Running Out Of Gas - Does This One Count?

[lorazepam]

I really hated that feeling when the engine sputters, and you go to switch to reserve, and discover that you forgot to switch it off when you filled up the last time. It always seemed to happen in a valley where pushing the bike meant up hill in either direction.

[Lannis]

Lannis,

The owner's manual says the tank holds 19 liters, so that's a "scooch" over 5 gallons.  The manual also indicates the bike should get just over 47 mpg (5 liters per 100 kilometers).  That's with a single rider and no bags or windshield.

We've gotten a pretty steady 42 mpg when riding two-up and every bag "stuffed."  But I haven't checked mileage on a road trip in over a year.  Not on my "due diligence list."  ;D

Well, sounds like a good time to check it again!   AND find out where your 3 liters of fuel that's supposed to be there for you has gone?    You'd have been another 30 miles down the road if the tank had really held 5 gallons?

Lannis

[Nic in Western NYS]

I really hated that feeling when the engine sputters, and you go to switch to reserve, and discover that you forgot to switch it off when you filled up the last time. It always seemed to happen in a valley where pushing the bike meant up hill in either direction.

Yup.  Do miss the manual petcock though.  If I got nervous about gas, just checked that the petcock was pointing the right way and knew I had a gallon.  Now it's all up to the electronic gods.  Luddite rant over.  (I do love the electronic gods almost all of the time.)

[fotoguzzi]

 . Anyway I look around and there's a NYSDOT tractor parked near the woods.. hmm... gas job? Yup, sure enough, so thanks to the non caring American public I had no trouble finding a suitable container (empty pop bottle) to pilfer some taxpayer petrol. Whew... dodged that one... pretty sure it counts though...

Stay safe, John

Same, on the way to Michigan with wife.. forgot to fill in Danbury and ran out right in front of Dairyland Town Hall. on Sunday.. no worries they don't lock the place. I had a choice of SM&L gas cans..