How far do you push it when the fuel light is on?

[thought]

just wondering how far do you try to go with it... normally, when mine goes on, i stop right away unless i'm pretty close to home... only gone about 10-15 miles max with the light on on my 796.

on average, how far do i have before it starts to sputter?  and how far do you go before you start to get really worried?  haha

[dark_duc]

Never got it to sputter yet, but 20 miles is the most I have pushed it.

[Mike_D]

At about 24 miles, my S2R1K shuts off. . .learned that the hard way.

[psycledelic]

I don't take any chances.  Sooner or later, pushing the fuel light will lead to pushing the bike.  I am far too lazy for that.

[flare_late]

The farthest I've gone is 20 miles, but I try to fill up ASAP.  You never know when shits gonna hit the fan and you have to get the hell outta dodge.

[AkLiz]

I went at least 15 miles (maybe more - I'm not really sure) and I was holding my breath the whole 15 miles as  I was on a not-often traveled road.  Made it with a little fuel to spare

[Queestce]

I tend to pregnant dog out almost immediately when the light comes on. I guess that's the pilot training coming out in me, a light comes on and I call mayday and deploy straight for the nearest service station. I've probably only ever had to go 10-15 k's with the light on. I generally plan it so that I refill before 200k's on each tank so I avoid the light altogether!

[sgollapalle]

I've taken it about 22-24 miles max on my 696ABS. The manual says the light comes on when there is 3.5 lit fuel left. I've been getting about 45 miles per gallon average. So technically, I should be able to go 35-38 miles after the light turns on.
But again, it depends on how the fuel tank is designed, will you get every drop of fuel before it is empty, or there is some fuel stuck on the other side of the tank... (I haven't looked at my tank, so do not know the shape and design)

I kept my limit to 20 miles, just so my brain cells are used for better purposes...

[Goat_Herder]

When the fuel light comes on, I start planning out when and where to stop for gas.  I usually have a pretty good idea where gas stations are around me.  The furthest I've gone with the light on was 20 miles and that was by plan.

[Vindingo]

I can't remember the farthest I have gone with the light on, but I have run out of gas 3 times on the monster.  Pushing a bike sucks, especially on the bay bridge during rush hour, when all the cars you just split past are laughing at your dumb ass.

A small tip if you start to spudder and run out of gas...  Take the seat off of the bike and lift the tank up.  This will get you another mile or so from left over gas.  This was on an old steel tank, don't know if it works for the new bikes. 

[orangelion03]

I had my light come on once...the third day I rode my bike...and found that it didnt give much warning at all.   I was on my way to the classroom session of my MSF course, coming back from a ride to the coast when the light went on a few miles from the site.  I  was planning to fill up right after class, but the bike ran out of gas in the parking lot.  I noted the miles on the trip odo and from then on, never let the light go on again.  If I rode hard, I'd get 100 miles before filling up, but usually tried to fill up well before that.  A freeway cruise might get me 120.  This was probably the thing I liked least on the Monster...the tiny tank forced me to plan my rides around available filling stations.

[Dellikose]

My fuel light doesn't work 

I just reset the trip every time I refuel, and go to fill up when it hits 120 mi. It usually take 3.5 gal for that fill up.

[lawbreaker]

At about 24 miles, my S2R1K shuts off. . .learned that the hard way.

I got nicknamed "27 Miles-davis" at the Laguna GP trip 2 years ago.....


Made it 27 mies after the light went on before...... she shut off on me.

-My '06 S2R1k


...Special thanks to Randy for letting me know my light went on, when we left for the track...

and another special thanks to the traffic idiot who directed me the LONG way around ( and the wrong direction too) to go get gas when I left the track




Good Times

[Frustration]

Depends on city or highway.

But really...

Who here doesn't just go to the closest place...


I rode 6 miles to office and went to work, planning on going right to a station afterward and it didn't restart...

[Silver King]

My fuel light doesn't work  

I just reset the trip every time I refuel, and go to fill up when it hits 120 mi. It usually take 3.5 gal for that fill up.

Mine neither.    

I fill up every 120mi as well. I wish I could look in the tank and see how much fuel there's left.

First week I had the bike I ran out of fuel on the freeway.  Luckily, a CHP officer that has a love for Ducatis ran and got me a half gallon of gas to get to a station.