snakebitten said:
I must ride a bit more spirited as most. Or my fuel sensor (float) is outside the norm, possibly resulting in a bit larger reserve. Regardless, my reserve blink comes on at 175 miles. Almost like clockwork. Might vary by 3-4 miles max.
Been that way since new. 20,000 miles now.
Holds about 4.5-4.6 gallons at that point. (Without trying to squeeze in more than goes in easily)
Mine will go around 40 miles once the warning light comes on the the count-up odo starts...
But *JAY-SUS* all you guys are getting better mileage than I do. The best tank I've ever done didn't get me but right at 200 miles, and it was damn near empty and the warning light had been on for more than 40 miles. I was having to milk it for all it was worth.
I've also literally run mine out before, too... where it was coughing, bucking, spitting, and stalling rolling into the gas station. It took right at 5.9 gallons of fuel to fill it up.
Normally I can go 120 to 150 miles before the light comes on depending on where and how I'm riding. It doesn't help that I weigh more than some 250cc dual sport bikes, or that I ride almost all the time with my side cases on. I also run a medium-sized Parabellum windscreen, which is significantly larger than the stock one. Parabellum likes to say their windscreens are better aerodynamically, but hey, bigger is bigger, and more frontal area with more negative pressure behind it...
I rarely, if ever get better than 37-38 AVG MPG, and most of the time I get around 35-36 on the AVE MPG meter. I seen tankfuls with the AVG at 30, like right now it shows 30.9, but that was from a ride where there were some long triple-digit MPH sections.
Still, this reminds me of tires... I can only get 5,000 to 5,800 out of a rear Metzler Tourance EXP, yet some guys on the forum here get twice that.
Wow... ???
Dallara
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