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To maintain its relevance, motorsport cannot be exempt from the trend of increasing fuel economy. This bears obvious competitive benefits as well, either in decreasing the frequency of pit stops or the mass of fuel carried. Given the increased points weighting of fuel economy for the Formula Student (FS) competition, a complete analysis was performed on the Queen's Formula Racing 600cc motorcycle engine in preparation for the 2011 competition. The criteria for such high performance fuel economy differ to a degree from most mass transportation counterparts and were divided into three distinct regimes; full load, part load and no load conditions. Full load conditions naturally demand maximum torque for performance but that does not imply that fuel savings cannot be made whilst preserving this. The point at which maximum torque is produced with minimum air-fuel ratio, Leanest mixture for Best Torque (LBT), was therefore sought and mapped for full load.