I never bothered to reset my trip meter and just switched over on the fly. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message----- From: Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:21:33 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Of men and Gas How far you can run on reserve depends on what your fuel mileage is. I play it super safe and assume 20 miles tops, but I also mostly just commute so I'm never further than two miles from a good station. I typically get ~43mpg these days, so assuming a half gallon reserve ( low estimate) 20 miles will leave fumes. How many of you have gotten good at the "switch at speed" maneuver? :D Kurt On Nov 30, 2011 9:16 AM, "in8design" <[email protected]> wrote: > I seem to get a consistent 43-44 mpg just about exactly 100 miles per > tank before flipping the petcock to reserve. When I first got the bike > I was running 87 Octane for the first two years, then I got a bike for > my wife and read her owners manual where it mentioned fuel and > thought; I wonder what my nighthawk book says? After reading mine I > switched to at least 91 octane, and you'll never guess, the knocking > went away. I would have thought I was smart enough to try a higher > octane fuel when the knocking started but alas I'm not. > > Does anyone know about how far you can run the bike once flipping to > the reserve? > > And good luck riding in NJ Marcel, I just had to replace two wheels on > my car because of hitting a pothole, that bent both rims on my > passanger side, in NJ just before crossing the Ben Franklin Bridge. > > Nate > '83 650 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
