Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 999 / 749 > How many miles once the yellow fuel light is on?

[Carbon749]

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 ?

[Mutters]

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

Aaaarrrrggghhh!

[tricky]

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.

[phoenix n max]

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

[iang]

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.

[ducatislut]

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.

[Rossman_999]

Originally Posted by iang

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.

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!!!!