Epic day!

[mathornet]

wow... today on the 17th June!! stopped at a red light and many many cars behind me..let go of clutch den suddenly it turn off!!! i was so scared.. all the cars horned me!! LOL!! den i pulled over to the side and realised my tank was empty and i didn't know where about was the reserve tank switch on my hornet... looked for it all around the bike.. didn't find it.. ... boo hoo.. took me 10 min to figure out where it was.. den i finally went to the petrol station.. filled it up only $19.. ahh dat felt so good.. only 20 bux for full tank and using for 2 weeks.. oh and 1 question to any1 who knows this.. wen u put on reserve tank back to the normal tank.. does the reserve tank fills up on its own after using it???
people say hornets can travel about 160km to fill up full but mine was 239KM!!! i was shocked!!any reasons why?

[PirateJafa]

Your reserve tank fills when you fill the fuel tank.

[mathornet]

your reserve tank fills when you fill the fuel tank.

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[ZK-Awesome]

The reserve "tank" is just a lower intake in the fuel tank. See
http://www.obairlann.net/reaper/moto...serve-faq.html

[FJRider]

oh and 1 question to any1 who knows this.. wen u put on reserve tank back to the normal tank.. does the reserve tank fills up on its own after using it???
people say hornets can travel about 160km to fill up full but mine was 239KM!!! i was shocked!!any reasons why?

If more time/km's is spent at higher rev's and in the lower gears (like doing a lot of downtown city riding). Or, up and down through the gears (like going through the twisties), you will use more fuel for less kilometers. 240 km's is about average out of a tank, doing steady speeds (plenty of top gear running) and easy on the throttle.

Most fuel tanks do not have a separate fuel reserve tank. Merely takes fuel from a higher point on the stalk that is attached to the fuel tap. On reserve, it takes fuel from the bottom of the stalk. This means if you forget to change back to main "tank" for a few km's, you have not shortened your fuel reserve amount.
You are lucky, some bikes (like mine) "reserve" is a fuel low warning light. If bulb has gone ... no second chances. mutter mutter

[Mom]

Are you for real? Allowing for the fact that I have doubts mind you...

A bike has one petrol tank. It is either full or empty however, there is a mechanisim in some and a sensor in others that tell you when you are running low on fuel and need more.

Old fashioned bikes have a fuel tap that is either off/on or reserve. When you ride along with the fuel tap in the ON position, the fuel level will drop to the mechanisim that tells you you need petrol. It will bog and starve for fuel, telling you to switch the fuel tap to reserve. Once you do you will have good fuel supply and should make yourway to a petrol station and refuel. Make sure you turn the fuel tap back to ON afterwards.

Modern bikes will simply show a fuel warning light, telling you, you need petrol. Go and buy some.

You will not be the first, nor the last that runs out of gas and has to push your bike.

[davebullet]

da bike has only one dank, dat phils when you put da pump in da philla whole.
de do do do, de da da da

[FJRider]

Old fashioned bikes have a fuel tap that is either off/on or reserve. When you ride along with the fuel tap in the ON position, the fuel level will drop to the mechanisim that tells you you need petrol. It will bog and starve for fuel, telling you to switch the fuel tap to reserve.

You will not be the first, nor the last that runs out of gas and has to push your bike.

Murphy's law dictates that when fuel level is at the critical level of main/reserve status ... you will have to stop for an intersection or traffic lights. so when you pull away ... fuel surges backwards, cutting fuel supply to the engine ... and silence follows.

No he probably wont be the last ...

[Dodgyiti]

Maybe before you have any more surprises with your bike, you get hold of a hornet owners handbook which will explain all the day to day things you need to know as a rider

[NDORFN]

Better to ask a stupid question than make a stupid mistake.

[mathornet]

Better to ask a stupid question than make a stupid mistake.

yea... thx guys!! im new to biking.. so help me as much as u guys can!! u GUYS ROCK!! ( THE PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED!!) hehe

[mathornet]

240 km's is about average out of a tank, doing steady speeds (plenty of top gear running) and easy on the throttle.[/SIZE]

so this means im just a normal rider who doesnt speed and use high gear all the time?? is dat good?

[FJRider]

so this means im just a normal rider who doesnt speed and use high gear all the time?? is dat good?

Good (economical) for the conditions/style of riding that you may be doing now, and may suit you now. When you start spending more time in higher rev's, with hard acceleration, and heavy braking (downtown or in the twisties). With lots of gearchanges up and down through the gears. Km's you get out of a tank will shrink. (costly in terms of gas used/km's done ... but FUN.)

On a motorcycle ... its all good.

[Cheshire Cat]

da bike has only one dank, dat phils when you put da pump in da philla whole.
de do do do, de da da da

Eeh eeh eeeeeeeeeeeehhh!!

[KelvinAng]

people say hornets can travel about 160km to fill up full but mine was 239KM!!! i was shocked!!any reasons why?

My lil' ol'hornet flies between 13-16km on 1L of hornet food... or 208-256km per tank. But I'm not taking chances - once it has flown past 100km I fill her up at the next convenient stop.

For something so small, the hornet is one thirsty little bugger.