Running out of gas

[MaxCannon]

So who's run out of gas.

Just before I left work I thought it might be time to fill up, but I wanted to get home early as I was planning on going out for dinner with the Mrs.

Just coming up to the Mangere bridge (only part of my commute with no shoulder to pull onto) and the bike starts cutting out.

Bit of panic as I'd never had to switch to reserve before and stopping on the bridge wouldn't be a good option.
Fortunately it spluttered it's way over (no thanks to the dick that pulled in front of me with no signal !) and I pulled to the side on the offramp.

Engine stopped just as I touched the reserve switch.

Next bike will definetly have a Fuel gauge.

[skidMark]

take a hand off the bars and tur,n it while ur movi,ng whats the big issue, ive had to change to reserve at 180kph once, still had no trouble, it aint going to fly you off down the road by letting go of the bar for one second

hitting reserve aint a big issue you will still get about 30 k's out of it on a gn but yer u might wanna fill up soon after lol

[Drum]

You don't really need a fuel gauge.

You've just gotta be able to switch to reserve in motion, while still looking ahead. It's worth practicing.

It pays to know your bike well. Let it run to reserve and note the mileage. There's no excuse for running out of gas (sound of stone passing through glass).

[Filterer]

Hrm try leaving the bike on reserve after you fill up.

Means that next time you heading down the motorway just after the Khyber pass exit heading north on the southern motorway you run out of gas in the fast lane..... Now that was a long walk of shame!!

Always always triple check you have switched the bike back to the normal position
And as the others said practice changing to and from reserve while the bike is moving

[ZeroIndex]

I ran out of gas 2 days ago... 15 metres from the petrol station, and also about a week ago, 30ish metres from the petrol station, but that time, i was still moving, so i just rolled up to the pump

[Lissa]

I ran out of gas yesterday. Had no idea how far I could go on my Bandit as its new to me. But after stopping and putting it on reserve (even after the person I was riding with thought it COULDNT be the gas as to why the bike stopped ) I got to the petrol station and filled up. At least I know how far I can get now without refuelling!

[Nasty]

You don't really need a fuel gauge.

You've just gotta be able to switch to reserve in motion, while still looking ahead. It's worth practicing.

It pays to know your bike well. Let it run to reserve and note the mileage. There's no excuse for running out of gas (sound of stone passing through glass).

Took me bit of practice .. but now I can change do it without problem ... also pays to do gas tracking for a couple of weeks .. you will see the pattern form and know when you really need to gas up. In other words Drums right.

[skelstar]

...even after the person I was riding with thought it COULDNT be the gas as to why the bike stopped

Least I was having a go at trying to find the fricken problem...and not sitting down smoking!

[Rosie]

I've run the bike to reserve quite a few times, but only run out completely once. Luckily b/f had his 18 litre tank fitted, and is an expert at lending people fuel. I'd been on reserve for about 30km when we stopped at a cafe for lunch, bought some juice in a glass bottle, and used the empty bottle about 10k's down the road to pop a bit more fuel into the KR. That was enough to get me back to Taupo. The bike normally gets to reserve at 170k's and I'd done about 240 by the time we got to the petrol station, so it was pretty good going.
I'm unconvinced about fuel gauges. At first I thought it was pretty cool that my bike had a fuel gauge, but in reality using the tripmeter is far more reliable, so I don't bother with the gauge any more.

[MaxCannon]

Well I wasn't sure if there would be a cut out switching from main to reserve and on the Motorway wasn't the place to test it out for thwe first time.

For the record I've checked it's back on main about 9 times now, each time I go in the garage I think, did I really put it back - maybe I need to check again.

[speeding_ant]

Was travelling from Wellington to Palmerston (on a very tight budget) on my old RG150 AE. Thought to myself "I should be sweet to get to palmy without filling up" when I stopped in Levin. Boy was I wrong. Switched to reserve about 5 minutes from Levin. I kept on going... Here is the great part.. I ran out of petrol and came to a rolling stop, quite literally , outside of Linton petrol station just on closing time. I ran my bike accross the road and filled up. I really didnt want to walk my bike for an hour to get some petrol.. So yeah.. that was very lucky

[Lissa]

Least I was having a go at trying to find the fricken problem...and not sitting down smoking!

I was stress relieving... because I KNEW it was it had run out of petrol and you had to try and take my bike apart to fix the problem. But thanks anyway... 11 litres.. plus 3.5 reserve (I looked it up)

[Grahameeboy]

Yep I ran out of gas when I put deisel in it....whoops........

[JimO]

i used to work with a guy who wouls occasionally turn the gas off on your bike while you were putting your helmet / gear on nearly had me killed once on a rd 200 as i passed a car and pulled back in front it started to die i was going around 70 mph

[Grahameeboy]

i used to work with a guy who wouls occasionally turn the gas off on your bike while you were putting your helmet / gear on nearly had me killed once on a rd 200 as i passed a car and pulled back in front it started to die i was going around 70 mph

Remember the RD days...........the RD200's were nice bikes