Wilsons Sandbox

I have run out a couple times, at around 240 miles or so. I try to fill up at 200 miles. It varies, however- I have had to hit reserve at 160 miles before, if I was pushing the bike hard (constant 75+ mph on the highway, for example). I also have more drag than others...I'm 6'4" and 300 lbs. The bike has an 11" taller windshield. I get my best economy when riding on secondary roads, keeping it around 35-50 mph. Jim

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "digger8668" wrote: > > Has anyone run the tank dry to test the range on reserve? How many > miles have you got on a tankfull? >

>>>Has anyone run the tank dry to test the range on reserve? How many

miles have you got on a tankfull? I seem to be right at 4.8 gallons of use when hitting reserve, with an additional .75 gallons of reserve available before running out. As you can see that adds to 5.55 gallons for my bike. If you do the 'tip over' you can get into the 5.6's - not worth the effort IMO. Hope this helps. Bill Watson Phoenix, AZ www.xanga.com/watt_man __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Depends on the circumstance. I misjudged and ran out of gas on Highway 36 in Colorado in between Last Chance and Byers. They call it Last Chance for good reason! I tipped my fully loaded bike over past horizontal and got enough gas to make it into Byers without pushing. I went about 40mph to conserve gas. I was never so happy to see a gas station. And yes, I did learn an important lesson! Alan A13 Iowa Bill Watson wrote:

>>>> Has anyone run the tank dry to test the range on reserve? How >>>> many > miles have you got on a tankfull? > > I seem to be right at 4.8 gallons of use when hitting reserve, with > an additional .75 gallons of reserve available before running out. > As you can see that adds to 5.55 gallons for my bike. If you do the > 'tip over' you can get into the 5.6's - not worth the effort IMO. > Hope this helps. >

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Bill Watson wrote:

>SNIP

If you do the 'tip over' you can get into the 5.6's - not worth the effort IMO. Hope this helps.

> > Bill Watson > Phoenix, AZ > www.xanga.com/watt_man

Bill, Rarely do I argue with someone smarter than me, but your statement does not hold up to experience--so rather than argue, may I kindly disagree? In fact, TWO 'tip-overs' is better than pushing 7+ miles. Yeah, ask me how I know. (And I am not the only one!) And no, it was not fun, but better than walking. All of this was due to the fuel filter installed, same device as Jeff Saline's bike, bought in the same store, from the same 'card' of filters, installed exactly the same way. Hugely different results. Jeff still filters, and I don't. Never could figure out why. On this day, I hit reserve around 165 miles, and ran flat out ~8 miles later. It was were I 'learned' and gained 'experience' from all that reading from the list! Got to the station that day, on reserve, expecting to pump near 6 gallons of fuel and the bike took like, only 4.7 gallons of fuel; after having performed two tipovers to get to a gas station. A very annoying fill up. I removed the filter as soon as I could get some replacement fuel line. revmaaatin.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Arden Kysely" wrote:

> > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jud Jones" wrote: > > > How much of a fight is it to get the box off? > > > > Good point, Jud. > > Someone on the List once posted a clever box mounting system that > involved taking a 1x6 (1x8?) piece of plastic lumber, cutting in > lengthwise into 3 strips with 45 degree angles so it looks

something

> like this from the end: ==/ /==\ \== > > He mounted the two outside pieces to the rack so they would snugly > accept the center piece and mounted the center piece on the box so

it

> would slide on and off easily. The whole thing was held together

with

> a couple of long pins run through holes drilled through the sides

of

> the boards. > > Seems pretty slick to me. > > __Arden >

That was "Old Rice" who came up with that idea. I copied his design and am very happy with how it turned out. I added a couple of extra holes for the long pin so I can move the box fore and aft depending on the weight, if I have a passenger, or if I want a back-rest. If you want you can make additional bases to slide into the mount for different purposes (milk crate, etc.) I think I still have pictures on my computer somwhere of his set-up. Email me off list and I'll send you some if you are interested. Ross Lindberg Fertile, MN Angels Camp, CA