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Mikef5000
Posted on Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 11:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Well I'll be. I always thought we had a 4.9 gallon gas tank.

While sitting on the side of the freeway waiting for my dad to bring a gas can, I decided something must have been amiss.
Turns out it was my knowledge.

I learned today that I can drive 30.2 miles after the fuel light turns on, and that's because we only have a 4.4 gallon tank.

Damnit.
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Xbimmer
Posted on Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 11:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My personal limit is 20 miles after the light/LCD readout. After that all bets are off.

Sorry for your learning experience.
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Eulysses
Posted on Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 12:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

There must be a place to attach one of those bottle holders...
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Froggy
Posted on Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 12:11 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I love my 5.3 gallon fuel in frame and 146 hp, still can net me 54mpg and 230 miles cruising range before the light comes on with another 40 miles before I start having to think about stopping. : )
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Froggy
Posted on Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 12:13 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)


quote:

There must be a place to attach one of those bottle holders...




I take it you haven't seen the threads with people mounting the quart sized jugs to the luggage racks? Another option is to hang a regular red gas can from the passenger pegs.
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Ourdee
Posted on Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 12:23 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Like in this thread:http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/142 838/549555.html?1269709841
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Cyclonedon
Posted on Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 12:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I got 35 miles on my reserve once before I had to push the bike a block to the gas station.
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Idaho_buelly
Posted on Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 01:14 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

32 for me
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Itileman
Posted on Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 01:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

The 30 oz MSR bottle should fit into your tank/tail bag. I have one each in my Gobi side cases held upright with a strip of velcro on the bottles and inside the front of the cases. Pretty simple/cheap concept.
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Paralegalpete
Posted on Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 01:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Anyone got any pics of a jerrycan strapped to the passenger peg?
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Pkforbes87
Posted on Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 01:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My X1 died once about a block before the gas station. I just pulled in the clutch lever, coasted through the last intersection and rolled to a stop next to the pump.

I haven't experienced it yet on the Uly, but I know the DDFI 1 on the X1 doesn't appreciate being run out of gas. The AFR correction (can't remember if that's the correct term) gets thrown off for a while after refilling.
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Johnboy777
Posted on Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 04:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

""The 30 oz MSR bottle should fit into your tank/tail bag. I have one each in my Gobi side cases held upright with a strip of velcro on the bottles and inside the front of the cases. Pretty simple/cheap concept""

At 45 MPG, 30oz gets you about what...10.5 miles?

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Buewulf
Posted on Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 06:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

At 45 MPG, 30oz gets you about what...10.5 miles?

Ever have to push a 500 lb bike 10.5 miles? 10.5 miles will often be enough to get you to a gas station or at least into cell phone range to call for help if you are out in the boonies
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Ratbuell
Posted on Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 06:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

And even if it's not enough to get you "there"....you're 10.5 miles closer than you were!
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Trevd
Posted on Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 06:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Mikef,

Don't feel bad... I learned the exact same thing last summer. Thankfully a kid on a GSXR stopped and went to get some gas for me.

Lessons like these are not fun, but they are effective!
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Wolfridgerider
Posted on Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 07:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

LOL... been there... done that!
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Johnboy777
Posted on Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 07:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

""Ever have to push a 500 lb bike 10.5 miles? 10.5 miles will often be enough to get you to a gas station
or at least into cell phone range to call for help if you are out in the boonies.""


Where do you ride, in the Serengeti?

Hell, even Texas has gas stations every few miles.

If you can't plan far enough ahead to keep an extra 30oz of fuel in your tank, you might want to consider a support vehicle.

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Ratbuell
Posted on Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 07:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

For me, it depends on where the trailhead meets pavement again....

They get grumpy if you're on the AT on a motorcycle.....
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Matchanu
Posted on Monday, March 29, 2010 - 10:16 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ran out of fuel once on the way back from Nevada to NM.

Filled it up in Henderson, took the long way around through Search Light, bypassed Kingman were I should have fueled up, ran out of fuel 14 miles before Seligman. Called AAA and waited about 45 minutes, AAA gave me a full tank.

I've now attached 4 of those contatiners, 3 holding fuel bottles, range is now 200 miles give or take.
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Buewulf
Posted on Monday, March 29, 2010 - 11:09 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Where do you ride, in the Serengeti?

Ever ridden in west Texas? They even have antelope!

Hell, even Texas has gas stations every few miles.

More like every 10.5 miles. Depending where you are in Texas, you may have better luck in the Serengeti with respect to finding a gas station. OK, not really, but I look for places to ride, not gas stations. Plus sometimes I get in "the zone" and don't want to ruin the high worrying whether or not THAT gas station is the last one I'll see for the next 30 or 40 miles.

If you can't plan far enough ahead to keep an extra 30oz of fuel in your tank, you might want to consider a support vehicle.

Planning takes the fun out of riding for me. I don't cart extra fuel when I am riding around locally. I take it for the "unplanned" adventures. I get off the beaten path often and on impulse usually with no knowledge as to where a certain route will take me or how many gas stations if any can be found along it. Off-road sections or prolonged spirited riding can use more fuel than expected leaving you stranded 10.5 miles from the nearest gas station. And don't believe the little coverage maps you see on TV. Get away from highways and interstates, and you may not see a cell signal for several miles.

Truth is, the GPS can usually get to a gas station when the fuel light is on, and I have only ever needed to use extra fuel when I expected I would need it. Also, I usually carry at least two liters for a whopping 21 miles of coverage (that would be 32.5 Froggy miles by the way) when I set out to explore uncharted (to me) territory. But, like a tire plug kit, it is easy to stow, so why not?
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Whisperstealth
Posted on Friday, April 02, 2010 - 03:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

That extra fuel might just be exactly what a fellow rider needs. I take things on trips I most likely won't need, but someone else might.

It may be easy to say that's their problem, or let them carry it themselves; but it's a lot easier for me to lend a helping hand then have to stand around waiting for "someone" else to come along. I'm learning more and more that demanding other's live up to my standards, just makes me an unhappy person.

I have 4 tubes and will be using them all. Long live the tubes! : )
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Ratbuell
Posted on Friday, April 02, 2010 - 09:16 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

OK, I have two on my Uly - left bag, first aid kit, flashlight, strike-anywhere matches, laminated ICE numbers. Right bag, fuel. Mounted on the bottom of the bags, like many others.

Where are folks putting the other two tubes? Rear of the bags?
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Whisperstealth
Posted on Friday, April 02, 2010 - 07:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I put one on each side, up behind the racks. And two under the tail.

http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/142 838/439989.html

If you put two on bags, two behind racks, two under tail, one over tail, you'd have yourselves a real UlyTuber or UlyUber or ualber : )
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Tipsymcstagger
Posted on Friday, April 02, 2010 - 07:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)


quote:

Anyone got any pics of a jerrycan strapped to the passenger peg?




Yep.

Tipsy
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