scldr2 Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Sometimes you have to laugh at yourself a little. Using the FJ on my short commute this week netted a distance covered of 190 miles. Well actually, 189.5 miles until the Fj sputtered in the fast lane at 9:50 PM. I knew I was pushing it a little by not buying more fuel before heading home, but that little voice said, "there is still a little bar showing on the fuel gauge and the gas pump icon only started flashing yesterday, you can make it." The little voice was wrong. I worked my way across the other three lanes of traffic with the hazard lights on. As I reached the shoulder, still rolling, I wagged the bike from side to side to slosh a little more fuel into the bottom of the tank. It worked!. I repeated this process a couple more times and coasted down the ramp for the last 100 feet into the Shell gas station. I raised my fist triumphantly in the air and glided silently to the first available pump. I pumped 4.6 gallons into the tank while on the sidestand and calculated the fuel mileage at 41.3 mpg. I thought that reasonable due to the velocity of my normal commute. Note to self... buy gas before commuting 190 miles and don't listen to that little voice! To extend the range I guess I could slow down a little.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
root Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Did you catch how many miles you had on the "F Trip", the odometer that pops up after the fuel gauge starts flashing when you ran out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scldr2 Posted July 8, 2015 Author Share Posted July 8, 2015 Did you catch how many miles you had on the "F Trip", the odometer that pops up after the fuel gauge starts flashing when you ran out? I'm pretty sure it was something like 36.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
root Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 Good to know. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rszk Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 We were also testing our luck and tanks last trip. I was at 310km or 193 miles when I went to reserve. It counted up another 25km before we hit a gas station. I filled up and I had another 3 liters of fuel before the stated 18 liter capacity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member wessie Posted July 8, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted July 8, 2015 as reported before, I did 40 miles on the F trip (I had 4 litres of fuel with me in case I did not complete the last lap of the ring road) and put 17.99 litres (4.75 US gallons) in at a supermarket. The tank holds 18 litres according to Yamaha. My total mileage was around 220 miles on the tank but on a recent trip with luggage on a French Autoroute, that dropped to 150 miles as I was cruising at 90-100mph for 3 hours to make a Channel Tunnel reservation. This signature is left blank as the poster writes enough pretentious bollocks as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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