Is the reserve really that big??
 

Ok so I have been riding my 05 XTX for a couple weeks now and have fulled up a few times when the fuel light comes on.

Commuting or open road I am hardly gentle but am still getting 155 - 160km before the fuel light comes on. So I diligently go and full up and find I am only putting in 8.2 - 8.5L of gas.

Economy wise this is damn good compared to the R1 but after a quick search it seems I have a 15L tank!!!! does that mean I still have roughly another 120km before I am seriously running on fumes??

Just wondering how far I can push the "fuel trip" length if I need to.

Had 134 miles to empty on my old 05

Good question and yes, there should be a total of 15L in the tank so that means generally 10L to reserve and then another 5L left. My reserve light usually comes on at about 190 km and I get about 9 to 10L in but note that I have never tried more than about 20km with the light on so dunno if it is really another 5L. Any other comments????

the reserve light seems a bit unreliable as to when it comes on sometimes i have done 25 mile on the reserve light but i remember one time i pulled up on a petrol station at 11 mile on reserve and ran out as i pulled on so nowadays i play by the rule light comes on i find myself some fuel

hmmm so it seems like my reserve light is coming on a little early then?
Can't find anything about adjusting the sensor electrically so might go through a couple more tanks and then look at where the sensor is positioned.

Based on my observation of my 05' X I consistently get 9.5 litres burnt before the reserve light and I tend to use at least another 3 before I fill up. On a couple of occasions I have seen 13.5 litres go in.
Based on my riding style and state of tune this kind of equals 190 km to reserve and 260 km before I want to fill up even allowing for a half litre of unburnable fuel at the bottom I think my bike would do 300 km if by my poor planning I had not filled up earlier.

A word on the reserve light.
When you are past 8 or 9 litres (or so) used and going up or down an incline for a period it can cause the sensor to trigger the reserve light, if you then hit the flat and the light goes out and you then run 5 km with out triggering the sensor again your F-TRIP on the dash will reset.
Likewise if you filled up and did not clear the F-TRIP as you ride down the road it will reset and revert to odometer after 5 km.

Regards
Marcus

On my 2011 Tenere the reserve is huge. The manual has it at 6.7 litres (a whole UK gallon and a half!) which makes the main tank 16.3 (giving a combined total of 23 litres).

My experience is the gauge starts flashing at the right time � giving you potentially 100 miles of reserve. When I�ve filled it up shortly after it zero�d I only managed to get in 17 litres.

My 05 XTX did 190 to 200kms before hitting reserve & I had 5L of reserve fuel left in the tank.

Interesting, I do think the scoot is running a little rich at the moment but that will get looked at when I sort out the air filter.

Might just start going a little further each time on the trip meter as I'd ideally like to fill up around the 12L mark as that should mean (based on rough calcs from my limited data set) I will need to only fill up once a week.

Was just checking to see that it is actually not lying to me as running out of gas can be incredibly embarrassing (luckily I've only done it on the track!!)