Mileage available after zero reading ??

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Just had a sphincter tightening journey in top gear at 55 mph on 1200 GS to eek out petrol and managed to get 14.8 miles after zero indicated, phew.

Just wondered if anyone had pushed it further, just in case it happens again

Thanks:thumb

Oh not my intention to find out but will give me a warm feeling if there are tales of 20 + miles
 
CuzGS said:
Just had a sphincter tightening journey in top gear at 55 mph on 1200 GS to eek out petrol and managed to get 14.8 miles after zero indicated, phew.

Just wondered if anyone had pushed it further, just in case it happens again

Thanks:thumb

Oh not my intention to find out but will give me a warm feeling if there are tales of 20 + miles
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Mine holds 21.68 litres from dry,(don't ask) book quotes 21. How many litres did you put in? Lets assume you put 19 in, and you had done 200 miles:- 200/19= 10.52 miles per litre X 21= 221 total tank range in miles. So relevant to the way you were riding at the time it should give you a good idea of how far you can get. Do the math a couple of times and work in litres, not about £25 worth! The difference of 5p a litre can be the difference in riding and pushing when things get tight. Mine will do 30-50 miles after zero indicates depending on rate of progress and I have had 250 out of a tank:)and make sure you zero the trip every time.
 
bmstan said:
Mine holds 21.68 litres from dry,(don't ask) book quotes 21. How many litres did you put in? Lets assume you put 19 in, and you had done 200 miles:- 200/19= 10.52 miles per litre X 21= 221 total tank range in miles. So relevant to the way you were riding at the time it should give you a good idea of how far you can get. Do the math a couple of times and work in litres, not about £25 worth! The difference of 5p a litre can be the difference in riding and pushing when things get tight. Mine will do 30-50 miles after zero indicates depending on rate of progress and I have had 250 out of a tank:)and make sure you zero the trip every time.
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youll never get all the fuel out though
 
Thanks guys, I'm going to take a small can of fuel and deliberately run her dry and note mileage after zero left indicated. I shall post it on here, at least when in France on a Sunday I'll have something to hang my hat on :)
 
Not a good idea to run dry unless absolutely necessary. The fuel also acts as a coolant for the pump.
Even in France on a Sunday it's possible to get fuel within a half tank range. Just about all closed petrol stations have a 24/7 pump which will accept UK cards, even my village has this. Sunday problems have just about dissapeared now that the French have adopted the same card technology as the rest of Europe and the Autoroutes are always open for fuel.
 
Wouldn't recommend running a fuel injected engine dry.
Also, not sure your test would mean anything. The tank sensor is very approximate.
Each time you do it it could be 20 miles different from the last time.
 
CuzGS said:
Thanks guys, I'm going to take a small can of fuel and deliberately run her dry and note mileage after zero left indicated.
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What a pointless exercise. You've got a fuel gauge.

Once you know you need fuel it isn't going to make a jot of difference knowing how far you CAN get as you'll be stopping at the next garage anyway so you'll either make it or not.
:D
 
The GS used by the salesman at Astles of Grimsby runs out showing 40Miles left:blast If thats any help!!
 
Thank you for the positivity steptoe :)

I want to know a ballpark figure so I can hang my hat on something if I get in the poo, E.G. somewhere foreign and desolate and ive screwed up, can I press on to a known point or do i take the first decent sheltered area and wait there in relative comfort until i can get help.

Contingency ballpark planning thats all, what i was really after was someone sayong, yes mate i did 42 miles on mine or whatever :)

Pointless exercise, it aint mate, been there, been stuck, been unlucky, been bitten to heck, got intestinal disorder which is still being treated 3 years after event :(
 
CuzGS said:
Thank you for the positivity steptoe :)

I want to know a ballpark figure so I can hang my hat on something if I get in the poo, E.G. somewhere foreign and desolate and ive screwed up, can I press on to a known point or do i take the first decent sheltered area and wait there in relative comfort until i can get help.

Contingency ballpark planning thats all, what i was really after was someone sayong, yes mate i did 42 miles on mine or whatever :)

Pointless exercise, it aint mate, been there, been stuck, been unlucky, been bitten to heck, got intestinal disorder which is still being treated 3 years after event :(
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GO ON MY SON :clap
 
I trust my trip meter more than the fuel gauge. I always zero trip 1 when I fill up. Often the fuel warning will start counting down after 140 miles, ten miles later it will change it decides it was a false alarm and the fuel warning will go out :confused:. It will then (correctly) come on again at about 160 miles. Either way, don't trust it. The trip meter is the best way to gauge (:thumb) how much fuel/miles you have left in the tank.
 
CuzGS said:
Thank you for the positivity steptoe :)


Contingency ballpark planning thats all, what i was really after was someone sayong, yes mate i did 42 miles on mine or whatever :)


I tend to contingency plan by making sure I have a tank with fuel in it. You know see open petrol station, think he-ho done 100 miles, stop, stretch legs and put in fuel. Works for me everytime. Must be getting old:D
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Running dry.

Haven't all your fancy pants 1200's got fuel pump controllers (when they're working) which mean the fuel pump doesn't run continually? Can't see that running it dry once is going to harm it if that's what you want to do. However, whether the information you get from the exercise means anything is another story but that's up to you - if it makes you feel better then do it :nenau

I've read this "ooh - running it dry cooks your fuel pump!" loads of times but I'd I'd love to see where the posters got their evidence that running dry caused premature fuel pump failure?

Or is it just another self-perpetuating internet myth?...
 
I tend to ignore the warning and just look at the trip. I usually get about 200miles for 19.5 litres (give or take a cup full) but have got 212 and also only 186. It depends on too many variables for the "160 so 50 to go" gauge to be anything but a reminder. You should be able to get 200 miles, use that as a guide and see how many litres you use for it and adjust from there to suit your riding.

I expect 85+ on the Autoroute, two up with full panniers might not return 200 a tank so nick in first chance after the gauge beeps - that's going to be the best part of two hours in the saddle anyway so take a load of ya roids. :rob
 
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