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    Senior Member powercruzer13's Avatar
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    Miles until fill up, how far do you dare?

    Low fuel light came on at 220 miles the other day so I pulled in to the first gas station I saw. Only took 5.2 gallons so I wondered..... How far can you push the F6B on fuel miles before disaster?
    Did my fuel light cry wolf? I know I am digging the distance between fill ups compared to the 130 miles or so on my Valkyries. But it did have a 1 1/8 gallon reserve that the F6B obviously doesn't have.
    Anybody run their "B" to dry yet? Or how close did you get?
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    Steady fuel light at 235 highway miles. 5.4 gallons.

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    Hmmm!
    Never got past 180, what the heck?

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    I Don't go past 245 miles runing at 55 or 60....at 70mph plus 200 miles...then time for a fillup....

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    I have gone 279.3 mi and put in 6.212 gal. I usually fill up to the vent hole in the neck.
    I haven't had a chance to check it on a trip since installing the cruise control, but they said I should see up to a 20% gain.

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    240's the longest I've gone. And I've not hit 200 before the light came on. Your mileage may vary-literally.

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    Mileage

    I barely get 160 before my light comes on. Most I have gotten is 200 and my light was on for a while. I guess cruising at 80-90mph doesn't help.

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    It's nice to have an accurate and linear fuel gauge on a bike

    My light *flickers* before it comes on steady. When I'm initially low on fuel and lean into a curve, the low fuel light comes on but goes back off.

    Regardless of how many miles are showing, I won't go very far past the last tick mark.

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    My fuel light comes on around 200 miles and I haven't gone much farther before fueling up. On a side note it is not a good idea to run your bike on low fuel very often as the fuel in your tank is also used to cool the fuel pump. My brother in law is a mechanic at a Ford dealership and says they replace many fuel pumps just because of people running their vehicles too low too often.

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    I've never been one to run my vehilces to almost empty before filling up. Once the low fuel light comes on I'm filling up at the next gas station. Mine comes on between 160-180 miles usually. I think I went up to 200 miles once before finding a gas station. I usually still have about 2+ gallons left in the tank when I fill up.

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