CaptainJoe Posted June 4, 2011 Share #1 Posted June 4, 2011 Do yourself a favor... If you have 2 bars showing, your in the fuel countdown mode, and, your approaching a steep hill with cagers on your six... switch to reserve immediately... I found this out on my way to MD today... luckily the cagers weren't riding my six... took a half a mile going up hill for the reserve to kick in... food for thought... On the flat you can run without flipping to reserve well below one bar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etcswjoe Posted June 4, 2011 Share #2 Posted June 4, 2011 Found out the same thing last year on the way to Blue ridge but I was already on reserve but I just knew I could go the 5 miles to the next gas station found out not up a steep hill. Luckily I coasted far enough to get over the crest or I would have been stuck between two hills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flb_78 Posted June 4, 2011 Share #3 Posted June 4, 2011 You can also lay the bike over on the left side crash bars to get all the fuel in the tank over to the petcock in an emergency to get a few extra miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby G Posted June 4, 2011 Share #4 Posted June 4, 2011 My fuel guage has always baffled me. When it gets to the last bar on the meter, it will flip to another guage that begins an upward count of miles ridden, up to about 15, at which point the engine will begin to sputter and I need to flip to the reserve tank. But when I fill the tank sometime in the next 10 or 20 miles, it usually always still takes less than 5 gallons. I just assume that for whatever reason, my '99 has a 1+ gal. reserve, and not the .8 gal. reserve the specs say it has. Strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalstar09 Posted June 4, 2011 Share #5 Posted June 4, 2011 Found my gauge limit the other day as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etcswjoe Posted June 4, 2011 Share #6 Posted June 4, 2011 I have two identical 99's and both hit the fuel light at different ranges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flb_78 Posted June 5, 2011 Share #7 Posted June 5, 2011 My fuel light and countdown has never worked in the 4 years Ive owned the bike that I know of and Ive put in over 5.5 gallons several times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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