RE: Running on Empty! - 2

Zitat von Rotorwrench im Beitrag #6

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Zitat von Duckbubbles im Beitrag #5

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Just over a week ago, my Nav 5 had me running around this little town, in the rain, looking for a non-existent gas station. The indicated "station" was a field of weeds, and looked as though it had been that way for a long time. I was fortunate to still have enough fuel to make it to another station. The technology is great when it is right, but when it's not?

Frank

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The Gas Buddy App is your friend.

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Zitat von Boxerboy55 im Beitrag #16

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Zitat von Rotorwrench im Beitrag #6

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Zitat von Duckbubbles im Beitrag #5

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Just over a week ago, my Nav 5 had me running around this little town, in the rain, looking for a non-existent gas station. The indicated "station" was a field of weeds, and looked as though it had been that way for a long time. I was fortunate to still have enough fuel to make it to another station. The technology is great when it is right, but when it's not?

Frank

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The Gas Buddy App is your friend.

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Common sense is your friend.

Start the day with a full tank, having brought the bike home from your last ride after filling up at the gas station nearest home. For me less than 1/2 mile away.

Range 220 miles.

Go ride.

Apply common sense. Can I get home without a fill up?

If yes, then keep riding and fill up near home.

If no, then fill up at a very convenient fuel station en route before you start twitching about the range count down on dash.
Repeat as needed during course of your ride. Be it 2 hours or 2 weeks.

I’ve never been stranded yet

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I was almost caught short (of fuel!) recently. Usually I get a low fuel warning around 55 miles remaining and change the Info view to dismiss that warning until a permanent warning appears at around 30 miles remaining (if I recall correctly), except on this occasion that second warning didn’t appear and I finally scrolled the menu to check and found only 2 miles remained. First station was only 1 mile away but turned out to be a diesel only truck stop. So I moved on another 2 miles and found petrol (having to take the motorway in the “wrong” direction as the nearest alternative!

Have I inadvertently changed a fuel warning setting in the menu, does anyone have a clear understanding of this? I’m sure I used to get that second stage warning. And of course Richard is right fuel stops should be taken practically well ahead of empty!

Today it read 13 miles to go, but tank only took 16.66 litres.

Was on side stand as usual.

Based on all the above, I guess there’s about a litre left when range reads Zero.

If you fill before you park your bike at home and leave on side stand, do not brim the tank, as the fuel warms up and expands it pushes fuel out and drops out of the drainer just in front of the rear wheel, this has happened a couple of times with me, I tend to still brim the tank but do at least 3 or 4 miles before parking up on side stand.

Ged

Indeed, many of us have learned the hard way that being greedy and overfilling your tank is Not A Good Idea, unless you’re going to immediately ride off the forecourtand burn fuel.

With my previous 1200R I lost concentration once during a fill up and overflowed a significant amount of fuel onto the forecourt. Not clever.

As I find a 220 mile range quite adequate after filling on the side stand, that’s what happens most days. Brim to the filler neck, knowing that as soon as you ride off in a vertical position the fuel will settle down a bit.

Only if I want to stretch a few more miles to reach my destination without another splash and dash will I fill up on the centre stand to eke out a few more miles. Riding away immediatelynof course.