[sparkdream]

Sunday I took the spark on a 90 mile ride. 45 miles of it was in the Gulf of Mexico. I'm tired but the spark did rather well. When the gulf got choppy I had trouble keeping up with the yamahas but it worked out well. It was a loop from Pensacola beach to destin and back using the gulf and the intercoastal waterway.

 

[Cheappc-Ari]

Sunday I took the spark on a 90 mile ride. 45 miles of it was in the Gulf of Mexico. I'm tired but the spark did rather well. When the gulf got choppy I had trouble keeping up with the yamahas but it worked out well. It was a loop from Pensacola beach to destin and back using the gulf and the intercoastal waterway.

Nice!!! How did the spark do on fuel?

 

[sparkdream]

I estimate 9~10 mpg. I refueled after 60 miles but I didn't get to see how many gallons since someone else bought. I had 2 bars left of fuel at that point.

 

[peeler01]

Wow! You made 90 miles on less than 1 full tank. Very impressive!

I did 80 miles a few weeks ago and used 10.2 gallons. Good thing I brought an extra 5 gallons with me.

 

[sparkdream]

I didn't ride 90 miles on one tank. 60 miles took 6 gallons so I had a full tank to start the last 30 miles. At the end of that I had a half tank so 90 miles took about 10 gallons(rough estimate)

 

[madmanjf]

curious, I'm in debate-mode between spark and GTI 130 and my concern with spark was if I'm more about doing touring than sport in rougher tidal waters. This sounds like a reason to stick with spark though ... still uncertain

 

[sparkdream]

Dont get the spark for rough water unless you are ok doing 20~25mph. Spark is good on gas but it's rough in the chop so get a bigger ski if you want more comfort. I love my spark though.

 

[Cormacs]

Agreed. Spark is no good in rough water.


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[QuackDoc]

I made a 110 mile round trip on my 2up HO IBR in glass water, cruising at about 30-35. Fuel alarm was angry when I was idling back in to the ramp. I was getting really nervous towards the end. I was riding with a guy on a yamaha vx deluxe, and he has a ton of fuel left, but we didn't have a way to transfer any. Plus I didn't have a clamp to get that water line that can allegedly be clamped somehow to tow back.

 

[sparkdream]

110 miles in glass water! Sounds awesome! Where was that at? I would have been nervous too. Did you get down to zero bars of fuel? I'm surprised to hear that the Yamaha had plenty of fuel left. The guys I rode with used 3/4 of a tank doing the 60 mile leg of our trip.

 

[David Tuerk]

Yeah I'm surprised a yamaha didn't burn a full tank within 2 hours lmfao, My buddy has a FX140 and the **** thing burns through its (60L?) Tank in about 3.5 hrs. It's brutal.

 

[sparkdream]

Destin, Fl

 

[QuackDoc]

Was on Table Rock Lake in southwest Missouri, when the water was still "wet suit cool" and there was little to no boat traffic. I don't remember if the gauge was showing zero bars or flashing one, but it took 8 gallons to fill it back up. It was close. Anybody ran one out of fuel? I've never run a fuel injected motor dry, I'm not sure how hard it would be to get restarted.