Mileage Test

[bobmielke]

I took a 200 mile ride yesterday on my 2008 R3T and watched as the mileage gage hit zero. I continued home and got up the next morning intending to make it to a friend's gas station. The bike died about one mile from the station, just rolled to a stop on the shoulder of the road. I gathered myself and rocked the bike from side to side swishing what was left in the tank. It started and I made it another quarter of a mile before it conked out again. Each time I'd swish the tank and it would start. I made it to a station on my third stop and put in 5.84 gallons. I'd say I was running on fumes. My mileage at that point was 214 miles. Now I know how far she'll really go. LOL I don't recommend trying this without knowing you're within a very short distance to a gas station. I was lucky.

 

[BigWillie]

I have found mine will say 0 for a while also. It is sitting there now as a matter of fact. I am flying to TX tomorrow and will be back Friday and want to do some TLC under the tank when I get home so ran it as low as possible. I will keep 200 miles as the max. I am not going to try and push this thing.

 

[rainman]

i say the 200 mile thing is if you dont ride between 80-90 miles for long period of time which i do

 

[Stick]

As my confederate friend stated, if you ride at speed, 170 miles is good out of a tank full. After reaching "0" miles left, I can ran about 20 more miles, yes it is tested research. Now having 38,000 miles on the R3T, it's seen alot of gas running through her veins and the tank has taken over 6 gallons on many occassions. Gas for TORQUE!

 

[2rockets]

Glad somebody else did the mileage check for me so I dont have to run out to find out! These newfangled bikes that make you have rely on low fuel lights, fuel gages, or the odometer to make it to the gas station kind of make me miss just having a reserve. Why the hell cant we have both?

 

[rainman]

if we had both it would be more money for the bike always rely on the odometer

 

[2rockets]

if we had both it would be more money for the bike always rely on the odometer

Yep thats mostly what I do, but I got about $19,000 in the bike with accessories. In about 36 years of riding, I rever considered a reserve an add on extra. It just came that way, but if they would would offer it, I would pay extra I guess. Wouldnt be happy about it though.

 

[Pig9r]

I would be cautious about doing that type of test often, from what I understand it's not good on the fuel pump to let it run dry. Maybe one of the real mechanics on here can chime in.

 

[RocketDaryl]

Yup, thanks for the test, but it is bad on the fuel pump; same goes for cars.

 

[bobmielke]

I wasn't intending to run out but dealt with the situation at hand. It is bad on the fuel pump. I admitted I was lucky and will never push it that far again.