How close to empty have you got?

**Mystic13** · 22nd June 2009, 20:32

I've run out on the Southern motorway, outside lane at Khyber Pass, rolled up and over the hump, off Nelson street, got greens all the way to the gas station. Rolled up to the pump and filled it up. A little over 3km's.

I also ran out going up the Ngauranga Gorge (the big hill exiting Wellington), switched to reserve and it continued to die. I pulled over and kicked and kicked and kicked and kicked. Finally it dawned on me I must have already been on reserve. I decided that even though it looked a long way I was better off pushing up half the gorge to the gas station than going down and taking my chances. I would have pushed about 1/4 of the gorge when another bike hauls up. I tell him my story and he says "Nup... I had a bike like this and if you ran it out on the main going uphill it took for ever to re-start on reserve." He kicked it for a fair while and the damn thing kicked into life.

I rode up to J'ville and gas'd up.

**h_tron** · 22nd June 2009, 20:39

i got 100% empty which resulted in an attempt to run with bike, leathers and all to the gassy, on a beautiful sunny day... i was going to be late for a thundercatting race luckly some guy pulled over who had been mowing lawns and gave me the top up i needed to make it to a pump

**grusomhat** · 22nd June 2009, 20:42

I've run out a couple of times and had quite a few almost empty situations. Forgetting to change of reserve sucks and so does filling up to a different level each time. Not sure how I managed that but oh well.

Originally Posted by AD345

I still have the receipt and I'm seriously thinking of laminating it.

Good luck with that

Reminds me of someone who tried laminating a top-up voucher to give as a prize to someone. That was $20 down the drain

**DangerMice** · 22nd June 2009, 20:46

Last fill was 5.65l in my 5.7l tank. 99.1% empty

**DangerMice** · 22nd June 2009, 20:49

Oh and the mobil chick asked me if I wanted to spend four dollars in store to save 4c per litre. Hmmm, my whole tank cost ~$8, you want me to spend another $4 to save 20c? Maybe not. lol

**skidMark** · 22nd June 2009, 20:50

Originally Posted by FJRider

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

yeah... had similar thing happen...

17 litre tank and it was pretty empty (on the zxr)

filled it up and it came to 22 litres...

i had a go at the gassy, they said the counting on them is hecked daily blah blah...

i said well its only a fucking 17 litre tank

**Subike** · 22nd June 2009, 20:54

I know it is not a bike, but I put 49.75 liters into my desiel ute, which has a 50 liter tank.
But my biggest annoyance was on a run with some other bikes, I pulled into a S/S after riding a fair few K's, and filled my tank. $32. sweet, till I went to the counter and the rider in front of me, who had filled her tank at the previous S/S as I had, paid for $16 of fuel for the same distance!!!! So what you say? Couldnt dang well keep up with her little rocket on the road, or match her ecconomy.

**p.dath** · 22nd June 2009, 20:55

Originally Posted by skidMark

yeah... had similar thing happen...

17 litre tank and it was pretty empty (on the zxr)

filled it up and it came to 22 litres...

i had a go at the gassy, they said the counting on them is hecked daily blah blah...

i said well its only a fucking 17 litre tank

I had a similar incident at a BP station. The pumps certificate of accuracy had been tampered with so you could no longer read the test date. I complained to BP about the incident, and the fact that the station was operating a petrol pump illegally. Of course, they did nothing about it.

**grusomhat** · 22nd June 2009, 20:56

Originally Posted by skidMark

yeah... had similar thing happen...

17 litre tank and it was pretty empty (on the zxr)

filled it up and it came to 22 litres...

i had a go at the gassy, they said the counting on them is hecked daily blah blah...

i said well its only a fucking 17 litre tank

Checked daily? BS. Readings are taken daily but that's just to see how much fuel has been sold. The actual pumps are verified annually IIRC. An extra 3 litres seems like a lot though, you sure it's not 17L+reserve?

**Swoop** · 22nd June 2009, 20:56

Closest has been on the new bike with digital dash.
Riding around and keeping a tally for distance/quantity info... and waiting for the "LOW FUEL" light to come on.
It never did, because there wasn't one. Luckily I figured out what it meant to see the last bar on the fuel quantity bar, merrily flashing away to itself.
Into the nearest gassy to supplement the fumes that were in the tank.

**skidMark** · 22nd June 2009, 20:57

most expensive fill up....

south island rural gassy... 233.9cents a litre

$48

**skidMark** · 22nd June 2009, 21:01

Originally Posted by grusomhat

Checked daily? BS. Readings are taken daily but that's just to see how much fuel has been sold. The actual pumps are verified annually IIRC. An extra 3 litres seems like a lot though, you sure it's not 17L+reserve?

was 17 including reserve... id had the bike over a year filled it up from dead empty etc etc...

i wasnt happy but they refused to charge me any less, its okay i never went there again, gassy at sylvia park...shell or caltex i cant even remember now.