How far with 0 miles showing on the dash .

saltire said:

Nashvegas was spot on 18 mls then it started to let me know i was out of fuel .My old Honda vtx1800 also had an internal fuel pump and it would go 30 mls after the fuel light came on. Honda did away with the internal fuel pump on later bikes and re located the fuel pump beside the frame as they are only small its all the other stuff thats needed when located inside a tank apart from it takes up valuable fuel space .Depending on how your ride the bike when it says 0 miles will depend on how far you get .jRemember its not diesel powered so running out of fuel should not cause any issues .

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When you hit zero and the next gas station is 15 miles away is the most gentle our bikes will ever be driven. Not a good feeling. Can anyone here raise their hand if, many years ago, they ever reached down to hit the reserve position on their fuel line when the bike started sputtering and found that it was already on reserve…

I can say that i've been very fortunate so far, to have never run out of fuel during a ride, but I have come extremely close on a number of occasions over the years.

It felt very stressful. I can still easily recall two particularly stressful occasions. One in the wilds of Scotland when the sun was going down and the cold was beginning to have an effect on my optimism for being able to get to my destination. Which was a roof over my head & a bed. That time, I escaped my worst fear by limping back to the village that I had past earlier and seeking out the owner of the only filling station there, who opened up the shop so I could get gassed up and on my way to shelter and a bed.

The other occasion was heading down an autobahn in Germany in 95 F heat on a fully laden bike ......didn't want to get stuck on there.

I have, however run out of fuel while mowing the lawn and it was pretty challenging having to walk all the way back to the shed to get the jerry can. So much so, I had to stop off at the house to cool off with a cold beer and rest with my feet up for a while.

I've run out twice. Once on my Ducati. I had the engine blue-printed and tuned and when I got it back with substantially increased performance I didn't allow for the increased fuel consumption. Went on a regular run. Fuel light came on. I thought, that's OK, I've got such and such miles left. I'll make it back to town. I didn't..

Second time was on my 1290 Superduke. It had a fuel light, a miles remaining readout and a bar gauge. But the gauge was really erratic. I'd set off with twenty mile remaining and then a mile down the road it dropped to five, then back up to ten if I accelerated hard or went round certain bends. It was a guessing game so as soon as the light came on I'd be looking for a filling station.

The Rocket seems pretty good gauge-wise. I've had it down to ten miles remaining and made it to a garage five miles away. But I'll not be testing it further. I don't fancy having to push that thing.

I'm guessing it was a little more than 20 miles. Never again (if I can help it)....

9-12 miles

Nashvegas said:

When you hit zero and the next gas station is 15 miles away is the most gentle our bikes will ever be driven. Not a good feeling. Can anyone here raise their hand if, many years ago, they ever reached down to hit the reserve position on their fuel line when the bike started sputtering and found that it was already on reserve…

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Hand raised. Just once on my very first bike (50 years ago) I was still learning about the bike & riding in general. Ran out of gas just out of the mountains & had to push it for 5 - 6 miles. A 'character building' experience for sure, so **** hot. It worked though, as I've never ran out again.