Fuel Economy

[sprocket74]

This seems like a strange thread but I can not belive the fuel economy my de300 gets. I burn about a litre an hour play riding and about 3 litres (or less) per hour racing its about half the fuel of any other bike I have had.

[highspeedsteel]

I have had 2 EC250's (2000 & 2007) I have been impressed with both, they both burn approx the same amount. The only thing is the 2000 had a larger tank so seemed to go much further, but really don't think I need it the 2007 will do 2 hours racing and easily has 3L left. I know this depends on the speed of the race but it seems fairly consitant for me anyway.

[GMP]

My '07 gets great milage, much better than my '03 and a little better than my '00. For what I do the stock tank will be fine.

[gasmonaut]

i have own 4 ec300 (-04 , -05 , -06 , -07 ) and i do race with them quite much, about 20+ races /year.

i burn about 5,4 litres / hour fuel with them as average.
(1400 litres /year)
fuel consumption on a healthy ec300 is about 4,5 litres/hour on a average C class rider and about 5 litres on a average B class rider. i race on a A class .

on a very tehnical course my fuel consumption is about 4,5 litres and on a very fast or heavy condition the fuel cnsumption is on a 6 litre/hour region.

3500 litres fuel burned with gasgas ec300 so far.

[cdn280]

Before I got my 06 300 I had read about horrible gas mileage and the joke was they named them GasGas as they used twice as much fuel. Maybe in race mode, but for trail riding where you only need a crack of throttle in 2nd-4th to maintain a fairly fast pace, I'm running out of steam well before I run out of fuel with the Clark tank. My first tank of fuel with the stock tank and 180 jetting, I squeeked out 120km with only an ounce or 2 to spare. I've gotten 140km with the Clarke and a 175 main, and had more to go. Still don't know exactly how far I can go with it.
I ride with a bud who has a fairly lean jetted 400exc and he uses 4.5L to my 4L.

[Berkyboy]

05 FSE 450

40 mpg in dual sport mode

20-25 mpg in race mode