Refuelling how do i do it...

Right ok bet that looks a bit of a dumb question. Ran outta fuel on the CBR this morning, it doesnt have a petrol light so its all a guessing game lol. So its on reserve atm, do i have to turn the nozzle to reserve and fill up that way? Or just fill up as normal?

[the_lone_wolf]

fill up as normal

DO NOT, UNDER PAIN OF DEATH, LEAVE THE PETCOCK ON RESERVE

Nah, my 125 had a tap on it, I just filled it up when I was on the reserve....

I don't see how it can be any different.....

or do as i did, I turned the tap to off, forgot that I had went for a ride, no wonder the bike stalled eh!

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by bluethunder

or do as i did, I turned the tap to off, forgot that I had went for a ride, no wonder the bike stalled eh!

done that on the DRZ, surprising how fast you run out of momentum going uphill whilst frantically reaching for the tap

or the best one, before i even bought the bike, i was test riding it along the M27, in the second lane, went to go past a car and the bike died, thought the throttle cable had snapped because i couldn't hear that the engine had stopped, as i rolled up along the hard shoulder i still hadn't realised that the fuel tap needed switching to reserve and proceeded to try and start it for a few minutes

I thought the idea of the reserve was you ran the bike as normal and when you ran out off fuel you turn the tap on to reserve to get you to the next fuel stop. AFTER refueling go back on to normal. Didn't quiet understand the original post as it doesn't matter where the tap is when you refuel,its only one tank

I think that is what he was after; what setting to have the tap on to fill up. As DT said, it's one tank, but the reserve fuel pipe inlet is lower than the main one. switch it back to normal and fill to brim.

Yer what i meant was i am running the bike on reserve at the mo, to get the most petrol in the tank, do i turn nozzle back to reserve or leave it on...

[the_lone_wolf]

it makes no difference

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by plowsie

Yer what i meant was i am running the bike on reserve at the mo, to get the most petrol in the tank, do i turn nozzle back to reserve or leave it on...

You have only one tank.

The tank has two tubes leaving it, one near the bottom, one up a bit.

The petcock selects which tube the petrol comes out of, the lower one being the reserve.

So what happens is you fill up, and turn the tap off of reserve, when you hit reserve, what you are doing is not selecting a different tank, just the lower outlet.

Hope this helps

David