Out of gas - Beware estimated miles remaining!

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I only had some short trips to do around the DC, so I didn't stop to fill up the tank yesterday when the initial Estimated Miles Remaining came on. Still had 30+ miles left today, so I took the "long" way home and stopped to eat dinner in Crystal City. After dinner, the bike wouldn't start! Battery was still good, and the starter sounded good. I suspected the fuel because the estimated miles left had changed several times between yesterday and today. I tried rocking/tilting the bike to get fuel where it needed to be, but no luck.

I walked to the nearest gas station, got a container and a gallon of gas, and returned to successfully start the bike.



Big thank you to the attendant at the gas station at Rt. 1 and 23rd. He gave me a free gallon of gas *and* showed me how to open the surprisingly complex container.



Here is how many miles I'd gone:



Lesson: even if the bike says you have 30 or 40 miles left, you may not have that much. I suspect it becomes less accurate the more you are stopping/starting the bike and doing little runs around town. It is probably most accurate when it first comes on, so if it says 40 miles to go, and *still* says 30 miles to go after you've gone much more than 10, be suspicious!