1500vulcan classic, how many mpgs? big reserve?

[olebiker]

No more typically the tower fell over inside the tank.

I bow to your superior wisdom.
I've never heard of one falling over. I guess you learn something new every day.

Yep they can come lose and roll around inside the tank.

[BuzZz]

I have run out of fuel one the road once before, but it was over 20 years ago and the story is so politically incorrect there is no possible way I could relate it here without inciting a riot.

I've stranded myself out in the bush several times by miscalculating my range, terrain and by having too much dam fun to stop.

It always sucks though.....

[olebiker]

The first one sounds good.

[zuke]

i see what your saying...

i will take the tank off and clean everything out this week...

another quick question...

-can you foul plugs by running out of fuel?
i ask this, because the day i ran out, approx 65-70 miles latr the bike sputtered out a little at high speeds... i was doing about 80mph and the bike lost power than regained it quickly and backfired once... it did this about 4x's... almost as though it was running out of fuel again...

in the past i had a 4cyl bike that would foul plugs quite often, and when it did it often happened like that...

so, since my bike has 2 plugs per cyl, i think, could i have fouled one? or is there another reason for the misfires?

thanks
zuke

[olebiker]

i see what your saying...

i will take the tank off and clean everything out this week...

another quick question...

-can you foul plugs by running out of fuel?
i ask this, because the day i ran out, approx 65-70 miles latr the bike sputtered out a little at high speeds... i was doing about 80mph and the bike lost power than regained it quickly and backfired once... it did this about 4x's... almost as though it was running out of fuel again...

in the past i had a 4cyl bike that would foul plugs quite often, and when it did it often happened like that...

so, since my bike has 2 plugs per cyl, i think, could i have fouled one? or is there another reason for the misfires?

thanks
zuke

Sounds more like a fuel supply problem maybe related to missing gallon.

[BuzZz]

Often, especially on older bikes, running out of gas sucks up any shmag floating around in the bottom of the tank and bungs up the jets in the carbs, either fully or partially. You may want to remove the main jets and clean them out.

[zuke]

ok, so i got off of work this morning and drained the tank, and took off the petkok...

here are some pics of what i found... not that bad, but still bad... the filters were doing a great job of stopping this crap from getting to the carb, but i think the backfiring issue is the occasional gunk particle making its way through...

any one know a good way to clean out the tank without ruining it???
i was planning on using carb cleaner and a air nozzle to work it loose...

let me know... thanks
zuke







the one pic shows the underside of the tank where the petkok was...
the other one shows the plugs... not too bad...

let me know what you think...

thanks
zuke