Reserve

[Geespot]

I normally fill up when I get to around 150 miles on a tank but I'd been stuck in some heavy traffic the last few days so while riding home yesterday I was almost home and right at 150 miles when the bike died. I pulled over and quickly turned the petcock to reserve and fired it back up. Went a few blocks to a gas station and put a little over 4 gallons in and remembered to turn the petcock back to normal position (my worry when it died was that I had the petcock wrong but I was good) and everything is good.

Sorry that you EFI guys don't have a reserve, must suck when you calculate wrong....

[Dave63]

I've never hit reserve on my bike....not that I don;t ride enough, but I ran out of gas ONCE, on a 92* day and had to push it uphill 2.5 miles. Never again.....

[jirvin]

I'm an EFI guy and am still trying to figure my gas out. I tested it last week and rode well past the little gas pump light on and my "remaining miles left" was at 10 miles and when it got to 9 it just read "LO" in the display. I figured that was low enough and stopped and got gas. It still only took 5 gallons. The 09 RK has a 6 gallon tank on it. I guess that is HD's way of helping you not run out but I still had a gallon of gas in there which on my bike was another 35 miles.

[vlade]

Ridin around town I just let the little idiot light come on,, cause the tank lift I think it comes on way early. On the highway finally after a two year dry spell. We usually break stopped every hour or 75 miles and every other stop was a fillup only once did I put over four gallons in my five gallon tank. usually about 3.5. Gotta wonder how useful a six gallon tank is less I was alone ironbuttin.

[Motive]

Wish I had reserve, hit 150 miles the other day and put 4.3 gallons in it, which is cutting it really close...kinda forgot I was at 125 miles when I got to work in the morning...

Ran out of gas twice on my old bike, before I realized my petcock, or one of the feed tubes were clogged.....never got around to fixing it, just never let it get close again...

[jirvin]

Ridin around town I just let the little idiot light come on,, cause the tank lift I think it comes on way early. On the highway finally after a two year dry spell. We usually break stopped every hour or 75 miles and every other stop was a fillup only once did I put over four gallons in my five gallon tank. usually about 3.5. Gotta wonder how useful a six gallon tank is less I was alone ironbuttin.

A six gallon don't do much good when you ride with a bunch of Sportsters that have to stop every 100 or so! lol

[vlade]

A six gallon don't do much good when you ride with a bunch of Sportsters that have to stop every 100 or so! lol

3.3's the 4 gallon tanks should do it . and really if they havnt modded their engines the 883's get 50er better miles to a gal a 3.3 outght get that far,, suckin fumes maybe. Butts are probably sore. Hehe

[jirvin]

Yep my friends are stopping every 100 or less because of their butts more than lack of gas I guess. :)

[Ironhead]

sounds like my trip home from Paintsville, after the first 2 stops (approx 90 miles each) it ended up being closer to every 60 miles +/-

[Dave63]

Dan's sporty was running pretty long on a tank. (3.3 gal I believe) We rode 130 miles and then started looking for a station.

[vlade]

ridin both weekly,, Have my word that a bump that you barely feel on a touring will chatter the teeth and crush the tailbone of an XLerator. And the stock seat is more like rdin on a 2/4

[vlade]

Dan's sporty was running pretty long on a tank. (3.3 gal I believe) We rode 130 miles and then started looking for a station.

They should match an go as far as a full pig, my xl custom 1200 got better'n 45mpg before I did the carb an got 43 stretchin an lyin.

[DoubleJ]

I hit reserve on the fatboy at 169 miles last week stopped and filled up it took 4.1 gallons I was pretty happy with that. If i ever run out im callin someone to bring me gas I'm not pushin...

[Motive]

Better mileage than I get.

[vlade]

Better mileage than I get.

(helpful hint) your throttle is variable MO , not jus idle and WOTMF's