180 miles and no fuel light...

[Tiger 55]

I'd just passed the petrol station in Braemar while taking the scenic route from Ullapool to Glasgow, having covered about 180 miles since the last fill up but determined not to stop until I needed fuel when I thought:

"Oh wait, I've seen this episode, the muppet runs out of gas in the middle of nowhere because the fuel warning light isn't working. Hilarious!"

But no! The light came on shortly after so I pressed on, taking the £1.04 per litre option at 198 miles rather than the (possible) 97p option at 224 miles.

Brim to the top, 13 litres! That's 68mpg in old money and a 260 mile range!!

Boy I'm getting old.

[CB1ROCKET]

is that a 650?!

[CB1ROCKET]

Sorry being too over excited, but sure is its a 650. How fast, roads were you taking on?

[suicidesam]

Used to get a regular 170 on the Curvy before the light came on.. as long as i was behaving ;)
On the other hand... Had the light come on at 85 miles before! :smt107

[kitkat]

my ex rode my sv once and ran out of petrol at 81 miles - fat ******* lol

[suicidesam]

Are you sure he was not just doing some spirited riding?? ;)

[Richie]

my ex rode my sv once and ran out of petrol at 81 miles - fat ******* lol


Feel the love... ;)

[toonyank]

Quite often I go to 150 light flashes 170 light stays on. That's not riding hard but certainly not like a grandad.

[Tiger 55]

How fast, roads were you taking on?
Oh, it was a 'touring pace' to be sure! I averaged about 40mph, but on roads like the A837 from Ledmore to Rosehall that's pretty much flat out and all but about 20 miles of the A9/A96 were on the type of road that frequently turns into a single track with passing places.

Good to know that you can stay off the major routes without having petrol panic though. Another thumbs up for the SV :thumbsup:

[hovis]

i thouhgh the tank held 17 litres?

edit......... it holds 16 litres, so when you put 13 in you still had 3 litres in the tank?

[Viper]

i thouhgh the tank held 17 litres?

edit......... it holds 16 litres, so when you put 13 in you still had 3 litres in the tank?

My VTR has a 12 ltr tank:mad: about 90 miles then fill up time:(

[hovis]

My VTR has a 12 ltr tank:mad: about 90 miles then fill up time:(

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k295/hovi5/simpsons_nelson_haha2.jpg

[Viper]

My VTR has a 12 ltr tank:mad: about 90 miles then fill up time:(

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k295/hovi5/simpsons_nelson_haha2.jpg

Ah yes but...

I can cover the distance twice as fast as your baby 650;) .
(only kidding pal)

[kitkat]

Are you sure he was not just doing some spirited riding?? ;)

he had a blade he could do spirited riding on that. my poor wee sv was not used to such treatment.

Feel the love... ;)

oh yeah, feel it like a lump in the throat, you just wish it would hurry up and choke you and stop prolonging the agony lol [-o<

[Tiger 55]

i thought the tank held 17 litres?

edit......... it holds 16 litres, so when you put 13 in you still had 3 litres in the tank?
4 litres by my sums - tank of 17 litres on a pointy, flashing fuel light after 12 and solid light after 16.

By my reckoning then if 13 litres had taken me 198 miles then the 4 litres remaining would have taken me to 259 total. Almost worth running dry to find out...

[Wally]

I was wondering about this the other day. I had the fuel light flashing at me, and I started stressing out thinking I was going to run out of fuel :smt053

2001 sv650s, how far do you get (on average) once the light is solid if you ride really "gently"? I wont stress out when the flashing light comes on again, its probably only half empty :cheers:

[pencil shavings]

this has got me thinking aswell. I get about 110/120 before my fuel light comes on. It never flashes. I can then fill up about 10l before its full. Does that meen I have 6liters still in when Im filling up?

Its a K3 pointy with 2bros can.

[rob13]

I think the most ive ever filled my bike up is about 12 litres and thats when the light has been on. The earlier pointies dont have the flashing/steady light option is just on and thats that. Seems a bit daft that the reserve light comes on when theres still a 1/3 of the tank full

[Tiger 55]

2001 sv650s, how far do you get (on average) once the light is solid if you ride really "gently"?
Well, theoretically somewhere between 5 to 15 miles but in my own experience, about 200 yards. :oops:

[Steve_God]

4 litres by my sums - tank of 17 litres on a pointy, flashing fuel light after 12 and solid light after 16.

By my reckoning then if 13 litres had taken me 198 miles then the 4 litres remaining would have taken me to 259 total. Almost worth running dry to find out...

That'll all well and good until the engine starts choking when you start leaning around a corner!
Coming from experience... it's not fun at all!

(And it wasn't my fault I rolled into the petrol station with the clutch in and only just made it... the petrol station I was aiming for was closed for refurbishment!)

[oldjack]

I've done over 190 miles to solid yellow light and put only 13 litres back in to the brim several times, I haven't dared go further even though it should have 4 litres left.

Perhaps it holds 17 litres but you can only get 13 or 14 out, so it runs "dry" with 3 or 4 litres still in the tank. Has anybody ever managed to put 17 litres in?

[danf1234]

I wondered that too, even when the tank seems dry it only takes 13L:confused: