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--- david.smith@... wrote: [sees that e-mail address and thinks of "Semtex"]

>dies and you go to reserve. I seem to get around two hundred miles >then it dies. When I go to the gas station it takes about 3.8 gallons >to fill it back up.

Mine was doing this with a paper element in-line fuel filter. Does your bike have an extra fuel filter spliced into the fuel line? RM __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/

Dave, I consistently hit reserve at about 250 - 265 miles. That leaves about 1.5 gals in reserve. Vernon -----Original Message----- From: david.smith@... [mailto:david.smith@...] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 12:34 PM To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_klr650] Gas Tank Since were on the Gas tank thing. I have filled up four times since owning my bike (3 weeks). What distance does everyone get before it dies and you go to reserve. I seem to get around two hundred miles then it dies. When I go to the gas station it takes about 3.8 gallons to fill it back up. Does reserve hold that much gas (2 gallons). So what does everyone else get out of a tank full ,mileage, before hitting reserve. Checkout Dual Sport News at http://www.dualsportnews.com Be part of the Adventure! Visit the KLR650 archives at http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

> So what does everyone else get out of a tank full ,mileage, before > hitting reserve.

I get about 250 until reserve (street only) then it takes about 5 gallons or a bit less to fill. Don Detloff Fair Haven, MI, USA '00 KLR650 '00 Triumph Sprint RS '64 Yamaha Trail 80 (Ret)

Ditto. -- Marc, KLR650 A12, Loveland, Colorado, USA ----Original Message-----

>From: "Don Detloff" >To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [DSN_klr650] Re: Gas Tank >Date: Thursday, September 20, 2001 13:46 > >> So what does everyone else get out of a tank full ,mileage, before >> hitting reserve. > >I get about 250 until reserve (street only) then it takes about 5 >gallons or a bit less to fill. > >Don Detloff >Fair Haven, MI, USA

> Dave, > > I consistently hit reserve at about 250 - 265 miles. That leaves about > 1.5 > gals in reserve. > > > > Vernon >

In theory, in the cold and cruel real world you have about 1 gal left. Of that 1/2 is hidden in the right side of the tank; usable only if you tip the bike on it's side so it flows to the petcock on the left. Bogdan

Good info to know.... Hit 230-260 miles...feel the "bog" slide the petcock into reserve...and know that you can go for another 40-50 miles. If it "bogs" before 40-50 miles...get your but off the bike and lean it way over to left, and hopefully make the rest of the way! Joe in Kansas

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., Bogdan Swider wrote: > > > > > Dave, > > > > I consistently hit reserve at about 250 - 265 miles. That leaves about > > 1.5 > > gals in reserve. > > > > > > > > Vernon > > > In theory, in the cold and cruel real world you have about 1 gal > left. Of that 1/2 is hidden in the right side of the tank; usable only if > you tip the bike on it's side so it flows to the petcock on the left. > > Bogdan

Just went to 255 before having to turn it to reserve; got to the gas station at 293, and it took 5.45 gallons (presumably having .65 gallons in the tank.) Normal, mixed subruban and rural riding. Jett

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., david.smith@s... wrote: > Since were on the Gas tank thing. I have filled up four times since > owning my bike (3 weeks). What distance does everyone get before it > dies and you go to reserve. I seem to get around two hundred miles > then it dies. When I go to the gas station it takes about 3.8 gallons > to fill it back up. Does reserve hold that much gas (2 gallons). So > what does everyone else get out of a tank full ,mileage, before > hitting reserve.