Coming back to DC from Wheeling WV on Monday on the interstate, I missed the exit for gas, just before I ran onto reserve. No worries I thought, there'll be another chance in 20 miles. I get there and the gas stations are closed. "Next gas 45 miles". Crap. I'd figured from previous fillups that after reaching reserve I'd have around 60 miles to empty. I already was 13 miles into reserve. So next gas, I'll have 58 miles up.
Did my best to conserve - the instant mileage readout is great for this, and with careful throttle adjustments was able to keep it between 50-60mpg most of the time, and sometimes more, at 60-70mph. I rolled into the gas station, 58 miles into reserve, 2 miles short of my predicted range - and took 5.625 gallons. Pretty good I thought - 0.375 gal left. Made it easily. However, according to markjenn and rema (on advrider) actual capacity is not 6 gallons, but more like 5.75. So at the time I got off the interstate, I only had 0.1 gal remaining. Don't really want to be doing that too often...
Trevor