Calculate your MPG, then tell us what it is.

A) Fill the tank all the way, and record the odometer reading.
B) Run it until the light comes on.
C) Fill it up to the same level as before, and record the mileage, and the gallons (including fractions) put in.

Subtract the mileage in C from mileage in A, then divide by gallons put in. The result is MPG.

 

If you are concerned about having to "walk the bike" to the gas station carry a 1 gallon gas can and ride till you run out that way you will know how far you can go on a tank and your not stuck.

 

most canned tunes are pretty rich. I also have a 3.3 gal tank and have my bike tuned very well. On the highway I can 90-100 miles before the light comes on and I have about a gallon of fuel left at that point.
All city and I can go about 70 before the light.
Thats about 35 mpg city 45-50 on the highway.

 

Right, let's go back to basics! You fill your tank, then ride your bike until the light comes on, and refill. After just two refills you now know how many miles you have ridden and how much you have left in your tank, when the light comes on. As suggested already, work out your mpg and you can estimate how far you can ride on your reserve, until you REALLY need to refill!

You can probably safely ride another 40 miles after your light comes on. Nothing has changed since the very first motor vehicle with an engine was built, over a century ago, so don't make a crisis out of the normal. In the past when we only had carbs, you would run out of gas, fumble around for the reserve position of the gas tap and hope the engine lit back up. Plus ça change!

 

Thanks for the input guys. I will take the figures next time and get back to you! I do recall seeing a bit of fuel left over in the tank last time I refuelled. I' guessing I probably have a few more miles left in the tank when the light comes on.

appreciate feedback guys, thanks.

 

I've got two EFI bikes. The 'low fuel' warning light on them is infamous for squealing when there is still a lot of fuel still in the tank and mine both do that. Doesn't take long to work out a way around that 'fake news'!

 

Trade it in and buy a bike with a bigger tank....even with that once I put 100 miles on a tank I start to look yo fillit up even though I know I could go another 80

 

Good grief. Even without doing the math I can see you are getting at least 30mpg. The actual number will vary from tank to tank anyway depending on average speeds, road surfaces, wind, number of stops and starts, etc. You bought the wrong bike/tank.

 

I have a 6gal tank and I usually have to fill up every 2 days.... On a good week it's everyday.

 

I'm retired now, but while working, one of my jobs was far enough from home to require a fill-up for my Buell to get to work and another to get back home, I couldn't do a round trip on one tank.

It's a fact of life that we have to fill up each vehicle we own as it uses up its fuel. Not a difficult thing to grasp!