How close to empty have you got?

**Starky307** · 22nd June 2009, 18:56

I was cleaning my receipts out of my wallet and came across the one from filling my bike on Thursday night. As stated in the title I was wondering how close you've got your bike to empty as a percentage?

As an example on Thursday night I put 16.32 litres into my 17 litre tank, therefore it was 96% empty before filling.

Running out of petrol doesn't count.

**tide** · 22nd June 2009, 18:59

how about spluttering as you pull into the gas station...

happened after I helped a biker who had run out of petrol...

**LaytonNZ** · 22nd June 2009, 19:02

Iv'e had my Zx6 down to 1 Litre! Woo, Then i had my old bike down to coughing and spluttering and ive stoped due to lack of fuel! Nether are nice feelings.

**LaytonNZ** · 22nd June 2009, 19:05

lol, Notice we all ride Quackas!

**Blackshear** · 22nd June 2009, 19:05

Was blatting up the motorway towards albany, where I had begun to feel my bike chuttering... 'Oh gawd, not on the fucking motorway, then please-men might get me

'
Managed to get up enough speed and coasted the last half of the hillish bit and pulled left into the wairau road turnoff, kept coasting and pulled onto the footpath, where I got me some petroleum!

NEVER AGAIN! That was because I forgot to switch the fuel tap from last time it ran into reserve

**Taz** · 22nd June 2009, 19:05

I have stopped due to lack of liquid in the tank.....

And once on my R1100GS I'd done 400kms and put 22.5 litres in it's 23 litre tank......

**PirateJafa** · 22nd June 2009, 19:24

Have sputtered out as I rolled into a station before.

Have also pushed myself into stations before. Sigh.

**AllanB** · 22nd June 2009, 19:28

A chap at work pushed his CB1300 a few kms to work last Wednesday!

**Cajun** · 22nd June 2009, 19:30

going thru my recipts i have a couple which say a touch over 17l for a 17litre tank

16.25
16.38
17.32
17.56

**hayd3n** · 22nd June 2009, 19:30

splutter numerous times only ran out once

i managed to get the yzf600 from ch ch to dunners on a tank + 5 bux gas in 3/1/2 hrs

popo
got the fiva from Palmerston

**Starky307** · 22nd June 2009, 19:32

Originally Posted by Anthrax

I have stopped due to lack of liquid in the tank.....

And once on my R1100GS I'd done 400kms and put 22.5 litres in it's 23 litre tank......

Now this is what I'm talking about, well done!

**H00dz** · 22nd June 2009, 19:33

run out only once, if your my size that is once too many

never been foolish enough to eva let it happen again lol

sorry cant give you a percentage

**Starky307** · 22nd June 2009, 19:33

Originally Posted by Cajun

going thru my recipts i have a couple which say a touch over 17l for a 17litre tank

16.25
16.38
17.32
17.56

How does that work?

**AD345** · 22nd June 2009, 19:34

Originally Posted by Starky307

I was cleaning my receipts out of my wallet and came across the one from filling my bike on Thursday night. As stated in the title I was wondering how close you've got your bike to empty as a percentage?

As an example on Thursday night I put 16.32 litres into my 17 litre tank, therefore it was 96% empty before filling.

Running out of petrol doesn't count.

I too have a 17 litre tank.

A couple of months ago I decided to see how far I could get once the warning light came on (none of this reserve fuel stuff).

Well I went X distance which I was quite happy with, all things considered, and when I filled up at Botany BP I put 16.8 litres into the tank.

That was a little closer than I had intended - but I never ran out!

I still have the receipt and I'm seriously thinking of laminating it.