1500vulcan classic, how many mpgs? big reserve?

[zuke]

i was riding today, the gas guage said empty, but figured the mileage was the way to go...

the mileage said 115 miles, then bam, sputtering...

i knew the feeling, so i immediately reached for my fuel petkok...

turned it to reserve, then nothing...

tried to start it once i rolled to a stop, but nothing...

i switched back to "on" fuel poss, and leaned the bike to the left in the hopes of finding some hidden fuel...

IT WORKED... i got about 2 miles, then it stalled!

i shouldve stayed in the origional stall spot, atleast that was on the side of the road, now i was in the middle of a busy road a measly mile from the gas station... a friend showed up minutes later with gas to the rescue!


my question is...

how big is my reserve? how many gallons should i be able to hold? how many mpg should i get...

o, and when i fill up is there anything i am supposed to do to make sure my reserve has gas?

thanks.
later
zuke

[mgdavis]

Your reserve just runs from a different intake in the same tank.

Check your manual for the size of your reserve.

[olebiker]

The tower in your tank that makes a reserve is not working.

[mgdavis]

The tower in your tank that makes a reserve is not working.

In other words, the fuel line is clogged on that "branch".

[vladmech]

Ran out of gas while doing 80 on the freeway. Learned that I should not forget to leave the tank set on reserve.

[olebiker]

The tower in your tank that makes a reserve is not working.

In other words, the fuel line is clogged on that "branch".

No more typically the tower fell over inside the tank.

[zuke]

if the tower did fall over, how do i fix it? is it something i can fix?

and if the "tower" fell over is that enough to steel 1 gallon from me?

i should have a 4 gallon tank, but i keep only getting 3 gallons in... i thought i was supposed to have a one gal reserve... so i have one gallon that keeps hiding from me!

thanks
zuke

ill go to oem parts and look at a schematic and see what your talking about, cuz its new to me...

thanks again

[zuke]

heres the schematic, can you show me where the tower is... what part number.

http://houseofmotorcycles.bikebandit.co ... 998/308116

thanks
zuke

[olebiker]

heres the schematic, can you show me where the tower is... what part number.

http://houseofmotorcycles.bikebandit.co ... 998/308116

thanks
zuke

See the tubes that extend up from your petcock. It sounds like yours is blocked at the reserve point. I didn't understand that you are not getting that extra gallon. If you pull that whole petcock out of you tank and do a through cleaning making sure that all flows as it should you should find that extra gallon. I hope that this is making sense to you.

[mgdavis]

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.