reserve tanks

[gibbleking]

went for a quick ride this afternoon...got 2 miles and me bike stopped dead in the middle of a frikkin roundabout....gets off bike and tries to start said black death with no luck at all...so i push the sucker home....i have a spare container of petrol spare so i chuck it all in as the tank appears very empty...still nowt.gettin very grumpy at this point...i put 7 quids worth in the tank so that gives you an idea on how empty it was...2 minutes of battery draining starter moter and nothing...nowt,,,,,nadda.its then i look at the petrol switch...it was set to reserve.aarrrggh....i rode 80 miles yesterday with no problem at all so was a bit suprised when today it was awful....anyways..put the valve to "on " and tried again..nothing again...so i try old faithful.running rear quick with the bike and dumping into gear...yay...it worked..but now im knakered...i thought m.bikes were supposed to make cruising down the road more fun

 

[IDB1]

If you ran out of fuel in reserve you really had drained that sucker dry :shock:

 

[gibbleking]

suppose i should have checked a cit more seing as its done about 200 miles since i last looked...oh how i chuckled...

 

[Tad]

I have done this before.

Tis great on the big old beemer having two fuel taps. You can run the tank down to reserve then switch one tap to reserve and run that side dry then switch the other side to reserve running the other side dry as an absolute emergency, not recommended though. It is a bloody great heavy thing to push.

 

[FMJ]

I always zero my trip meter so even if I do gap out and forget to switch the petcock back, I'm already thinking about fueling up when I get close to the magic 230km mark.

 

[gibbleking]

200 kg of yamaha cruiser is not easy to push round a roundabout

 

[xerxes]

200 kg of yamaha cruiser is not easy to push round a roundabout

You should try pushing 600lbs of Kawasaki Z1 3 miles uphill in full leathers in August. :roll:

You just can't beat that sinking feeling you get when the bike splutters and you reach down to flick it into reserve only to find that you left the lever in that position when you last filled up.

 

[Mr Panda]

Did this once on the A90 into Dundee as a teenager (197*) - never again :twisted:

Check your manual to see what reserve you have and get an idea of likely mileage to spluttery haltness.

Mind you - on smaller engined bikes i suppose you can run for a couple of weeks on reserve

 

[gibbleking]

the main tank is huge so i figure lands end and back would do...

 

[Mr Panda]

the main tank is huge so i figure lands end and back would do...

by your own admission - not so Grasshopper