As I roll out of the running-in period for my new 2019 KLX 250 I'm starting to get some consistent readings on the miles per gallon chart. The following numbers are an average of the last two hundred miles (or GPS equivalent).
Stock Odometer/Trip 72.46 mpg
GPS Trip Meter 69.93 mpg*
* As noted in a previous post, the odometer and trip meters overstate miles by 4.4%. GPS in use is a Garmin GPSMAP 64st.
Tank Usage
The 2019 KLX 250 has a represented 2.0 gallon gas tank. While the motorcycle does not have a gas gauge, it has two "low-fuel" indicators. The first is a low-fuel light at the bottom of the meter that lights up. The second is a flashing "Fuel" indicator in the odometer/trip meter window; each as shown in the screen shot from the owners manual.
The low-fuel indicators are represented to come on when there is 0.6 gallons of fuel left in the tank. My experience is that the 0.6 is a good number as I'm consistently putting 1.4 gallons in the tank when I can roll promptly into a fueling station as the warning lights are triggered.
As for tank usage, I went to the KLX 250 member forum and asked what the member's experiences were as to "usable fuel" in the 2.0 gallon tank. That's a very important number when all your rally fueling issues are largely the result of estimates and guessing. The response from the membership was that the tank is set up to provide for the full 2.0 gallons of usage.
As a result, range is a fairly decent 140 miles based on current calculations.
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