Low fuel warning light?

[TLDV8]

2005 GSXR750 fuel pump



Suzuki seem to favour this set up,the TL1000 has two that trigger the warning light to blink at four litres and go solid at two litres giving at least 60/80 kms.
A 1.7 litre reserve does not sound right even on a 750.

[=cJ=]

If it's like my GSX-R 600 then it'll be 3.5 ish litres at blink, 1.5 ish litres at steady on, though I have no idea how much Suzuki fiddled with things between model years.

[98tls]

2005 GSXR750 fuel pump



Suzuki seem to favour this set up,the TL1000 has two that trigger the warning light to blink at four litres and go solid at two litres giving at least 60/80 kms.
A 1.7 litre reserve does not sound right even on a 750.

Methinks its gone bad and missing the blink.Edit,damn methinks im in for another site warning..ive bought your pic with it Les.

[TLDV8]

You probably still have time to edit the pic links out Mike.

I got infracted for posting a pic around 30 pixels to big yet it says nothing about pixel size in the FAQ.
The retarded Mod could have simply PMed me,its a pity you can not put mods/admin on your Ignore List,i tried with the spelling troll with no success.

[awayatc]

sport/camping stores sell plastic bottles approved to contain fuel (stoves)
1 ltr for about $10..... and also half liter ones for a bit less.
(Handy bit of kit to have for longer trips.)
I quite often carry one or two....Great to find out at least once how far you can actualy go after the light comes on.....
(My Aprillia exactly 16kms on reserve, and max 75kms after solid fuel lght....)

[Okey Dokey]

sport/camping stores sell plastic bottles approved to contain fuel (stoves)
1 ltr for about $10..... and also half liter ones for a bit less.
(Handy bit of kit to have for longer trips.)
I quite often carry one or two....Great to find out at least once how far you can actualy go after the light comes on.....
(My Aprillia exactly 16kms on reserve, and max 75kms after solid fuel lght....)

I've got a couple little aluminium fuel bottles for camping; that is a good idea and I will follow it at some stage.

[breakaway]

I believe the fuel light flashing has a delay - that the moment that low fuel is detected, a timer is started, and at the end of the timer if low fuel is still detected, the light starts flashing. This reduces the number of false positives due to lean angles etc. Because after I fill up my bike (K1), it takes a minute or so before the fuel light stops flashing.

[Okey Dokey]

My bike does NOT have the flashing stage. It comes on and that is it. Perhaps it should have the flashing stage and that is why it triggers earlier than I expect...but looking at the pic of the pump it may not be fitted with the flashing stage.

I really appreciate everyone here who has helped me to understand how this mechanism works. My old bike had the reserve with switch and no fuel light, so I am trying to learn what my fuel light really means and thus to trust it. Many thanks.