Road gas tank down to 1 mile left

mo8414

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2025 Triumph Rocket 3 Storm GT
Road down to 1 mile today. Put 4.506 gallons in the tank incase anyone wanted to know if the tank is actually empty at 0 miles. The tank holdslike 4.76 gallons so there is a bit of reserve after you technically run out of gas.
 
Service manual says 18.8 liters, or 4.97 U.S. Gallons, or 4.14 imperial gallons.
Owner's manual (U.S.) apparently rounds up and says 19 liters, or 5.02 U.S. Gallons, or 4.18 imperial gallons.
Fuel light supposedly comes on at 4 liters remaining. The last time I had it come on, I filled it almost immediately, which took 3.6 U.S. gallons to reach the filler neck, meaning I should have had about 1.4 gallons left when it came on. So safely conservative.
 
I have found that when the number of KM to 0 hits 0, I still have a about 1.5 to 2 liters left in the tank and when your out in the middle of nowhere, you start sweating it out and finally drive very conservatively, since trying to find a gas station in those area's can be as hard as finding ketchup flavored chips in the U.S.
 
Just be aware that the fuel pump is submerged in gas and that acts as a coolant for the pump- this advice coming from someone who went 1/8 mile too far past "0" and had to jump off the bike, in the rain, while still coasting to push it up and over an overpass, then coast down, luckily, into a gas station. Don't be "that guy."
 
mo8414 said:
Road down to 1 mile today. Put 4.506 gallons in the tank incase anyone wanted to know if the tank is actually empty at 0 miles. The tank holdslike 4.76 gallons so there is a bit of reserve after you technically run out of gas.
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That is awesome. I once took my 2006 RIII to 240 miles on a single tank. I put in 6.2 Gallons into a tank that is said to be 6.3 gallons.
 
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