How far have you driven on Reserve Fuel?

[Du-Rron]

I go to unlock the gas cap and... I only brought the ignition key and forgot the key that matched everything else. I had not way of removing the gas cap. Yikes! So we headed back home. I was doing the math on mileage and past experience about twice per minute the entire ride home. We did make it all the way home, had to use reserve of course. What an anxious little ride back for both of us.

 

You also belong to the "Nerves of Steel" club!

[Du-Rron]

All of this is dependent on proper bike setup, tuning, and individual riding styles. YMMV

 

Goose

 

I usually ride necked... Less wind resistance.... Puc is my Mentor.

[cowpuc]

I usually ride necked... Less wind resistance.... Puc is my Mentor.

 

And here are some words of wisdom from your Mentor Duey,, "most business establishments follow the code of NO SHOES - NO SHIRT - NO SERVICE,, therefore its always best to carry your shoes and a shirt on your bike somewhere just in case"

[JDaniel]

On the way home from Maggie Valley in late August I filled up in Williamsburg, Ky. 274.6 miles later I pulled in the driveway. Low fuel light was on the last 38 miles.

[Du-Rron]

On the way home from Maggie Valley in late August I filled up in Williamsburg, Ky. 274.6 miles later I pulled in the driveway. Low fuel light was on the last 38 miles.

 

But...But...But... I don't know how to convert Wing miles to RSV miles.

[djh3]

On a trip up to Ky from my buddies in NC. We were running along and I needed fuel. I think I went like 40 some miles, I was sweating it bad.5.2 gal or something, I was scared we even detoured so I could gas up as we had not seen any signs for gas stations. Turn back on the road we were on, and sure enough 3 or so miles down road was a C-store with gas. Geeze

[Stuart]

I had no choice one day as I misjudged my fuel,

I went 83 KM (about 50 miles) on reserve and still had a dribble of gas left in the tank.

 

I did slow it down to conserve fuel ,, 100 km hr (60mph)

[TCK04RSV]

I always ride on reserve. I look for gas around the 180 mile mark, kowin i still have a good 25 miles left in the tank. I hate having to bend over to switch to reserve while tooling down the freeway. Or any road for that matter. And as far as running out of gas: Why don't cars have reserve? Because the owners look at their fuel gauge and or tripmeter.Reserve on a bike is dumb. You can still run out of gas if you are not paying attention.

[Barrycuda]

35 miles. Maybe more but I was far away from home and it wasn't intentional anyway. Some of these back roads in Tennessee and KY, can be deceiving in how far they are...

[Rick Haywood]

I ran 42 miles on reserve and put in 5.38 galons/ Not sure how much farther I could have went but wasnt going to try. I was on the Natchez Trace.

[MikeWa]

After switching to reserve I rode my RSV all the way until it quit. That reserve doesn't mean it will go forever. They'll still run out of gas. Reserve is supposed to be one gallon. Some are, others maybe not so accurate. Also riding conditions will make a big difference. Still it is nice to have the warning when getting low on fuel.

 

Mike

Edited October 18, 2017 by MikeWa

[s.tyler58]

First trip out I ran out of gas at 146 Miles. Fuel gauge comes and goes and never accurate. No reserve that I can find on my Venture. Had to walk 15' before a driver took me to get gas and brought me back! Super Blessed that day! That gauge is on the winter To Do list.

 

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[N3FOL]

The most I've gone on reserve is 22 miles and my heart was pounding.

[bongobobny]

I think one time I made it a little over 40 miles and didn't run dry, but I was really glad to finally make it to a gas station...