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    Big ups to the man with the petrol can......

    To the nice guy that stopped and dropped a litre of gas into my very empty motorcycle tonight....thankyou!!

    I'm very glad the SRV is a light little thing, its a good uphill walk from Massey to the nearest BP!

    Now the question is, what happened to the reserve? Yokai, you ever had any mysterious 'no reserve tank' issues with yours?

    Ang
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    so ... how fit are you ...


    what a ride so far!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ajturbo
    so ... how fit are you ...
    Ever so slightly fitter than I thought!

    Ang
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mencius
    Now the question is, what happened to the reserve? Yokai, you ever had any mysterious 'no reserve tank' issues with yours?

    Ang
    Sometimes I have heard of people taking/cutting off the main pipe in the tank, and effectively making reserve and main the same take off level. No idea why that would be done though...

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    Either that or the main outlet is blocked by rusty crud or something.

    **** I'm getting very close to 2,000 posts!!!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Milky
    Sometimes I have heard of people taking/cutting off the main pipe in the tank, and effectively making reserve and main the same take off level. No idea why that would be done though...
    I have heard that same idea. Wonder who thought it up and what their motive was??

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mencius
    Now the question is, what happened to the reserve? Yokai, you ever had any mysterious 'no reserve tank' issues with yours?
    I gotta ask...

    The SRV ran out of gas and died on the 'main' tap setting. So you pulled over, switched to reserve, and... hit the starter once? You do need to crank it a bit if you've run the carbs dry.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jrandom
    I gotta ask...

    The SRV ran out of gas and died on the 'main' tap setting. So you pulled over, switched to reserve, and... hit the starter once? You do need to crank it a bit if you've run the carbs dry.
    Nope, hit the starter many many times. It got us about 500 metres before pooting out again. The tank was dry as a bone.

    Ang
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