How far when fuel light starts flashing ? GEN 2 ONLY

[brooker81]

Will report of MPG on wales tour i'm prob gonna get close to running out.

[davey boy]

Just got back from a tour up in scotland and got 150 miles every tank and that was fully loaded with panniers tank bag and tail pack and we didnt hang about ,got a speeding ticket at the green welly stop

[stevierst]

I used to get 115-120 to the light if I was lucky!
Went -1 on the front sprocket and that dropped the tank range to less than 110 miles! (it went like a crosser though!) Shocking for a sports tourer if you ask me.
Just one of the reasons why I sold her on.

[brooker81]

Set for blast off for trip on Friday can't wait although it's hot out there. Managed to squeeze 135 mile out of the tank today .

[JoeRock]

How far people my light goes on at 90-105miles how much is left? I thought the gen1 guage was inaccurate but the gen2 is just as bad if not worse.

The fuel gauge on the gen 2 is actually pretty accurate mate - they just have a small tank and aren't particularly efficient!

[slappy]

Maybe this thread should be how much fuel you can get in the tank when you fill up after the last bar starts flashing plus how many miles you did.
Unless every fuel sender unit is set  exactly the same  on every FZ1 then there will be differences in the mileage done before the last bar flashes, and each rider fills up his tank differently, some squeeze as much as they can in and others like me just  fill to top on sidestand and it is probably different each time, or am I just talking bollocks?

[davey boy]

I get an extra litre in if i have the patience to trickle it in on the centre stand after it reaches the bottom of the filler tube prob get more but havent got the patience

[tony_d123]

There is about a gallon left when the F-trip comes on, so if you are careful you can get around 40 miles. I normally get around 100-120 miles until it comes on, depending on how I am riding.
On a tour I brim the tank, that means on the centre stand fill it to the neck, then slowly dripping another litre in as it fills the air pocket.
I once got just over 150 motorway miles before finding a petrol station, but was panicking and nursing it the last 20 miles. I managed to get 16.5 litres in so there can't have been much more than a litre left in the tank.

UPDATE - I went to Assen at the weekend and on the return motorway trip at 80/85 I got to 148 miles before F Trip started flashing. Was 160 miles when I filled up and it took 14 litres so still had around 30-40 miles left! A new record for me, maybe the new scorpion exhaust has helped?

[pilninggas]

I've been out today - filled up [but not 'slow-brimmed' the tank], and put some in a can in the topbox, reset trip A and off I went. Got back and the bike is at 175miles with some fuel still sloshing in the bottom. flashing single bar at 135miles. Probably half a dozen miles more, will see.

[brooker81]

Managed 45mpg this weekend and no fuel light even at 120 miles but wasnt the place to take the tank any lower.

[slappy]

130 miles till F trip  came on today after new fuel map done, that is 10 miles more that my previous best figure, I will work out the mpg when I fill up tomorrow.

[brooker81]

120 miles in today still got 2 bars left this is going to be a record for me.

[fazerscotty]

Why don't you just buy a GEN 1?  :rollin :rollin :rollin
Save all this keyboard tapping............

[slappy]

Why don't you just buy a GEN 1?  :rollin :rollin :rollin
Save all this keyboard tapping............

Been there, done that

[brooker81]

yep been there done that too. :rollin