Mileage Test

Thanks for the update Bob, much appreciated. So do you reckon you ran for an extra 20 miles after it hit "0 miles to empty", like Stick did ?

Pete
 
My total mileage was 214 on that tank of gas. To be honest I wasn't looking at the gas gage when it hit zero to see the mileage covered at that time. Like I said, this wasn't a deliberate attempt to test range. I knew I had enough to get home. I just pushed it too far beyond that.
 
I'm happy to finally have a definitive answer on the tank size. I've asked here and other places in the past and received conflicting information everytime I asked the question.
 
On a run down I-5 in may I averaged 40+ mpg and fueled at arround 200 miles per tank taking 5+ - gallons..hence freeway riding may get 235 on tank..I useally stop for break arround 90-100 miles and then fuel and break at 200...went to Nelson,B.C. middle of july and experienced the same results.NOW on local rides I fuel at150+ as average drops to 30-33 mpg.
 


Yea WHY can't we. Because of the fuel injection? Its bad for it?
 
It's no longer gravity fed like the old days, the valve necessary for switching to a "reserve" would be cost prohibitive.
 
The bikes do have a built in reserve. Your bike, if calibrated correctly, will still go around 25 miles (give or take) after the meter reads zero miles to empty. That's by design. Your owners manual should address this (it does for my Tiger and Thunderbird). It actually lists it when discussing the capacity. It should say something along the lines of "5.8 gallons with .3 as reserve", or something to that effect.
 
I did finally check my mileage during a 300 mile somewhat conservative trip with a group of other riders. Granted we were speeding when possible, but only by 20mph or less. On one 155 mile stretch she used exactly 4.700 gallons for 32.979 mpg. That was estimated to be 120 miles of non-stop highway @ 65-85 mph and 35 miles of on/off ramps, stop signs, city streets and low speeds. I think that it represents a nice rounded average of typical riding minus Jack-rabbit starts, wheelies and drag racing to net 33 miles per gallon. At that rate, getting just over 200 miles per tank is what I should expect on a typical day.
That sucks, but I can live with it since she gives me one hell of a bang for my buck (gallon).
 
It appears these modified bikes do not get the mileage that the unmodified ones do. Mine averages 41 miles per gallon but a few weeks ago we road through a park and barely broke 50 all the way through and the beast got 56. As a matter of fact that day it showed I had 246 miles on that tank after my first fill up. I don't ride hard anymore though never breaking 70 and most of the time riding 60-65.
 
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