cyclemike4
Well-Known Member
I try to fill up before the light starts flashing but when it does I ride to the gas station. How ever far it is to the station is how far I go with it flashing. Around here it is no big deal. One time years ago I had to go about 40 miles maybe more not sure just how far it was. I have never been able to get any where near 6 gallons in my bike even with the fuel light flashing. Way back in the 70's and 80's I saw that the manufacturers rated the amount of gas a tank would hold with how much water the tank would displace if sealed up and dunked under. Not sure if that is or was ever true but I tried it with a dirt bike and that was more accurate than how much it held. Of course those old bikes didn't have fuel pumps in the tanks or areas for expansion of gasses. Just a tank with a vented screw on cap.