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Nemster
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 01:15 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

So how low does your fuel level have to be before you switch to reserve?? I see fuel in the tank but it is not over the top of the tunnel but lower than the sides of the tunnel. Just curious!! Thanks
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Newfie_buell
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 07:27 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

When it spits and sputters?????!!!!!!
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Mikej
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 08:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

On my M2 I cut down the tube above the petcock some, probably a bit too much. It used to still have a gallon or more left when I hit reserve, now it's waaaaaaaaaaaaay less (might have to add some tube back now, oops) .
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Kenb
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 11:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

my s1 goes about 100 miles before reserve and about another 60 on reserve.
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Blackbelt
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 12:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

my X1 doesn't have a reserve.... just an idiot light that turns on after about 200 miles.. lol just thought i would be apart of the discussion.. ok back to what you were doin..
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Newfie_buell
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 01:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

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Blackbelt
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 01:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

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Djkaplan
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 03:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

On the highway, I can get 200-220 miles before I have to go on reserve on my 2k M2.
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Court
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 03:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Oh....my motorcycle.

Nevermind.

Court (on for the last 2 years)
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Cerbero
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 04:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

how are you guys getting 200+ miles on your bikes!?

i'm lucky if i get 160 before switching to reserve on my (mostly) stock 97 M2... even with the larger 99 tank!
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Spinzealot
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 04:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I feel lucky. I'm getting around 210 miles on my 98 before having to go to reserve. Are you guys just running around wide open all the time or what?
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Road_thing
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 04:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My S1 goes on reserve at around 110 miles.

rt
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Sandblast
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 07:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Around 175 miles I think, maybe a little more. 2001 M2, 48 slow jet, 2 1\2 turns on the screw, 195 main, aftermarket intake and exhaust. Ridden sanely most of the time.
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2000m2
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 07:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I get about 150 before going on reserve, but I routinely crack the throttle to feel that torque, and have an 84" kit...maybe I will get better mileage when I commute this summer.
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Brucelee
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 10:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

150 till reserve.

Mostly city, some highway.
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Cyclonemick
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 11:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

00M2 at best 145 miles!!! I do have bigger cams though. Pretty wild about getting 200! I wish I could get that especially now with gas prices closing on $2.50 a gallon
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Cyclonemaniac
Posted on Thursday, April 21, 2005 - 11:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hey Mick, you really need to drop by the house and check out the muffler I made. Really choice!
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Richieg150
Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 12:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Cyclonemick:2000M2,modified motor.42 Makuni.I get between 160-200 miles depending on how im riding the bike.My reserve is 1 gallon or better.I bought a dyno jet kit before my Makuni,took it back out because I couldnt get it to work like the claims,ran better with out it.At highway speeds 70 ish,you should be getting 165+ on 4 gallons of gas.
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Twowheeldream
Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 01:14 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

you guys get a warning from your bike when its time to switch to reserve?!?! mine just dies, no warning, nothing, did it today on I-4 at 80mph. Have to pull off the Highway, slow down enough to shift to neutral, set the petcock to reserve, thumb the start, shift into gear and im off

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Cerbero
Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 02:37 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

two wheel: you shouldn't have to stop... as your bike is dying just reach down, flip the lever, and keep moving!

it never takes more than a second or two for the fuel to reach the carb, once it's there the bike comes to life and you're good... even as slow as 30mph the bike has enough momentum to keep moving until the fuel starts flowing.


mick: it's up to $3.00 here in san francisco!

now, about that 200+ miles per tank...

(Message edited by cerbero on April 22, 2005)
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Nemster
Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 02:49 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

WOW!! I thought you guys were gonna dog me out about asking a stupid question!! So I aint as stoopid as I thought!!!
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Bomber
Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 11:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

milage for me (Y2K MaDeuce) is wildly variable depending on headwinds and the enthusiasm of the operator -- I usually manage to squeeze about 150 mikes before reserve, but I, like Mike, cut the tube on the petcock a bit

no such thing as a stoopid question, though there ARE stupid people ;-}
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Blackbelt
Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 11:22 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)



you talking about be bomber?

hahahaha
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Nemster
Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 01:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

no such thing as a stoopid question, though there ARE stupid people ;-}

I agree 100%!! I tell my crew at work the same thing!!!
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Bomber
Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 01:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Blackie -- naw, you ain't stupid -- believe me I KNOW stupid!
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Mfell2112
Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 02:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

200 miles for my 2000 M2.

Mike
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Blackbelt
Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 02:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i have my moments.. lol ask spidy..

We all have our moments in time. Wow that was profound, especially for me, so i will shut up now.. I still get 200-240 miles on a tank.. LOL
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Spike
Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 03:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Fuel range was near the top of the list of things I miss about my tuber. My M2 would routinely pull 150 miles before hitting reserve, and that was in town without trying to fill it all the way up. On the trip to Daytona in '02 my M2 pulled just a little over 200 miles before hitting reserve.

The Firebolt isn't anywhere near that. The most I've ever seen before reserve was around 140 miles, the least being about 115.

Mike L.
'04 XB12R
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Daddyhogx
Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 03:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My FI bike has no reserve but it does have a low fuel light. I operate under the premise that the only time I have to much fuel is when the bike is on fire so I gas up long before the low fuel light comes on, around 125 miles or so. Never went more than 150 miles before fueling. Why anyone would try to burn the last fume before refueling is beyond me.
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Twowheeldream
Posted on Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 02:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

There is no "as your dying"... it just dies, no warning, just shuts off.

At that point im slowing down to the point that i cant concentrate on finding the petcock and worrying about the guy behind me coming up on me really fast..... just easier to pull off the side of the road.

besides cant really set the tank to reserve and hold in the clutch at the same time.

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Crazyhorse
Posted on Saturday, April 23, 2005 - 03:08 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Twowheeldream when it dies forget the clutch.
you need to set on the bike and make the fuel petcock part of the ( I NEED TO KNOW WHERE AND HOW TO USE ) just like the brakes horn and clutch because some day you will be on a narrow road with a cager on your 6 no sholder and it will quit . it dosen't hurt a thing to switch to reserve going down that empty road just to get used to it. after all i would be willing to bet that you don't need to look for the starter button. Sorry for the soap box I will climb down now . Be safe.
Wayne in Nashville.
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