12-04-2013, 01:50 AM
(12-04-2013, 01:31 AM)Deanohh_imp Wrote: I wouldn't take their word for it about getting 3.9 gallons out of the tank.
I mean the stated specs are not precise. If you put in 3.5 gal, I wouldn't depend on that you would have been able to use another .4 gals out of the tank.
I had no idear' that I needed to take a Sensitivity Training
course when I purchased this bike.The Suzuki M109 has the
exact same problem with inacurate fuel gauge readouts.
it bugged the living' daylights out of me.
It forced me to use a work around.Every motorcycle tends to
have a downside.Used to be much simpler.Like with petcocks.
Just let the engine run out of gas { you can hear by the pitch of the
exhaust when the engine is running really low } and
twist the petcock ,to reserve position.
I've run out of gas twice in the last 15 years.Both times in the
extreme heat of summer.Once with my VTX 1800 and had to
push about a mile to the nearest gas station.
The other was on a highway with my M109 { down right now }
which was 3 miles from a station.I was lucky enough a good Samaritan with a really long wooden trailer and tie downs came by
and gladly offered help.
