How close to empty have you got?

**skidMark** · 22nd June 2009, 19:35

20k's from a gas station... middle of NOWHERE...

pushing the zxr up a steep hill...

local comes by who has a little an of gas in the back and gave me 3 litres to get to the gassy...

bloodey legend that man

if i ever ran into him again hed be getting a fair few beers!!!!!!!!!!

**AD345** · 22nd June 2009, 19:36

Originally Posted by Cajun

going thru my recipts i have a couple which say a touch over 17l for a 17litre tank

16.25
16.38
17.32
17.56

Spoilsport

I'm throwing mine away now

**p.dath** · 22nd June 2009, 19:38

I had a bike develop a fuel leak, and I ran out of fuel while coming down the Harbour Bridge in Auckland. I had enough speed (and was heading down bridge) to be able to coast to first off ramp (outside of Police otorway control!). I called the AA and got enough gas to get home before running out again.

**YellowDog** · 22nd June 2009, 19:38

Managed 8km, 70% of which was downhill, in neutral after running out of petrol on the motorway doing 140kph. It was in a car though.

**Cajun** · 22nd June 2009, 19:41

Originally Posted by Starky307

How does that work?

you tell me, i have got every receipt for my bike fuel for 5 years, and 50,000kms, all loaded in a spreadsheet, i still have all the paper versions

how much is in the tank is usual more espially if you full it to the brim, and its from close to empty

**quickbuck** · 22nd June 2009, 19:41

Okay, I'll be the refuel police....
You should never fill up that air gap you are meant to leave in the top of your tank.............

Yeah. Freekin right!

I have had to shake the bike with the choke on a few times to get to the servo!
Oh, and run out a few as well....
The worst run out was when I filled up at Cheviot and rode to Picton. Crosses the Ferry, and in the 4 hours forgot that I hadn't refuelled....

Got to 2km short of Paraparaumu.... GSX600 2-up.
Mrs wasn't totally impresses, but a nice dude loaned us his lawn mower petrol.
That bike could do 200 miles on a tank if you took it easy.....

Another time i was on CBR400. Blenheim (Woodbourne actually) to my normal fuel stop in Cheviot.... only to find it closed! Missed by 5 minutes!
On to
Gretta Valley.... Closed..... Then the Junction.... CLOSED!
Little 400 made it to within 3km of Amberly! Again a cool dude GAVE me the petrol in his Jerry Can.
There are some nice people still out there....

As for working out how close I got... Well, I have put more than 16 litres in a 16 litre tank... Same with the 18 on the GSX.... Yup some of those had 20, but mine was destined for California, so 18 it was.

**FJRider** · 22nd June 2009, 19:44

I once put 18.4 litres into an 18 litre tank ... not sure how I managed that.

**zx rider** · 22nd June 2009, 19:49

Ran out at Puke', on the back straight at 260k's , pulled in the clutch and coasted (almost) back to the pits. I was sharing my bike with a mate that day (different speed group) and he forgot to top up the gas after one of his sessions. My bike lists a 17 ltr tank, but i have a reciept for 17.25 ltrs when filling up last weekend, and, it had some left in there. Weird science that.

**Usarka** · 22nd June 2009, 19:58

There is only empty or full. There is no try.....

**jtzzr** · 22nd June 2009, 20:07

I had a cb750 and ran out of gas( so I thought), was on reserve ,spluttered coughed, stopped(I was 1km from home).
I leaned the bike over to the left , pulled the choke out to full, she fired up and got home on the choke.( mind you there was a slight gradient on the last 300mtrs.)

**=cJ=** · 22nd June 2009, 20:12

Yep, pushed more then I care to admit.

I seem to recall wringing 250 km out of the GSX-R tank, though I may have forgotten to zero it. I usually start looking for gas at about the 180 mark...

**Taz** · 22nd June 2009, 20:19

Sometimes I wonder about the accuracy of petrol pumps........

**sunhuntin** · 22nd June 2009, 20:19

hit reserve about half way between bulls and turakina. only meant to get 20k on reserve, but somehow i managed to get back to wangas as the turakina station was shut. turakina to wangas i think is over 20k. rode the whole way at about 70k, which was horrid given it was night time.
that was the night we escorted a certain "grubby bugger"

: to bulls after he called in to say howdy. a very fond memory, and ive got tears thinking about it.

**Rayray401** · 22nd June 2009, 20:22

mm..went down to 1L on a 12L tank before..oh and do you guys have fuel gauges?..and are they accurate?....or most of you have to use the distance counter like i do?