09-24-2015, 08:46 AM
So, last three tanks I got around 54mpg, which translates to 200+ miles per tank. Last week, I figured I could make it the 30 miles to the gas station near my house on what I had left, trip showed 162 miles travelled, so I was pretty certain I had a good margin.
Nope. Was about 8 miles from where I was hoping to get to, and I ran out of gas on the highway. The bike is really nice and lets you know you're getting close to by starting a slow sputter, following shortly by large sputtering, after which you're basically taking the place of the motor. Wife rescued me. Unfortunately, I had tried to recrank the bike a couple of times on an already weak battery, so when my wife brought me gas, the bike wouldn't crank and I had to pull the battery and charge it at home. I rode back to the bike, installed the battery, and got it home. Since the battery was near end of life anyway, I purchased a Shorai replacement since I've had a good experience with the Shorai I put in my CBR.
I think I got poor mileage out of that tank because I've been getting more and more comfortable with the bike and riding a little bit more aggressive on occasion. Which leads me to the second half of this story:
On the way to work the other day, getting on the highway, I turned inside another vehicle on a two-lane entrance ramp, and in my zeal, scraped a peg. That's only the second time I've done that (first on this bike, other time was on a K1600GTL test ride). Kinda scared myself a little at first, then I thought, wowzers, didn't even realize I had leaned over that far. My body position was crap because I wasn't actually preparing to turn that much, otherwise I would never have scraped, but oh well. Now my perfect peg feelers are scratched on one side.
Nope. Was about 8 miles from where I was hoping to get to, and I ran out of gas on the highway. The bike is really nice and lets you know you're getting close to by starting a slow sputter, following shortly by large sputtering, after which you're basically taking the place of the motor. Wife rescued me. Unfortunately, I had tried to recrank the bike a couple of times on an already weak battery, so when my wife brought me gas, the bike wouldn't crank and I had to pull the battery and charge it at home. I rode back to the bike, installed the battery, and got it home. Since the battery was near end of life anyway, I purchased a Shorai replacement since I've had a good experience with the Shorai I put in my CBR.
I think I got poor mileage out of that tank because I've been getting more and more comfortable with the bike and riding a little bit more aggressive on occasion. Which leads me to the second half of this story:
On the way to work the other day, getting on the highway, I turned inside another vehicle on a two-lane entrance ramp, and in my zeal, scraped a peg. That's only the second time I've done that (first on this bike, other time was on a K1600GTL test ride). Kinda scared myself a little at first, then I thought, wowzers, didn't even realize I had leaned over that far. My body position was crap because I wasn't actually preparing to turn that much, otherwise I would never have scraped, but oh well. Now my perfect peg feelers are scratched on one side.