How much petrol left when light comes on? Pointy.

How I wish I had a fuel guage....
I was on the M11 when the fuel light started flashing. There were no services anywhere on that particular stretch, yikes!

If I remember correctly from the owners handbook, when it starts flashing there are 4 litres lefts and when it comes on and stays on, only 1 litre. Is that right? Silly question but how many miles would that last you for?

[joshwalker094]

that sounds about right, i know when flashing comes on you have used about 13 litres, so 4 litres left
and solid might be 2 0r 1 litre left

[Bibio]

depends on your fuel consumption. if it's say 55mpg then you have 45 miles before you have to push. as a rough guide yous hould be looking to fill up at 120-130 miles to be safe. every time you fill up re-set your trip counter.

ah so I would easily get to cambridge on flashing light without worries

[ruddlad]

Simple way to find out is keep riding, it'll eventually splutter and die. Like I found out. One Sunday the light came on flashing and I did approx 6 miles home but couldn't be arsed to go to fill up. Did a 14 mile round trip to work one day, (still couldn't be arsed) so that's roughly 20. The next day I was half mile from home returning from work and it died just as I was gonna fill up. So I figure I got no more than 33 miles. Lesson learned, figures vary on actually how much is left (I had read approx 45ish somewhere) but as soon as my light comes on now I can be arsed and fill up. I suppose the sender unit can vary from bike to bike.

I think you're ok when it's still flashing but once it stays on you're in trouble

funny story by the way hahahaha

...what would you do if it died on a motorway...??

what happens when it fully runs out? how quickly would you lose speed?

[Nobbylad]

It varies, but tends to start to stutter like there's an intermittent fault, then it's the same as if you'd hit the kill switch.

To be honest, you'll probably be expecting it when it happens as you'll have had a flashing light for about 20-30miles, followed by the full on light for another 10 or so. As soon as anything starts to feel wrong, it's pull the clutch in and coast to somewhere safe time!

i can get about 160-170miles to a tank afore the light comes on and when it comes on i fill it up straight away, just keep resetting the milomoter to 0 after everyfill then i have a kinda idea as to when the light should be coming on