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Old 02-07-16, 02:54
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Originally Posted by Snakeboy View Post
I have issues with high fuel consumption myself. When bike was new I got 27-28 kms pr liter. Then I put both Kev mods, KNA airfilter and changed gearing from 15/45 to 15/48 and got 24-25 kms pr liter with that set up. After a long overland tour and after a full service I know got only around 20 kms pr liter.

Im a relative lean rider, seldom pass 100 km/h and on highways most often ride around 90-95 km/h. Have checked all that I can come up to check. And bike has had another full service but still the same fuel consumption. Other EFI 650 bikes easily gets +25 kms pr liter so Im very disappointed with the Tenere...
Have you checked the Injector itself? Running a bit of injector cleaner might help? The bike shop I use here tell me that WR's sometimes give injector problems & although the bike is 12volt the injector actually runs around 6volt so connecting it directly to a battery effectively gives it a heart attack so to speak thus clearing it out as well. I couldn't be sure if the XT is the same, just food for thought as it's been an ongoing issue for you.