86km to Huntly, and used just under half tank off gas - geeez.

**Taz** · 30th December 2008, 06:01

$17.60 equates to 13 litres. half of 13 litres is 6.5 litres, 86km divided by 6.5l = 13.23 Km/l If you consider half full being half way to where the fuel light comes on. This is not very scientific as you say the bike used half a tank of gas and do supply any info on how many litres it took to fill from this point. What I'd suggest is that you reset the trip meter every time you fill up and record the distance travelled at the next fill, divide this distance by the number of litres it took to fill and that is your Km/l. Much more accurate than looking in the tank and guessing where half full really is as due to tank shape what looks like half full may really not be.
Andy.

**crystalball** · 30th December 2008, 15:43

Yes well here i'll try this way. Well filled it up while sitting on it (more gas) then headed for Huntly 86km there and about 80km on way back

just befor papakura offramp those red sirens go off

hmm

wow better get to fuel station lol. 86 + 80 = 166 when i looked in tank at gas staion it looked like there was still fuel at bottom but not sure on how many km still in it but looked really low. took me about 10mins to get to a open petrol station in papakura. Then yay back to pakuranga. But yes your right its hard to judge how much petrol is in there by looking at it.$17.60 is probaly about what it cost to get there and back. Just seems to me that if i want to go on a long trip ( tauranga) im gona have to stop on the way and get petrol or im not going to make it. seems a little annoying. gona put 95 in when shes low next time, I know wont be any difference with fuel saving but sounds like it will be healthier. If she doesint like it back to 91. Will look at those problems like I said still tho.

NO BLACK SMOKE COMMING OUT.

**Max Preload** · 30th December 2008, 18:43

Originally Posted by crystalball

...filled it up while sitting on it (more gas)

You shouldn't do that. Although highly unlikely, there is a small chance if you have a spill and it gets onto the headers and you it could burst into flames and in the panic to get off you too could also end up bursting into flames.

**crystalball** · 30th December 2008, 20:44

Yes I always take very much care off not to spill any petrol on the bike or me. Always make sure put petrol pump back carefully as well. Thanks for your concern tho i'll keep it in mind.

**Howsie** · 7th January 2009, 19:50

its helpful to know just how far you can go on a tank of gas. Do as suggested and record your total kms per tank for a few tanks to get a good idea of how many km/litre you can do. Then multiply this figure by how many litres your fuel tank can hold. This figure is approx how far you can go (in kms) before you run dry.

Of course how twisty your wrist is affects this to a large degree

**PHATVW** · 9th January 2009, 15:15

I've got a 1993 Kawasaki ZXR250C, get around 180km before I have to fill up. Most of the time I fill it up with 98 and seems to be quite happy.

At 100km/hr, 6th gear sits at around 9,000rpm. Not sure if this is normal though