Better Riding: The quest for economy

Before leaving to ride the Honda Dream Neo for our attempt at using two litres of petrol to cover 200km , I decided to read up about how to hypermile - to extract the maximum possible economy from a car or a motorcycle. Here are four things that work and four things that don’t.

DOs
Reduce weight
The heavier the vehicle (and you in or on it), the more fuel it needs to burn to cover ground. Cars are perpetually in danger of accumulating cruft - I know many who store their newspapers in the trunk so they can be sold later, for instance. The rider’s weight makes up between half and a third of a bike’s weight - significant. Every kilo you save will reduce your consumption.