Does the NT have one? Just wondering once the gauge is buried at the bottom of the red, about how many miles can be cajoled out of it, if need be. Just as the needle sank to the bottom of red, I clicked over the 200 mile mark, and the tank took 4.2 gallons, for about 47 MPG. Anybody have any idea what is the actual useable fuel capacity of this bike? Anybody had the distinction of running it dry and filling 'er up?
Yes. I have actually run the bike in the garage until it stopped so that I could see whether the fuel pump will drain the tank or not, thus working out the usabale capacity.
On the Centre Stand, which is near enough to being on the ground as far as the fuel tank is concerned, the pump WILL empty the tank completely, with NO visible fuel remaining.
This is not something I do on the road but for testing purposes on a cool day it is OK.
To fill the tank to the cap took exactly 20.6 litres or 5.44 US gallons. The owners handbook says 19.7 litres IIRC.
I have also recalibrated my fuel gauge sender unit to more accurately reflect the true volume of fuel in the tank.
Keep in mind that these figures apply ONLY to my bike:
FULL TANK 20.6L
3/4 ON THE GAUGE 15.3L
1/2 ON THE GAUGE 11.3L
1/4 ON THE GAUGE 5.9L
TOP OF THE RED ZONE 4.3L
EMPTY ON THE GAUGE 3.2L
We have lower speed limits in Oz so I usually travel at 95kph/60mph and consistanly average 3.95L/100km or 59 MPG US.
It never varies by more than +-2 MPG.
This gives me a theoretical range of 518km or 321 miles.
The furthest that I have travelled between fillups is 479km or 297 miles and it took 18.9L or 4.99 gallons US to fil it.
I usually look for fuel between 350 and 400 km but is is nice to know that I can go 500 if I need to.
Macka