Considering FZ10... One quick question...

Yeah I personally don't care about the mpg IF it had a larger fuel tank lol (I am more of a smiles per gallon kinda guy). I just can't find anyone who has gone up a tooth anywhere. There is one stretch of highway where I regularly ride that is 260km without fuel, maybe some rotopacks would be the answer.

Fuel range has been a minor concern of mine, having only 750 miles on my 17. I got a great deal on a leftover in September, my mpg has been 26.8 since I started riding it. This has been without a doubt the most fun easy to ride fast and best commuter bike I have ever owned. You might just want to throw all logic aside and buy the bike, my GSXR750 is sitting unridden and now for sale. I have limited myself to just 2 wheelies per ride, it's been a very difficult compromise. 

250km/155mi is really pushing it on a 10. I highly doubt +1 in the front will get you there consistently. You're also taking away from one of the highlights of the bike.

Spare fuel is a better solution, but to be completely honest if I was going to slab 250km, it wouldn't be on the FZ10. My FZ1 would be a much better option for this kind of riding and it has the range to get there on a tank. Have you considered other bikes? Ninja 1000, MT/FZ-09, GSX-S1000, etc?

I went out for a ride yesterday, almost all two lane country roads at speeds up to 80 mph, but probably averaging about 65 mph. Plenty of hills and dales and corners in the Texas Hill Country around Lukenbach, Sisterdale, Comfort, Kerrville and Hunt areas for those who know the region. My reserve clicked in at 128 miles and at that point I was about 25 miles to the nearest gas station so I set the cruise control at 65 mph and rolled in to the station at 152.9 miles on the odo and it took 4.243 gallons of premium, an average of 36.0 mpg for the tank. If the specs are correct and the tank is a true 4.5 gallons I was getting pretty close to draining it with only about 9 miles of range left. I wasn't babying it but I wasn't murdering it either, pretty average pace for an afternoon out in the country.  No matter how you cut it this bike is really not suitable as a sports tourer as you would be stopping every couple of hours for fuel.  A break every couple of hours is not a bad idea but I wouldn't want to be looking for fuel that often.   This bike really needs to be enjoyed for what it can do, just plan your fuel stops accordingly.  Unless you live in remote areas this shouldn't be too much of a problem.

One thing to always keep in mind, especially if you live in rural type areas is reliability.  KTM's can be great but they aren't the strongest steed in the paddock.  I've had good luck with Yamaha's for over 20 years and my local dealer is only 23 miles away so I try to stay with them and they always have something in their line that keeps me interested.

I rode a loop of about 255miles yesterday, I stopped before and filled up, from a previous ride, I got 33mpg, next stop was after 40 miles of interstate, I got 36mpg, next stop was after 74 miles of fairly spirited riding the mile was 29mpg, I then rode 106miles home, about a mile from home the reserve counter came on, I plan for fuel stops at 100mile intervals or anytime I stop I try to fill up. The fuel mileage is the biggest negative with the bike, the seat could be better, at the end of my ride my yesterday, I was wishing for a better seat, I see a seat concepts in my list of to do things over the winter. It was about as perfect a day to ride yesterday that you could want temps were upper 70's, no humidity and the other than the 1st 40 miles, the rest was all 2 lane twisties, good ride. I'm headed out today but I'm forcing myself to ride one of my other bikes.

Just stumbled on this Old thread but couldn’t help but revive it. I’m lucky if I get 130km out of a tank, never mind miles. The hell am I doing wrong 😂

Right now my MT10 says I get 7.5L per 100km. The fuel light comes on around 120/130km with the initial half tank bar on the fuel gauge dropping around 70-80km.

Once the fuel light comes on and starts flashing what are people tending to get? Perhaps I’m just filling up way too soon?

It’s such a shame, I really don’t understand how it’s so thirsty. Even the R1 seems to have better mileage. I was on a trip in the West of Ireland 2 years ago and nearly got caught out something terrible looking for somewhere to refuel. All well and good having shit mileage if all you’re doing is the same route or the same familiar Sunday blast but when you go somewhere unfamiliar you can be caught out easily. On that same trip I was with a mate on a GS. For every 4 times I stopped to fill up he filled once. Both of us doing the same speeds, same mileage etc. Granted the tank is bigger but he was getting twice the mpg if not more.