How many miles once the yellow fuel light is on?
 

Coming back up the M1 this morning on the 749r and the fuel light came on.

Do I dive in to the services in 8 miles and pay silly motorway prices or push on to my local petrol station in 28 mile and pay not so silly prices.

Bottle went and I filled up at the services.

OK, I know riding styles, speed etc will come in to it, but, roughly how many miles should you expect to get on reserve ?

Well....... today on my M1000 I managed 18 miles before it conked out.......

Aaaarrrrggghhh!

I've never pushed more than 15mile with it on. Someone must have pushed it to the limit and had to phone a friend. Come on own up and let us know how far you got.

Tricky.

I get 30 + light comes on and i can do 30 and haven't run out yet.

My 749r does between 140 - 150 mile before the light comes on and I have 'risked' 20 miles until filling up and it took nearly £17 to fill it.

I've ridden my '05 999 after yellow until it conked out after only about 10 miles.

Maybe be the way I ride (rpm probably average 7k when out of town) or the fuel/emissions in California but I rarely get more than 100 miles on a full tank, on either my 999 or my 996.

So as soon as that light comes on I'm looking for the very next petrol station.

Ooh yeah,....light comes on around 80 miles,depending on throttle abuse ;) :devil: ,....then start looking for a petrol station.Got about 10 miles before it ran dry.:mad:

Got 105 miles to yellow and when I filled up at 115miles it took 12.9 litres though that was only my 2nd tank full and I am still running it in. 999 bip in red as that will obviously make a difference ;)

Get an ST! 170 miles before the yellow and then another 30, still only £15 to refill. :D

SAJ

wow ... after reading the answers I'm glad I filled up at the services and did not push it 28 miles to the locao S/market.

Think next time the light comes on I will fill up ASAP.

How on earth do you get that from a tank my 999 never gets more than 120 and often goes yellow at just over 100 if ive been BAD!!!!

749R has a bigger tank.(18l,compared to 15l)

I can do 30m on my 748 after yellow.

But that's pushing it. It's best to allow for 25 miles max.

My ST gets about 10 miles to a litre and supposedly has a 6 litre reserve, why not fill up do 100 miles see how much fuel you then need to fill up again, this will let you know how many miles/litre you average. I'm sure your manual will tell you the size of your reserve.

thats mental! I get 85 miles before the yellow light comes on, and thats with a PC111 so am not running rich for sure.

Im pretty sure if you have a Termi system it takes it burn more fuel, just like on my jap bike, i put the standard can on when touring and the MPG went up.

Happened to me last night!!

999R

Fuel light came on at 98 miles

Went to meet the gang at England's Rose hoping to fill up at Postcombe - closed due to football probably :mad:

Had dinner and very nice evening and set off for Watlington - about 8 miles to fill up - CLOSED :mad:

Turned right for Benson, about 6 miles - CLOSED :mad:

Nothing for it - head back to Henley -

Esso station closed for refurbishment, Jet station closed :mad:

Where the **** do you get petrol then after 21:00 :confused:

Decided to head for home and conked out 1.5 miles from home - B came out with petrol can (always full/stored in garage) home in 15 mins after conking out

So ....

Fuel light came on at 98 miles
Conked out at 124 miles - so 26 miles then

What made me laugh is how the consumption meter comes on in the display telling you how quickly you're running down your precious reserve

on my monster i get 156 miles if i'm good(!) before light comes in and i can go 20 miles before i fill up.

On the multi-strada i got 171 miles before i ran out!

on the 749 i got 130 miles before light came on and fill up before 20 miles

on a gixa 1000 i got 180 miles before light came on, then i went another 40 miles on red light - that was amazing! - mind you i was running that one in for someone :)

After RTL last week and a couple of times this week, I'm seeing between 110 and 120 for the yellow light to come on. On filling takes about £10/100miles. I recall seeing a note where it says average reserve is for 20~30 miles, but it obviously depends on uphill/downhill etcetera.

Only 170 miles, I got 170/180 the other day with 3 bars or so still to go, took 15/16 litres to fill (23 litres tank I believe) and that was travelling at 80/90 with all panniers on motorway.
I always use Optimax it does seem to go a bit further.

The question is why does the fuel light normally come just after you've passed the petrol station, and start wondering how far too the next one?:confused:

I've got 30 miles on the 996, as for the Multi, i think it would go further with the light on than before the light came on because the fuel gauge was so ****:lol:



Oh dear i only used the name of a fish..c a r p and it was censored.

i was coming back from stratford upon avon when the fuel came on ,,iwas coming down the m42 i thought to my self i will make no probs .got to the top of my road and it conked out ,,im so glad i live at the bottom of a hill ,,approx 15 miles after light came on ,,,now wheres that jerry can