Chris,
38mpg sounds good to me...
I spent Sunday riding along the A272 into West Sussex a few detours and back into Hampshire, much at high speed under hard acceleration.
Did 130 miles in total.
Arrived home after the last 7 miles having a burn-up with a KTM 950 SM (At least 10 bike lengths ahead on every straight) and still not on reserve...so there!
In short: I'm happy with my fuel consumption and got 37.5 mpg based on the bike reading and verified by rough(!) calcs.
Best ride I have had in a long time: the Corsaro is an amazing destroyer of 'A' roads. (But then you know that already!).
Regards
Stephen R
Fuel consumption
Hi Chris and lads
I,m still keeping an eye on the site and pleased that the updates appear to be working and things seem happier in the Morini camp. Although a colleague of a friend from work has reverted back to earlier level ECU claiming it was down on power!! Great to see that the Avio got such a good write up in MCN hope sales improve and more dealers take up a frachise.
I do hope this good weather continues and get some quality miles on
may even see some of you out and about 
Regards
Steve
I,m still keeping an eye on the site and pleased that the updates appear to be working and things seem happier in the Morini camp. Although a colleague of a friend from work has reverted back to earlier level ECU claiming it was down on power!! Great to see that the Avio got such a good write up in MCN hope sales improve and more dealers take up a frachise.
I do hope this good weather continues and get some quality miles on
may even see some of you out and about Regards
Steve
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morini_tom
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"Although a colleague of a friend from work has reverted back to earlier level ECU claiming it was down on power!!"
Interesting you should say this Steve- I have just got my corsaro back from three cross (fixed and running sweeter than ever. THANK YOU 3X!!)
-but I thought it seemed down on power too- before the latest upgrades I found the 40-80mph acceleration verging on the frightening, on the way to work today I had WOT a couple of times and although still quick it didn't seem to have as much grunt. My initial thoughts were that it felt much more like the 9 1/2 I rode last year.
BUT I'm not going to complain if it means the bike is a bit less thirsty and more reliable. It's still a cracking piece of kit.
Interesting you should say this Steve- I have just got my corsaro back from three cross (fixed and running sweeter than ever. THANK YOU 3X!!)
-but I thought it seemed down on power too- before the latest upgrades I found the 40-80mph acceleration verging on the frightening, on the way to work today I had WOT a couple of times and although still quick it didn't seem to have as much grunt. My initial thoughts were that it felt much more like the 9 1/2 I rode last year.
BUT I'm not going to complain if it means the bike is a bit less thirsty and more reliable. It's still a cracking piece of kit.
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Working in engine development myself, i'm happy to trust the development work the factory do. Okay so Morini don't have the sort of budget to develop their calibrations that the other factories have but they'll have spent millions and done hundreds of hours on the dyno, which is more than you'll be able to do with a pc and dyno and the factory cal will be their best compromise between driveability, performance, emissions and longevity, which in the real world is what most people want.
That said, the factory does have to compensate for manufacturing differences between engines in its cal so typically the final release cal will be backed off a bit. The advantage with doing your own dyno runs is that you can tweak the cal to suit your engine, which the factory obviously can't do for every bike.
Incidentally I have just got 44mpg out of the last 2 tanks of fuel, riding reasonably hard on mainly A roads...
That said, the factory does have to compensate for manufacturing differences between engines in its cal so typically the final release cal will be backed off a bit. The advantage with doing your own dyno runs is that you can tweak the cal to suit your engine, which the factory obviously can't do for every bike.
Incidentally I have just got 44mpg out of the last 2 tanks of fuel, riding reasonably hard on mainly A roads...
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Tom;
Can't beat that figure but I've now got close to 40 mpg after a gentle rundown the back roads to 3X to grab a ride on their Avio, through snarled up traffic around salisbury and a decent run backlater in the day.
130 miles without the yellow light coming on had me worried, and then I only got 14 litres in - almost as good as the car (!)
Makes it feel almost safe to be going to Scotland on the Corsaro now - no worries over getting lost in the wilds with no petrol... (and then I woke up)
See you at Cadwell?
CC
Can't beat that figure but I've now got close to 40 mpg after a gentle rundown the back roads to 3X to grab a ride on their Avio, through snarled up traffic around salisbury and a decent run backlater in the day.
130 miles without the yellow light coming on had me worried, and then I only got 14 litres in - almost as good as the car (!)
Makes it feel almost safe to be going to Scotland on the Corsaro now - no worries over getting lost in the wilds with no petrol... (and then I woke up)
See you at Cadwell?
CC
"I'll use the Morini"
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I got 110 miles out of the last tankful, which took me rather by suprise! luckily the light came on just as I passed the last petrol station for 20 miles on my commute into work this morning. That equates to 31.4 mpg...
I'm going to continue filling up every 100 miles or so until the fuel consumption is at least vaguely consistent!
I'm sure you'll have a brilliant time in Scotland, the Corsaro was almost made for some of those roads.
Yes I'll be at Cadwell, still haven't got over the misery of missing it last year! my only dilamma now is which morini to take!
I'm going to continue filling up every 100 miles or so until the fuel consumption is at least vaguely consistent!
I'm sure you'll have a brilliant time in Scotland, the Corsaro was almost made for some of those roads.
Yes I'll be at Cadwell, still haven't got over the misery of missing it last year! my only dilamma now is which morini to take!
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I've put this elsewhere in reply to another topic but I suppose here would also be appropriate:
I have now done just on 1000 miles on the new ECU in my corsaro (600 of them this weekend!) and have averaged 36.8mpg.
That's a good combination of riding styles, urban, motorway and A road. The worst I've seen is 31.4 and the best 44.6.
Can't complain about that...
I have now done just on 1000 miles on the new ECU in my corsaro (600 of them this weekend!) and have averaged 36.8mpg.
That's a good combination of riding styles, urban, motorway and A road. The worst I've seen is 31.4 and the best 44.6.
Can't complain about that...
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OK - so some more info for those who worry about what we're doing to the planet.... 
I rode the Corsaro around 1,600 miles in six days (up to the Northwest of Scotland) with son and heir on his CBR 600. His bike was just as quick (its the rider, not the bike) and used less fuel - slightly. I had a bigger grin, though!!!
We did steady riding most of the way (honest officer), very little of it on dual carriageway A or Motorway roads, and some of it with a group of reasonably quick riders.
Average fuel consumption worked out at 35 mpg, and I wore out my second rear tyre - so I'm on the third rear hoop at 10,000 miles.
Best fun so far this year though - going to have to do it again soon
CC
I rode the Corsaro around 1,600 miles in six days (up to the Northwest of Scotland) with son and heir on his CBR 600. His bike was just as quick (its the rider, not the bike) and used less fuel - slightly. I had a bigger grin, though!!!
We did steady riding most of the way (honest officer), very little of it on dual carriageway A or Motorway roads, and some of it with a group of reasonably quick riders.
Average fuel consumption worked out at 35 mpg, and I wore out my second rear tyre - so I'm on the third rear hoop at 10,000 miles.
Best fun so far this year though - going to have to do it again soon
CC
"I'll use the Morini"
Aussie Veloce Consumption
Before first service at 600 Kilometers traveled.Calclated 12.2 Kilometers per liter. The bike is running to rich,the Termis are black as charcoal.standard factory ECU settings and termi baffles untouched.