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Old 05-01-12, 09:11 AM   #1
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Red face Fuel light?

No this isn't a thread asking when I'm going to run out of fuel. This is a 'I'm an idiot who ran out of fuel on the M25 last night!' thread

My early warning intermittent light came on at 127 miles, solid a while later and then finally conked out at 165 approaching junction 17 clockwise on the M25! I'm probably not the only person who has experienced being stopped by the side of a motorway in the dark and rain, felt very vulnerable.

Luckily I was quite close to the junction so managed to push it up to it and then coast down to the roundabout below where I waited for my lovely girlfriend to show up with a jerry can of petrol.

Silly situation to end up in. Trying to move from the outside lane across when your engine is flattening out and stalling isn't fun. And all because I was trying to make it to Watford before filling up as petrol is 129.9p compared to 136 near me. Plus I can't get 180-200 miles out of a tank like then I first started riding! Oops.

Lesson learnt.
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Old 05-01-12, 09:17 AM   #2
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haha sorry mate, had to laugh.

glad you were near the junction and the rozzers never showed up
"sir you cant push your vehicle down the hard shoulder, we will call a recovery who will recover your vehicle for you at a cost of a million pounds."
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Old 05-01-12, 09:20 AM   #3
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Oops!

at least now you know that when your light first comes on you have 38 miles before you run out of fuel!!
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Old 05-01-12, 09:23 AM   #4
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Doh!

I've never run out of petrol, but have come close a few times but never down to wanting to save a few p/litre on a 17 litre tank though, ooh you miser!

I have however had the fuel cut out on me in the fast lane and you're right, moving from outside lane to hard shoulder without power is well eerrrr disconcerting.

At least you're back on the bike again.
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Old 05-01-12, 10:00 AM   #5
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haha cheers. I wouldn't usually worry about a penny or two but six or seven pence get's my goat. Must be the north / south divide I keep hearing about
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