Tri-State Fuel Economy Run - 9/18/11

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Tri-State Fuel Economy Championship 9-18-11

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“Bikes vs Cars” will be the theme of this new event put on by Steve Mauk of Max BMW Motorcycles of NY. Steve will organize the motorcyclists and I will be rounding up the cars that will face off in this competition.

What: Fuel mileage contest through the Berkshire Mountains of MA. The route will be on twisty and challenging roads and will run 94 miles in distance. The route will include the climb and decent of Mount Greylock, the highest point in the state. Your economic driving ability will be tested. There will be a time limit to complete the run. Any street legal vehicle is allowed to participate. This event will run rain or shine.

Where: The start and finish will be from Carpinello Service Center/Sunoco, 364 Main St. Williamstown, MA 01267.

When: Sunday, September 18th, 2011. Arrival time will be 8:00-8:30am, first car off at 9:00am. They have gas and diesel and have a large enough parking lot that we won’t be in the way.

Cost: Free! This is a fun event for like minded ethusiasts. Raise up your tire pressures, tape up your grills, and slow down a bit. You’ll be amazed at how many mpg’s you can pull!
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Classes:

  1. Best overall mpg for gas cars.

  2. Best overall mpg for diesel and hybrid cars

  3. Best MPG for bikes under 700cc.

  4. Best MPG for bikes over 700cc.

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Ernie Yue got 73.06 mpg on his '08 Kawasaki Ninja 250 at the A.M.E.C. Economy Run I event, back in 2008.

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Awards: This event will conclude about noon, and our plan is to proceed to a local restaurant [TBA] for lunch and awards.

To register for this event: Please contact Steve Mauk at (518) 279-3040 or via email: stevem [at]maxbmwmotorcycles[dot]com. Or just simply reply to this thread with your name, year/model car or motorcycle.

Note: I will add more details as I get them. Additional classes may be added. Mark your calendars.

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Updated registration list for the Tri-State Fuel Economy Run:

Gas Cars:

  1. Ron Kienhuis, 2001 Subaru Forester - Long Island, NY

  2. Gabrielle Isenbrand, 1993 Honda Civic Del Sol S - Esperance, NY

  3. Ken Snowman, 1990 VW Jetta [gas] - Springfield, VT.

  4. Mike Kamm, 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R - Averill Park, NY

  5. Will Meredith, 1998 Honda Civic EX - Binghamton NY

  6. Ernie Yue, 2001 Ford Focus - Mechanicville, NY

  7. Jake Mangini, 2008 Suzuki SX4

  8. Jonathan Bartlett, 1995 VW Cabrio [with TDI swap] - Sterling, MA

Trucks:

  1. Carter Willey, 1980 Iveco Zeta 100 [diesel] - Esperance, NY

  2. William Lum, 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 [diesel]

Motorcycles under 700cc:

  1. Steve Mauk, 2011 BMW G650-GS - Williamstown, MA

  2. Bob Zeliff, 2010 BMW F650 twin - Bridport, VT

  3. Bruce Lemeiux, 2009 BMW F650GS - Pownal, VT

  4. Doug Morrisson, 1964 BMW R27 - Chester, VT

  5. Joe Warner, 2010 BMW G450X - Danvers, MA

  6. Andrew Phillips, 2010 BMW G450X - Dofftown, NH

  7. Rebecca Cooke, 2010 BMW F800ST - South Hampton, MA

  8. Diane Wiley, 2008 BMW G650X Country - Valley Falls, NY

  9. Zac Wiley, 2010 BMW G450X - Brookfield, CT

Motorcycles over 700cc:

  1. Jeff Frisch, 2011 BMW 1600 GTL - Troy, NY

  2. Tim Lukowski, 2011 BMW S1000RR - Cohoes, NY

  3. Brian Becomb, 2010 BMW S1000RR - Pownal, VT

  4. Al Wiley, 1994 BMW R100GS-PD - Valley Falls, NY

Some of the guys are bringing powerful bikes to see what they are capable of in economy driving mode. The S1000RR is currently the most powerful production street motorcycle at 193 h.p. I’ll bet it can still get 50 mpg.

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OMFG I WOULD WIN THIS

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I should enter my truck. :lol

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How about some other brands of bikes? Where are the Kawasakis Yamahas, Suzukis, Hondas, Truimphs, etc?

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Tell me more. On a bike or with four wheels?

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I might run in the bird on E85 with the T-tops off doin 130 bombs.

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Tri-State Fuel Economy Championship Results

The first ever Tri-State Fuel Economy Championship went off under perfect weather conditions on September 18th, out of Williamstown, MA. The theme of the event was “Cars vs Bikes” and Steve Mauk of Max BMW Motorcycles, organized the roster of 17 motorcycles. Although the event was open to any motorcycle, only two non BMW bikes came out to play. One was a Kawasaki KL 250 and the other a Harley Davidson Street Glide. On the car/truck side of things we had 9 entries.

In prior A.M.E.C. economy run events the best that a motorcycle was able to achieve [Ernie Yue’s '08 Kawasaki Ninja 250] was 73.06 mpg.

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However the record books [and the cars] were overhauled by Steve Mauk’s 103.65 mpg figure, riding a completely stock 2011 BMW G650GS.

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Steve [on the right] is over six feet tall and he mounted a pillow on the tank to rest on as he crouched as low as possible for the full 105 miles of the course, which wound it’s way through the Berkshires of MA, continuing though portions of VT and NY. Needless to say he was a bit stiff after getting off of the bike! You can hear it in his voice in the event video link: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HMFc92Ax54[/ame].

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Mount Greylock was the biggest challenge for all of the participants, but especially for the cars, as their mass necessitated using engine braking to keep their brakes from overheating down the long narrow decent.

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Jim Stoddard rode BMW’s brand new 1600cc touring bike, the 2011 K1600GTL with its 1649cc inline-six, and managed to get 59.55 mpg with it. He didn’t even remove the bags or top case!

Jonathan Bartlett topped the Diesel/Hybrid class with a stellar 79.38 mpg figure in a borrowed '98 VW Jetta TDi. Now that’s impressive. I wish I had a picture of the car. There was nothing visible done to it!

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Steve handed out awards to all other participants.

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Our friend Hobbit was there with his 2004 Toyota Prius.

More event pictures can be viewed here: Fuel Economy Contest - MAX BMW - Andrew Phillips

Gas Cars:

  1. Mike Kamm, 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R - 76.12 mpg

  2. Ken Snowman, 1990 VW Jetta [gas] - 53.51 mpg

  3. Gabrielle Isenbrand, 1993 Honda Civic Del Sol S - 49.05 mpg

  4. Ron Kienhuis, 2001 Subaru Forester - 36.01 mpg

Diesels/Hybrids:

  1. Jonathan Bartlett, 1998 VW Jetta TDI diesel - 79.38 mpg

  2. Hobbit, 2004 Toyota Pruis - 70.6 mpg

  3. Arthur Evans, 2000 Honda Insight - 68.27 mpg

  4. Louise Kodela, 2000 Honda Insight - 62.2 mpg

Trucks:

  1. Carter Willey, 1980 Iveco Zeta 100 [diesel] - 24.28 mpg

Motorcycles under 700cc:

  1. Steve Mauk, 2011 BMW G650-GS [single] - 103.65 mpg OVERALL WINNER

  2. Bruce Lemeiux, 2009 BMW F650GS [single] - 95.02 mpg

  3. Gregg Templeton, 2002 Kawasaki KL 250 Super Sherpa - 88.60 mpg

  4. Fred Jones, 2009 BMW F650GS [single] - 80.09 mpg

  5. Joe Warner, 1964 BMW R27 - 76.58 mpg

  6. Max Stratton, 1967 BMW R60/2 - 72.514 mpg

  7. Jeff Parker, 1967 BMW R50/2 - 64.97 mpg

  8. Andrew Phillips, 1968 BMW R60/2 - 64.93 mpg

  9. Michael Conway, BMW - 50.70 mpg

Motorcycles over 700cc:

  1. Chris Benda, 2010 F650GS [twin 800cc actual] - 75.485 mpg

  2. Ben Stratton, BMW 2010 R12R - 71.575 mpg

  3. Max Schling, 2011 BMW F800ST - 70.328 mpg

  4. Jeff Frisch, 2006 BMW R1200RS - 67.093 mpg

  5. Rick Butterfield, 2010 BMW R1200GSA - 50.823 mpg

  6. George Yonnone, 1992 BMW K100RS - 49.203 mpg

  7. Steve Remslow, 2012 Harley Davidson, Street Glide - 49.065 mpg