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He's not missing your point. He just doesn't agree with it. Everyone rides different. If he wants to top off his bike often, that doesn't hurt you. If you want to ride to the last drop that doesn't hurt him. No need to get snippy.

I happen to just pay attention to gas mileage and how I've been driving on that particular tank. It works well for me, and if I ever make a mistake and use more gas than I thought I did, I've always got my reserve light. It's all good.

What he said ^

I don't see either one of your points...

Carb'd bikes have a reserve, and fuel-injected bikes have an idiot light. So, you either ride until it spudders and you flip on the reserve and find a station, or you ride until the light comes on (like I do) and find one then. Who wants to sit there and keep a log of mileage or stare at the tripometer every time they ride? I'd rather toggle my display over to the clock so I can keep track of time, not sit and calculate how much farther I have before needing a fill-up.

I always set my Odometer to Zero when I fill up. I know I get about 260 Kilometres to the Tank, so I try to refill at about 200 or so.

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I always carry an emergency supply of spare fuel in my saddle bag just in case. This has come in handy for the odd rider I have met on the road! Ha Ha!

So far I have never run out of fuel in over 30 years of riding. (Came close a few times in the past.) Having spare fuel in a remote area is a great idea.

You could mount Jerry cans instead of saddle bags

TechBMW wrote:You could mount Jerry cans instead of saddle bags

Yeah....for the ULTRA Paranoid!

i have a gauge...suckers.

Man if you can't enjoy the experience without having all the conveniances, ya best stick to driving an automobile. How hard is it to set the trip meter and use it to determine if you need a pit stop or not...............?

I always zero the trip meter, no matter whether on my truck or my bike.........

ZooTech wrote:I don't see either one of your points...

Carb'd bikes have a reserve, and fuel-injected bikes have an idiot light. So, you either ride until it spudders and you flip on the reserve and find a station, or you ride until the light comes on (like I do) and find one then. Who wants to sit there and keep a log of mileage or stare at the tripometer every time they ride? I'd rather toggle my display over to the clock so I can keep track of time, not sit and calculate how much farther I have before needing a fill-up.

On a long highway trip you cannot always be sure that there will be a gas station within reserve/idiot light range. So it doesn't really hurt to just keep an eye on how far you've gone. My bike has a theoretical range of 340km. But I start looking for a station after 240, just in case. There are some long empty stretches of road up here in Alberta, and I'd rather take the time to stop and fill up at 240, before my reserve OR idiot light (I have both) kicks in. It's an INDICATION of when you should start looking.

I learned that from the savage that didn't even have a trip meter let alone a fuel gauge. Getting stuck 100km out of town would have been a long walk if I didn't try to remember the odo.

old-n-slow wrote:Man if you can't enjoy the experience without having all the conveniances, ya best stick to driving an automobile. How hard is it to set the trip meter and use it to determine if you need a pit stop or not...............?

I always zero the trip meter, no matter whether on my truck or my bike.........

I totally agree with OnS .
I do the same with my sled and my cage . As well as take a peek in my tanks.
That's all I was trying to say to begin with .
Regards, Wizzard
I really don't think that there is ever an excuse for running out of gas on a scoot . Except for dumb laziness .