Mileage available after zero reading ??

CuzGS said:
Thanks Gary, yes have an aux can, whilst on subject has anyone drilled a vario pannier to strap a aux tank to ??

Any pics appreciated, I have a sigg 1l can and was thinking of strapping that to a vario permanently?

Any ideas
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Tool tube I think will take a 1L can. I'm be a little hesitant drilling the Varios and would be included to make up a strap bracket of some sort.

I did a similar exercise last weekend on my GS. Got 200 miles out of tank avg 47mpg - 30 miles after the fuel computer said I ran out. Some guys in the US claim to get 240 miles out of a GS which I guess is possible if you weight 60kg and a have a very large tail wind.

Had no idea if you lay it down and pick it back up again there is a little more fuel out of it.
 
CuzGS said:
Thanks NLC, Im on a GSA now so prob ned to do the experiment again :)
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I was with Mr. HID one autumn day on a jaunt to the Peak district and his GSA ran dry (fuel strip). Good thing the little GS had a spare fuel can. Personally I always use the trip. Next experiment, see how fast you run it dry driving like a hooligan :D.
 
Popell said:
Had the rather dubious honour of running VTR1000 dry in 59 miles - all 15 litres of juice gone in a quick hoon!
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I did the same on an SP1, conking out just as I passed through a payage barrier. A local French motorcyclist stopped, lent me his Honda 600 to go to the next town (about five miles) where I bought a litre bottle of water. I tipped the water out, filled the bottle with fuel, stuffed it down my jacket and rode back. Monsieur Frog waited with my SP1 all the while. 30 minutes all in and I was back on the road. Happy days :)

PS No adverse effect at all of running the tank very dry.


Two friends of mine drained a Blackbird tank and a ZX10 tank in very short order on a French motorway, including screaming past a cop car. I don't think les flics had a chance to see what had happened. Had they done so both would still be languishing on Devil's Island.
 
CuzGS said:
Waggling tank produced another 6 miles
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That must have looked interesting for 6 miles :eek:

For info, I've just tested a 1L SIGG bottle in a Tool Tube ....... it could have been made for the job :thumb2 Perfect fit doesn't even rattle around - would be worth wiping some WD40 or similar over the outside of the bottle though if leaving in for a while ..... it might not want to come out after a couple of months particularly if it's a "non-coated" SIGG!
 
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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Could you not take a small fuel container with you for your trip? I did this and it saved me twice in the past.
 
I have not read all the comments on this post but BMW cant seem to produce an accurate fuel gauge so we will all have to rely on the trip recorder and previous knowledge to judge how far to go before filling up.
I ran out of fuel with 25 miles showing so got the dealer to look at recalibrating but they changed the sender and I now find I can only get 17 litres in tank when showing empty. I know 200 miles is not a problem for me so will in future not worry about what the fuel gauge says.
 
MattW said:
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?...
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ha-ha well said, the old scare mongers are at it again:blagblah
 
Rode past my intended motorway fuel stop yesterday with mind in neutral, and at the next fuel station sign (next fuel 24 km) my fuel remaining figure was 23 km. Oops. Slowed down to 100 km/h and coasted the downhill bits, and reached the station with 8km remaining still showing. Got 21.02 litres in the tank (specs seem to say it's a 20 litre tank?), so must have been on fumes only, and very lucky not to be getting towed off the motorway ... could this be a record, perchance .....?
 
Mine's changed

For what its worth for 40k miles my 09 GS routinely reached a prediction of zero miles left very close to 200 miles according to Trip1

This then left me with about 20 miles before truly running out (twice to date) at about 220 miles - didn't do the lay-down thing as was close enough to a fuel station both times, once even had the courtesy of being a down-hill coast

However for the last 5k miles it now consistently predicts zero at about 220 miles - I guess that's actually an accuracy improvement

Hence I'd not recommend trusting a single test - or even 200 samples apparently

Mine takes 21 litres truly empty to full

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Only a suggestion

CuzGS said:
Thanks Gary, yes have an aux can, whilst on subject has anyone drilled a vario pannier to strap a aux tank to ??

Any pics appreciated, I have a sigg 1l can and was thinking of strapping that to a vario permanently?

Any ideas
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Hi Geezer, only as a suggestion Rotopak do a `clip on` can holder - NN is very kindly sending me a system to fool about with to see if i can get it to fit the GSA panniers, I`ll also look at the GS pannier fit (if possible). If you google it you will see what i mean - mebbe a good idea for carrying the extra fuel?

Also, re your Sigg bottle there are some holders on the market - you don`t have to consider mine (which i use for my stove fuel) but hopefully it will give you an idea - not sure unless i start to mess about if it will fit onto a vario - can`t really help you much either as I am about to go abroad but hopefully uou will get the idea eh? My concern would be the vario pannier operating with the holes drilled and fasteners in place????????

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Cut down version with bottle by cymarceng, on Flickr
 
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