Running on Empty / Flashing Fuel Bar

[sparky3008]

It's improtant for anyone still reading this thread to remember that each bike is different and our reserves will be slightly different as well due to the float arm.  If you've pulled the fuel pump from the FJR's tank, you will note that it's a tight fit to get it in and out and that the float arm is easy to tweak in the process.
It's good to know how much reserve you have for your riding style, your area's gas, (CA squirrel piss gives less range), and your bike.  I don't get nervous until 50 on reserve, but for the reasons Radman stated, I generally get gas as soon as the bar starts flashing, if not sooner.  Depends on the ride and the convenience of the stations.  If I know where they are, I might head for one I like instead of just hitting the next one.

Oh, and Howie, fuel/air ratio.  If the ratio is wrong, no boom.  And there's actually a pretty narrow ratio where gas ignights.  Now, when you convert your FJR to alcohol, then we all want to watch.......from a distance!  when you fill your tank.

I'm thinkin "diesel".

Imagine the mileage I'd get! :bleh:

Did diesel once in my Yamaha Maxim 550 about a gallon or so before I realized. I ran it as was and never a proble... Man that was a great bike. I wish i had one of the 750's though...

 

[RadioHowie]

Only a handful of my closest friends and associates know this, but enough time has passed I guess I can talk freely.....

A month or so after I got my new ZRX in '02, I stopped to fill it up at a local Shell station after an evening of wine and good food with a good looking woman.

Little too much wine and didn't pay close enough attention at one of those pay-at-the-pump pumps and accidentally filled up Rex with diesel.

Got about 2 miles down the road when the gas in the bowls was gone and the diesel hit the plugs. VERY ugly sound, sight and smell.

Pulled the tank and dumped it on the roadside (killed a few seals and seabirds with that one) and called the good looking woman to bring me some real gas.

To keep the story short...the plugs didn't survive. Had to put a new set in a brand new bike. The dealer took care of it under warranty but could NOT understand what that smell was.

 

[user 213]

A woman rider I know once contacted me because her bike wouldn't start. Eventually I learn that it stopped running at the gas station a block from her house and she got someone to help her push it home to her garage. Now, a few days later, she was trying to start it and no go.

Long story short, when I asked what octane she filled up with, she replied "I don't know, I filled it with gas from the green pump. What octane is that?" :blink:

She ended up needing new plugs too, and a new battery from cranking it until she killed the first one.

 

[odot]

Who's always ranting and raving about darwin's theories? I think we need a taste of that now.

 

[Geezer]

I wish i had one of the 750's though...

I have a Maxim 750 - an '83 Midnight Maxim I bought used about 10 years ago. It had been sitting for a few years while the previous owner paid his debt to society as a guest of the state. I thought it was a great bike and enjoyed it for a lot of years, but once I got the FJR I very quickly lost interest. My daughter is using it now as her first bike. The Maxim was my first shaftie and that is what made me decide that I wanted a shaftie for my next bike and eventually led me to the FJR. It''s all good.

 

[Penforhire]

Just to add to this old thread. Last Sunday I was forced to run 58 miles on my "reserve." Not my choice so I was nervous as hell. My fill up was 6.32 gallons, without trying to maximize the fill beyond the base of the fill-neck.

 

[Bike Effects]

Just to add to this old thread. Last Sunday I was forced to run 58 miles on my "reserve." Not my choice so I was nervous as hell. My fill up was 6.32 gallons, without trying to maximize the fill beyond the base of the fill-neck.

I understand the "nervous" part real well. It sucks to ride that way, doesn't it?

 

[rogerfjrfaster]

I have a small problem, I dont get as much milage as my riding partner even with new plugs and tb sync. He tends to get about 5/10 more than :huh: myself, but then he has an 05 against my 04 63,000 on mine and probably 30,000 on his have'nt looked at his odomiter lately.

rogerfjrfaster

 

[Toecutter]

I dont get as much milage as my riding partner even with new plugs and tb sync. He tends to get about 5/10 more than  :huh: myself, but then he has an 05 against my 04.

Faster bikes burn more gas than slower ones.

 

[jasonhc73]

So, I'm just a little confused. The tank total capacity 6.61 gallons, right?

Looking at the owners manual pg 3-13, makes me think 6.61 PLUS 1.45 reserve = 8 gallons...

Well anyways I just filled up at 248 miles with 5.8. About 56 on the F.

 

[RadioHowie]

Ionbeam's link in the "Gas Guage" (sic) post brought me here, and gave me a few good laughs...especially the posts from a Feejer-n00b with about 10 posts under his keyboard at the time.

So I thought I'd resurrect this dead-damn-horse just to fill up a bunch of inboxes. :****:

 

[beemerdons]

Ionbeam's link in the "Gas Guage" (sic) post brought me here, and gave me a few good laughs...especially the posts from a Feejer-n00b with about 10 posts under his keyboard at the time.
So I thought I'd resurrect this dead-damn-horse just to fill up a bunch of inboxes. :****:

So RadioHowie, I take it that things are just a little bit slow and boring this afternoon in Winter Haven, FL??? I thought You and Pee Wee Herman were going to the South Trail Cinema today, to watch a few movies together!!!

 

[RadioHowie]

Ionbeam's link in the "Gas Guage" (sic) post brought me here, and gave me a few good laughs...especially the posts from a Feejer-n00b with about 10 posts under his keyboard at the time.
So I thought I'd resurrect this dead-damn-horse just to fill up a bunch of inboxes. :****:

So RadioHowie, I take it that things are just a little bit slow and boring this afternoon in Winter Haven, FL??? I thought You and Pee Wee Herman were going to the South Trail Cinema today, to watch a few movies together!!!

Quit hanging out with that nasty *******....never washes his hands and hogs your popcorn.