75miles then the reserve light comes on. Is this normal?

philattersall · Post by **philattersall** » 17 years ago

I always thought i was filling up quite a lot. And so it seems 75 miles the light appears.......seems very short!

Post by **snapdragon** » 17 years ago

depends how quick you twist the stick sometimes

hopefully thats to the flashing (pre-reserve) not the full light

in another thread it was found that some had a good few miles on the flashing reserve and some plenty after the light was full on - seems they like to be as individual as their owners

AZ · Post by AZ » 17 years ago

The worst i`ve done is 72 miles to the light, riding like my arse was on fire and trying to save as much of the tread on my front tyre as possible.
On saturday i followed the wife to wales and got 132 miles to the light

.As stated before ,it all depends on how you ride it.

shebee · Post by **shebee** » 17 years ago

"75 miles the light appears"

Sir has been riding enthusiastically... Well done!

wreckah · Post by **wreckah** » 17 years ago

less than 60 miles till full light on track

on the road i don't really look at it, so i don't know...

taz_116 · Post by **taz_116** » 17 years ago

I am only getting about 75 miles too till the light. But i do ride it like i stole it

shaun700 · Post by **shaun700** » 17 years ago

On my trip I was getting 105 miles to the flashing light

But I ride very camly

Never found out when the light stoped flashing

stevepratt48 · Post by **stevepratt48** » 17 years ago

Seems to be down to the tank. My first thou came on at 100, when I changed tanks, went to 80, second bike runs at 95-100.
Stops flashing when you're furthest from any garage, whatever distance that is.......... 20 miles is as far as I've pushed it (No, don't mean pushed)

philattersall · Post by **philattersall** » 17 years ago

shebee wrote:"75 miles the light appears"

Sir has been riding enthusiastically... Well done!

i don't red-line it in every gear. But i do use plenty of revs
And to be honest i just can't stick at a level throttle. I'm always rolling off in 2nd/3rd, then pinning it again, getting that 'Just been kicked in the nuts by a horse" feeling

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And i can't really ride it any other way! Plus it's not a CB500
Red-line doesn't get used, but there's so much torque mid-range, i'm happy to roll off and on

Post by **snapdragon** » 17 years ago

philattersall wrote:................i'm happy to roll off and on

the mind boggles

JimBo · Post by **JimBo** » 17 years ago

When I had my 1000 (

) the flashy didn't come on until 130 miles no matter how I rode it, and I once got up to 150 miles and still hadn't run dry.

I just wasn't trying hard enough

.

Post by **snapdragon** » 17 years ago

JimBo wrote:When I had my 1000 ( ) the flashy didn't come on until 130 miles no matter how I rode it, and I once got up to 150 miles and still hadn't run dry.

I just wasn't trying hard enough .

errrm Get another and try harder???

Confitures · Post by **Confitures** » 16 years ago

philattersall wrote:
shebee wrote:"75 miles the light appears"

Sir has been riding enthusiastically... Well done!
i don't red-line it in every gear. But i do use plenty of revs
And to be honest i just can't stick at a level throttle. I'm always rolling off in 2nd/3rd, then pinning it again, getting that 'Just been kicked in the nuts by a horse" feeling .

Personally I don't fancy getting kicked in the nuts by a horse, but I can relate to what you are saying about the acceleration.

Mind you 75 miles, you might want to check your TPS setting as we found ours (sorry Crafty's Raptor 1000) did go up in fuel consumption when it was out of spec.

philattersall · Post by **philattersall** » 16 years ago

Ok...TPS
what is it. how can i check it. Do i need a spanner as i own no tools!

JimBo · Post by **JimBo** » 16 years ago

philattersall wrote:Ok...TPS
what is it. how can i check it. Do i need a spanner as i own no tools!

See here