Reserve fuel level question
#1
Reserve fuel level question
I think I know the answer and it's kind of annoying, but today when I rode into work my reserve fuel came on around 139 miles, when I got close to work around 149 miles I was already flashing all 4 bars. I did come off an exit ramp so this is where I'm hoping the issue is that it didn't reset after a good lean into a turn.
I filled up the tank and put in 3.7 gallons of fuel. If the tank holds 4.7gal and the reserve kicks on with .9 gal left, how would the reserve bars be all the way down to all 4 flashing after only 10 miles or so??
This is going off of we get about 30 miles to a gallon.
I filled up the tank and put in 3.7 gallons of fuel. If the tank holds 4.7gal and the reserve kicks on with .9 gal left, how would the reserve bars be all the way down to all 4 flashing after only 10 miles or so??
This is going off of we get about 30 miles to a gallon.
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#4
Now when i hit reserve. it stays at 4 bars with no flashing, and i do not think it just starts to go down with time, but with how much gas left instead.
#5
i thought that is how it is suppose to be. i remember riding and immediatly having the top bar flash when i hit reserve, after another minute of riding it already had 2 bars flashing. After that i thought my gas should not be wasting that fast, so i did maintenance on my bike. Replaced fuel pressure regular and found out one spark plug was dead.
Now when i hit reserve. it stays at 4 bars with no flashing, and i do not think it just starts to go down with time, but with how much gas left instead.
Now when i hit reserve. it stays at 4 bars with no flashing, and i do not think it just starts to go down with time, but with how much gas left instead.
#6
I'd like to know how much gas each bar is as well... I've driven around for quite awhile with all 4 bars flashing and never put in close to 4.8 gallons.... hmm.
So who's going to be the fuel test dummy? Someone should ride til they run out of gas and let us know how long the 4 bars flashed
And 30MPG?! All stop n go traffic? Ride like a squid? I get low 40s, when I'm "rough" on my bike. I've gotten 51mpg taking it easy.
So who's going to be the fuel test dummy? Someone should ride til they run out of gas and let us know how long the 4 bars flashed
And 30MPG?! All stop n go traffic? Ride like a squid? I get low 40s, when I'm "rough" on my bike. I've gotten 51mpg taking it easy.
#7
I'd like to know how much gas each bar is as well... I've driven around for quite awhile with all 4 bars flashing and never put in close to 4.8 gallons.... hmm.
So who's going to be the fuel test dummy? Someone should ride til they run out of gas and let us know how long the 4 bars flashed
And 30MPG?! All stop n go traffic? Ride like a squid? I get low 40s, when I'm "rough" on my bike. I've gotten 51mpg taking it easy.
So who's going to be the fuel test dummy? Someone should ride til they run out of gas and let us know how long the 4 bars flashed
And 30MPG?! All stop n go traffic? Ride like a squid? I get low 40s, when I'm "rough" on my bike. I've gotten 51mpg taking it easy.
#8
i have a -1 front sprocket and i shift at like..4K, yea that would means i would be shifting a lot in a small amount of time. While doing this i am trying to save gas, but at the same time i feel like im wasting gas because of the constant shifting.
Well after a week riding like that, and a little race, and a few miles with a passenger...Reserve came on
i get exactly 40mpg.which is low compared to what you guys are getting.
The funny thing is i had 4 bars showing that werent flashing, but i only filled up 3 gallons at the pump. so, yes the reserve is off by .84 gallons for me!
so that means i should of have .84 gallons left before my reserve should have came on, but it came on way before that.
Well after a week riding like that, and a little race, and a few miles with a passenger...Reserve came on
i get exactly 40mpg.which is low compared to what you guys are getting.
The funny thing is i had 4 bars showing that werent flashing, but i only filled up 3 gallons at the pump. so, yes the reserve is off by .84 gallons for me!
so that means i should of have .84 gallons left before my reserve should have came on, but it came on way before that.
#9
i have a -1 front sprocket and i shift at like..4K, yea that would means i would be shifting a lot in a small amount of time. While doing this i am trying to save gas, but at the same time i feel like im wasting gas because of the constant shifting.
Well after a week riding like that, and a little race, and a few miles with a passenger...Reserve came on
i get exactly 40mpg.which is low compared to what you guys are getting.
The funny thing is i had 4 bars showing that werent flashing, but i only filled up 3 gallons at the pump. so, yes the reserve is off by .84 gallons for me!
so that means i should of have .84 gallons left before my reserve should have came on, but it came on way before that.
Well after a week riding like that, and a little race, and a few miles with a passenger...Reserve came on
i get exactly 40mpg.which is low compared to what you guys are getting.
The funny thing is i had 4 bars showing that werent flashing, but i only filled up 3 gallons at the pump. so, yes the reserve is off by .84 gallons for me!
so that means i should of have .84 gallons left before my reserve should have came on, but it came on way before that.
Seems like my reserve is kicking on a lot sooner as well if I put in about 4 gallons and all 4 bars were flashing.
#10