RE: Tank capacity - 2

Zitat von richreina im Beitrag #15

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Zitat von PlacidoD im Beitrag #8

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Zitat von richreina im Beitrag #7

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..... If anyone has one of those plumber's fibre optic cameras it would be cool to poke it into the fuel tank to see how much fuel is left in there when the estimated range is close to zero.

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Alternatively you can use the far simpler procedure of brimming the tank when reporting near empty which is what several of us have done and report here!

The point that is being made is that the countdown is pretty accurate in the later stages and pretty quick to catch up with a change in riding style. We are all familiar with early readouts going up marginally rather than down as the onboard computer adjusts to your riding style on the day.

Chris

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Yes, but my point was that the camera will tell you if the tank is ACTUALLY near empty when the fuel gauge says it is.

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Today I enjoyed an early start and a brisk 233 mile jaunt on mixed roads.

To there and back.

On the way home I noticed the Fuel Range was a bit less than the GPS distance home. “Home” being the supermarket fuel station less than a mile from home. So I reckoned on grabbing a splash of fuel along the way.

Pulled in to a filling station to find the owner telling customers not to to touch the pumps as the power was off in the shop - meaning tills were out of action. No big deal as I still had plenty fuel. I moved on.

As I headed home the Range vs. Distance balanced out at 30 miles so I decided to go for it.

The range reached Zero when I was 1.5 miles from home, but I rolled happily onto the pump.

On the side stand, the tank took 18L exactly.

Was 234 miles on a “tank”.

63 mpg on dash.

So now I know.

And may I guess that your riding style became more sedate during the last 10 miles or so Pete?!! It certainly would if it were me!

Chris

And here's me thinking you have to ride really fast , so you can get home before you run out of fuel.

Zitat von crossthread im Beitrag #19

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And here's me thinking you have to ride really fast , so you can get home before you run out of fuel.

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On Monday I did half the last session at Snetterton with the display showing miles left == then squeezed 18.8 litres in. Thats about 140miles of track use(most instructing the cautious group)

Zitat von crossthread im Beitrag #19

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And here's me thinking you have to ride really fast , so you can get home before you run out of fuel.

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With spare fuel in the top box I kept on after 0 miles on the Range read out and got a further 15 miles at 50mpg (UK). Allowing for the five litres that i put in and the distance to the garage I got about 18.5 litres into the tank (on main stand and faffed around tring to get that last little bit in when the air bubbles come out)

The distance to empty is pretty darn accurate. Yes, it changes based on your riding at the moment, but when it says you're out, you're pretty much out. During break in I went 20 after reaching 0, but on a trip doing 90 mph, I ran out a couple of miles after reaching 0. Never again will I risk that.

Just got back from a bimble of 240 odd miles in Wales. While looking at stats on the NAV6 I noted that my MPG was considerably higher than expected. Never really thought about it before. That's in access of 240 miles per tank. Not bad fo a big lump. 👍

Agreed wessie. But as it was an old friend who is still recovering from bike accident where he sustained a badly broken leg 8 years ago who was leading the group, I was happy with the relaxing pace.
That figure won't last last long. 😉

I’m also “tootling” in Wales this week.

Unbelievably high temperatures yesterday and today.

Up to 31 DegC.

I think high temp improves fuel economy.

Shortly after filling up yesterday my dash showed some silly high figures.

Not realistic in the longer term of course.
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Zitat von L2RKE im Beitrag #27

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Agreed wessie. But as it was an old friend who is still recovering from bike accident where he sustained a badly broken leg 8 years ago who was leading the group, I was happy with the relaxing pace.
That figure won't last last long. 😉

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