Outta gas

**Skunk** · 23rd June 2005, 22:24

I ran out of petrol on the way home tonight.
Half way up Ngauranga Gorge.

Cool I thought, I'll switch to reserve... Ah, no. It's on reserve. Bugger. Lay the bike down (it's the KLX) to get the gas across the tank.

A few things I'd like to point out:
1. Laying the bike down gives you 200 metres of gas.
2. I can get 145 kms to dry after caning the bike on the motorway every day.
3. The KLX is very good at getting every last drop out of the tank.
4. Ngauranga Gorge is fuckin' steep.
5. Newlands BP is a long way from the turn off, and it's steep too.
6. I should join a gym.

**Suney** · 23rd June 2005, 22:32

ahh bugger lol that's gotta suck
what did you end up doing

**Skunk** · 23rd June 2005, 22:36

Originally Posted by Suney

ahh bugger lol that's gotta suck
what did you end up doing

I pushed the bike about 800 metres uphill to the gas station!

**Suney** · 23rd June 2005, 22:46

LOL

seriously what did you do

**Flyingpony** · 23rd June 2005, 23:56

Originally Posted by Suney

LOL

seriously what did you do

Did you leave the bike then and there to walk 1km to the petrol station for 1/2 litre of petrol?

Just a thought because that's much easier than pushing a bike uphill with all your gear on and having to carry your helmet somehow.

Your bike easy to push?

LB · 24th June 2005, 05:04

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Better the KLX than the big one to push up that hill!
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**Will** · 24th June 2005, 07:12

Yep, been there, done that.

Only I was riding an older CBR going home on the Southern Motorway.

I thought briefly of the old trick of tipping the bike over and instantly dismissed it because I would drop it.

So I made a phonecall and waited for my daughter to come with a cupful of any fuel she could find. The lawnmower fuel. That did the trick.

In the meantime I had a nice little conversation with a Highway Patrol Officer. He didn't find anything illegal (rego WOF), didn't ask for my license (must be a first) and didn't fine me.

By the way, these cops are getting younger every day!

**bear** · 24th June 2005, 08:31

Good effort! (Thought it would have been easier pushing it to the Shell in J'ville than the BP in Newlands.)

**Sparky Bills** · 24th June 2005, 08:34

HAHA,
Sorry mate, but i had to have a laugh.
Well look at it this way....
Do that everyday, and it wont be soo bad. You will get very fit, and your engine wont need as much work as its only working half the time as before

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Ive had that happen to me on a CBR600, UP PIEKOK HILL!!!(right in the middle too)
Was a shop bike, thought i could get to the next petrol station-NO!
Only got 160km's on the tank!! No cell phone coverage, no gas, and a hell of a long way to walk!
Luckily someone pulled over and gave me a lift to the gas station.
I know how you feel.

**ajturbo** · 24th June 2005, 08:36

i think i would have turned the bike around and ride it DOWN the hill to that gas station on the flat in thorndon...

**Eddieb** · 24th June 2005, 08:47

I saw you pull over and wondered what was going on. I was in the Newlands Bus heading up the hill and you changed lanes ahead of us and pulled over.

**Pwalo** · 24th June 2005, 08:48

You poor sod. I had that happen many years ago on my XL175. Just outside the turn off to the meat processing plant. Sure is a long push up the hill.

Thanks, I don't feel such an idiot now.

**vifferman** · 24th June 2005, 09:08

Any bike can be very heavy to push.

My very first bike used to run out of gas at exactly 85 miles. I coasted into the service station forecourt a few times, and once had to push it across the road.
Never ran out of petrol on subsequent bikes, until I got the VFR750, which I ran bone dry a few times, luckily never more than half a km from a gas station, and every time in town, on the way to work. Trouble was, the fuel pump only worked when the engine was running

so it took a while to get going. Once I ran out about 2km from work, coasted for a while, then pushed it, then gave up (hill to go up), and rang the AA. Had to wait about 45 minutes for them to bring some gas. Would've been quicker to abandon the bike, go to the gas station and return. Ah well....

I only ran dry on the VTR once, and that was because when the RLOD (RedLightOfDoom) was illuminated on the way to work, I went, "I'll fill up on the way home."
On the way home: "Meh... can't be bothered - I'll be right - I'll fill up in the morning."
In the morning: "I'll fill up at the BP on the way to work."
Running late, so: "I'll fill up at the Shell by work."
After work: "I think I can make it to the BP."
A third of the way there: running on one cylinder, then the other, then none, then both. Uh-oh... Turn around, get another 100m, then blahhhh...
Not even fumes left.

**Skunk** · 24th June 2005, 09:33

Originally Posted by Flyingpony

Did you leave the bike then and there to walk 1km to the petrol station for 1/2 litre of petrol?

Just a thought because that's much easier than pushing a bike uphill with all your gear on and having to carry your helmet somehow.

Your bike easy to push?

I pushed the bike - I was running late for something already and only had a few bucks on me (they charge for the can

). This wouldn't have happened otherwise eh?