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Road Captain
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Good old days
How come the new bikes don't have a reserve fuel tank? I had a Honda and a Sportster years ago that had reserve tanks. You'd start to sputter and all you had to do was flip a lever and you'd get enough gas to carry you another 50 miles or so.
The Cool Factor was up because you didn't have to be THAT concerned...
Now we got $20,000 bikes with gas guages that lie to us.
BOS.
It's not cool to ride around wondering how much gas is in the tank.
I think they ought to bring back the reserve tank.
The Cool Factor was up because you didn't have to be THAT concerned...
Now we got $20,000 bikes with gas guages that lie to us.
BOS.
It's not cool to ride around wondering how much gas is in the tank.
I think they ought to bring back the reserve tank.
Road Warrior
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,699
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From: Deltona, FL
Learn your tripmeter and you won't worry. Reset your tripmeter on fill up, ride it until you fill up again. Note your miles traveled and amount of gas put in. Do the math to get MPG for your riding style and calculate how much riding you can do on 4.0-4.5 gals of gas. Always fill up at that number of miles and you'll never sweat again.
For me, on a Fat Bob with XIEDs and punched stock pipes, it's 184 miles to 4.5 gals. I know I can get 194 out of a tank because I've pushed to empty before, but I always do that on any new bike, even when they had reserve...I like to know, learned from my Uncle.
For me, on a Fat Bob with XIEDs and punched stock pipes, it's 184 miles to 4.5 gals. I know I can get 194 out of a tank because I've pushed to empty before, but I always do that on any new bike, even when they had reserve...I like to know, learned from my Uncle.
Last edited by Phrogman; May 6, 2010 at 03:07 PM.
Road Captain
Joined: Oct 2009
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From: So Cal
Learn your tripmeter and you won't worry. Reset your tripmeter on fill up, ride it until you fill up again. Note your miles traveled and amount of gas put in. Do the math to get MPG for your riding style and calculate how much riding you can do on 4.0-4.5 gals of gas. Always fill up at that number of miles and you'll never sweat again.
For me, on a Fat Bob with XIEDs and punched stock pipes, it's 184 miles to 4.5 gals. I know I can get 194 out of a tank because I've pushed to empty before, but I always do that on any new bike, even when they had reserve...I like to know, learned from my Uncle.
For me, on a Fat Bob with XIEDs and punched stock pipes, it's 184 miles to 4.5 gals. I know I can get 194 out of a tank because I've pushed to empty before, but I always do that on any new bike, even when they had reserve...I like to know, learned from my Uncle.
Road Warrior
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,699
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From: Deltona, FL
Or turning it on for that matter if you're running a leaky S&S carb...No more "Turn the GAS on, Dummy" stickers...
Cruiser
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 227
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From: Daytona Beach Fl
How come the new bikes don't have a reserve fuel tank? I had a Honda and a Sportster years ago that had reserve tanks. You'd start to sputter and all you had to do was flip a lever and you'd get enough gas to carry you another 50 miles or so.
The Cool Factor was up because you didn't have to be THAT concerned...
Now we got $20,000 bikes with gas guages that lie to us.
BOS.
It's not cool to ride around wondering how much gas is in the tank.
I think they ought to bring back the reserve tank.
The Cool Factor was up because you didn't have to be THAT concerned...
Now we got $20,000 bikes with gas guages that lie to us.
BOS.
It's not cool to ride around wondering how much gas is in the tank.
I think they ought to bring back the reserve tank.
I'm with you on this. The petcock used to be my gas gauge and I never cared about how much gas I had. Now it's allways on your mind.
Road Warrior
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 1,789
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From: Double Oak, Texas
Plus about 10,000 what he said. More than once I refueled my reserve tap equipped KLR......and left the tap on reserve. Not good to run out in the boonies cause of my stupid bonehead move. Luckily, I had an additional 1 gal container of fuel strapped on.
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Road Master
Joined: Apr 2008
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From: Mechanicsburg, PA
I never have to wonder how much fuel I have. I know I get anywhere from 38-42 MPG (I check it on every fill up) so I can assume at 190 miles on the odometer that I will be empty or near it. As a matter of fact I can just about tell you exactly what my tank will hold when I fill it just by doing the math. I don't understand why anyone would want to rely on a gauge anyway.
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