Riding on reserve fuel

[ducleaner]

How far do you guys ride after it switches to reserve? < 10? < 25?  ??

[numbskull]

After the reserve light turns on and the reserve odometer starts up, I usually seek the nearest fuel station. I've been lucky that I haven't been further than 25km from one. I never had an instance of needing to go further than that.

[BastrdHK]

I have run out at 27mi and 32mi after the light comes on.   25mi is now my limit.  400lbs is pretty damn hard to push in leathers. 

'01 M900

[redxblack]

My reserve light does not work. I've pushed the bike 3 or 4 times, but not more than 2 miles total combined.

[mstevens]

I've gone 25 miles on a 620 and about 22 on a 696 without running out.

I really don't have any desire to find out the absolute limit. When I was a kid, my dad was forever trying to wean the family cars, so I've spent far more of my life hiking to get gas than I really want to.

[He Man]

we have a reserve?

i thought the fuel light was just a joke.

I could of pushed over 180 miles on my tank on my last trip ( plastic tank) i was doing 57mpg
avg speed 90mph fully tucked in. (120miles 2.1 gallon fill up)

[BumbleB]

My reserve light has come on twice, I found a station within 18 miles both times. Generally, I'm keeping an eye on my overall mileage on the tank to anticipate the light going on, then making sure I'm close to a station. Sounds obsessive, probably, but I don't want to run out with EFI - I hear that is a bad, bad thing...

[hbliam]

Hyper with Chris's tank gets me over 30 miles on reserve for about 210 miles total. With stock exhaust/ecu I would have been hitting closer to 260 miles. 

[somegirl]

The farthest I've gone has been 30 miles but I try to find a gas station within 20 miles of the light coming on.  I think that 30 miles was a fluke.

[DoubleEagle]

On my S4Rs I'm not going to push more than 10 miles if I can find a gas station .

I think I typically get 90 miles before the light comes on and I have the full Performance Treatment.

I have no idea on the 1098 R.

I usually top off some where between 30 and 60 miles between top offs.

I always top off within 10 miles from going home on all 3 of my bikes.

Dolph.....

[Duc Fever]

On my S2R I really start sweating if I pass 20mi on reserve.  I ran out only once at about 22.5 mi.

[ducleaner]

Both of my tanks, I've been about 10 miles from my local gas station when the light came on. I was actually nervous that I might be pushing my luck trying to wait until I was "home" before pulling over. Today I paid attention to how much it held (2.8 gal) and then looked up the capacity (3.8 gal). So I started thinking maybe I could make it another 40 miles if I were brave enough. I think after reading some of the posts here I'm going to continue trying to keep it within 10 miles.

Thanks all for the tips.

[sroberts152]

Ive done 25-28 on my 696 on many occasions.  My commute home from work is 17 miles (16 from work to the gas station) and I don't even sweat it.

[S4ROB]

My light don't work any more. I fixed it once and it lasted about 1 year. Now I just use my trip meter. I allways keep a full tank. It keeps the inside from corroding. I start pushing at 125 mi.

[Big Troubled Bear]

I went 42 kilometers on the 696