05-02-13, 02:38 PM
(05-02-13, 01:27 PM)simonm link Wrote: I do newB riding, reset the trip on filling and brim it every time (all 2 times I've done it). I get about 145 miles before the reserve light flicks on, then I go hunting for fuel.That was pretty much what I did when I first got the Fazer, but figured that there wasn't much point in stopping to fill up more often than necessary, so gradually increased my post-warning light riding. My average range between refills is 217 miles. This is the first time it's caught me out after many hundreds of fill-ups. I guess the many occasions when I've covered 40+ miles with the light on happened when it came on early and this time it happened to come on very late. But yes, I should have taken more account of the trip meter reading.
If I get to 145 and the reserve light doesn't come on.....I go hunting anyway.
When I brim it from reserve at 145 miles I get about 13 litres in it.
Moral of the story is to reset your trip, calibrate your distance vs how you ride and pay attention to it :-)
Sorry if this is a sucking eggs moment. Trying to help.
Trouble is, there is no clear measuring point throughout a tankful (other than running it dry :lol )... the light runs off the fuel gauge sensor and brimming the tank is no more definitive, it depends on the angle the bike's parked at and how patient you are at squeezing the last bit in. Which makes it impossible to give an accurate figure for consumption unless you average it out over many tanks worth of fuel... at least Fuelly makes that job easy.
