RE: Fuel range? - 2

Zitat von Freddyfruitbat im Beitrag #1

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It talks about a "fuel reserve"; is that simply the amount of fuel remaining in the tank when the warning light comes on? What is (allegedly) indicated by the 'Range' display; is that literally the number of miles before the tank will run dry (assuming it's reading properly)

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Oh dear, I must be riding like a right softy, I have been averaging 59mpg (imperial) since I have owned the bike..........must man up!!

In contrast, maybe I need to lay off the throttle a bit. I rarely see 150 miles out of a tank before the fuel warning light comes on.

No point in having a bike that punches like an iron fist in a velvet glove without feeling that punch as often as possible

[Plus I do most of my miles thrashing round the twisties...]

Cheers

Paul B.

Zitat von Paul B im Beitrag #18

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In contrast, maybe I need to lay off the throttle a bit. I rarely see 150 miles out of a tank before the fuel warning light comes on.

No point in having a bike that punches like an iron fist in a velvet glove without feeling that punch as often as possible

[Plus I do most of my miles thrashing round the twisties...]

Cheers

Paul B.

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Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #15

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I'm not that curious to see if my range to empty figure is accurate.

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Zitat von Bravo im Beitrag #19

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That's cos you got one o them heavier grey ones..... they use more fuel to keep moving than the lighter Lupins

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At the gasstation the range indicated 8km left,

I was able to pump 16,4 l in the tank...

Tank can hold 18l

Conclusion: the range indicator is pretty conservative

I have run mine to 0 miles on the warning, I managed to get 17.2 ltrs in tank.

The mileage shown when you have fill up is very optimistic, it says 227 on mine but i rarely get more than 170 miles for a tank, and checks on my consumption balances with the mpg on the read out at 56 mpg.

Ged

On highways it sucks fuel out of your tank at massive rates when cruising at around 150kmh

So no one is mentioning the other side of the coin here. How full do you fill up? I have drilled the dip tube at the filler neck and stuff everything I can into that tank. You never know what's going to happen at the other end of your ride. More gas is always better.

Zitat von Bob Aint Stoppin im Beitrag #26

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More gas is always better.

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"So no one is mentioning the other side of the coin here. How full do you fill up? I have drilled the dip tube at the filler neck and stuff everything I can into that tank. You never know what's going to happen at the other end of your ride. More gas is always better."
I always fill to just below the bottom of the filler neck. But the RS is the most difficult bike I've owned to fill without splashing fuel. The tank base seems designed to splash fuel back out of the filler neck, unless you pump very slow.

"I have drilled the dip tube..."
What's the purpose of that, Bob?

I took a nice long ride yesterday on my ‘16 RS. I stopped for fuel when the miles remaining was 25. The bike took 4.18 US gallons. That’s close enough to make me take it seriously...

My bike is now around 21k miles recently had 60
& 61 mpg on consecutive trips both 1 up no luggage except top box A & B roads with some motorway up to 90 ish.
2 up with luggage I still get 52mpg
The bike is getting better with more mile
So get out and do some 😉
Brian