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Fuel light flashes with 6 litres still left
Ran the tenere until the fuel pump icon and the last bar were flashing on an early morning ride today.
Filled up. Took 16.95 litres to fill to the brim. so call that 17 litres Capacity 23 Litres minus 17 = 6 still left? Can this fuel be used or is it in a dead space below the pick up? Cheers Al. |
It's 6,7 litres, and yes, all this fuel can be used. Standart, if the bar starts flashing, your have 150 km's left (drove the full 150 on reserve already a couple of times)
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That sounds about right. It's less of a gauge and more a random number generation device!
I always go by the trip rather than the gauge |
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Martin |
My first ever post was on the same subject! I've even thought about buying a fuel can and letting the tank run dry just to see how far it will really go. It's all well and good saying it'll do 90 miles but 90 miles is a long way to go watching that last block flashing!
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Thanks for the info guys, At least they are all the same which means they are reliable guages. Just appear to be set to issue very early warnings. Good old Yamaha thinking of the adventure motorcyclist again.
Thanx for confirming. Al. |
Beware, the milage capable varies due to riding styles!
Ive done 30 miles after the light comes on several times on my r. However I ran out not so long ago and ended up pushing it 2 miles to the garage after only doing 20 miles with the light on. After i finished scratching my head i realised that most of that tankfulls miles had been done 2 up and going flat out everywhere. Beware, pushing bikes aint fun!!!!!!! |
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As otyhers have said, you have over 6 litres once the gauge starts flashing, so you can estimate how much further you can go based on your previous consumption... I bottled out after 70 miles x Jx |
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sorry if ive confused anyone, the main point i was trying to make was what you do on your tankful affects your total mileage which can vary greatly depending on riding style. |
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I always work on the assumption of filling up within 50 miles of the fuel trip kicking in, which allows some leeway if I get a bit throttle-happy. I haven't run out yet in nearly two and half years with the Z following this rule of thumb, although I've probably given this theory the kiss of death now it's in black and white!
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irrespective of riding style, my gauge would start flashing at 195-200 miles. I ran it dry once and got a further 70 miles out of it. As my daily commute was 120 miles, I'd always refill at the 240-250 area.
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Huge Reserve
I wouldn't count on doing the same mileage, but here is what my Ten seems to do with the reserve. I reset the trip meter at each fuelling. The fuel light starts flashing at around 300 km's, I then do another 50 on average before refuelling again, and looking at my fuel receipts my average fill is 17.6 litres which means I still have 5.4 litres in the tank. Would be nice if it was a bit more accurate. Based on my average fuel consumption I should get 432 kms on a full tank.
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Did 60 miles or reserve recently, not going much over 80mph, filled up, took 22.6l. That's my limit from now on.
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Blimey, that was close. At 60 MPH would have managed a lot more then. Al. |
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Good point, My KLR 650 used to return fairly consistent numbers and that was new in 2001 and still had something called a carburretor! Must be a big single thing. Al. |
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I got home with the fuel gauge showing 47.3 miles into reserve. It was so empty I had to go out with a jerry can the next day as it wouldn't start. |
blimey that's a big difference to what I got. You must weigh a ton and/or ride everywhere at 100mph :112:
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Ya ******. :angry7: Anyway, someone has to test out the crash worthiness of crash bars. |
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