New to Snow biking

[Phazerfanatic]

How long can you run on a tank of gas? How many gallons do you carry extra? Looking to make informed decision before buying a kit

 

[eric82930]

I carry 6 gallons for all day powder ride on my 2 strokes. Hard snow and fi bikes will use less.

 

[wwillf01]

It varies..... how your ride and what your ride.... your weight.... Typically 2 stroke 1 gallon an hour and FI 450 1/2 gallon an hour... but I am 200 pounds and carry about another 25 pounds of crap. My son is 130 and uses about 30 percent less.... riding the same terrain.

 

[tribalbc]

Depends on how hard you are on the gas which is typically dictated by conditions. Deep snow and big hills lots of gas, hardpack trail riding similar to dirt biking.
You definitely will want a gas can with at least one more tanks worth.

 

[JimBridger]

Rode 45 miles yesterday in the greys river range (big mountains). I used about 3 gallons of fuel on my yz450f, so 15mpg. My buddy on his 300xc used about 4 gallons. We have a firm base and were sinking about 8-10 inches in the top layer. It was go anywhere snow. The weekend before I got 11mpg on a very similar ride, but we were in 18" of fresh with a decent base.

We use a 2.7 gallon tuffjug and we are usually worn out before we are out of fuel. On big days we will strap another gallon container on the back.

 

[dooman92]

I found I use almost exactly half what I used on my 2013 800etc summit riding the same conditions and terrain. That was pretty consistent between three bikes. All f/I four strokes. One 10-11 hour day I used all my fuel which was 5 gal. Most days I can get by on 4 gals. So as others said 1/2 gal an hour pretty close for most f/I 4s.

 

[jrlastofthebreed]

Im running a Hi comp piston and hot cam on a carberated bike. It averages 10 MPG with me playing and ripping. stock bikes do better and fuel injected do WAY better.