[Frostea]

I drove my 636 on her longest ride yet about an hour from my house to Newport RI
Had a great time until on the way home when i ran out of gas on the highway at about 100 mph.
I looked at my gauge a few times but the sun and the position i was in i couldnt see the light was on.
So i call AAA and after giving them all my information they say oh we cant help a motorcycle and the lady said she couldnt dispatch any one for me or give me any local shops phone number. I wasnt sure where i was all i had was the highway # and an exit # that i was at.
So i hang up with the lady and call AAA back and tell the next lady i ran out of gas in my truck so she dispatched a tow company so i asked her the name of the place she dispatched and she told me.
i called information got their # called them told i lied to AAA and i had my bike they told me it was gonna be $66.00 for the tow guy to bring me gas [V] no choice but to take it.
so just remenber to check those gas lights.

 

[Sh1n5]

That sucks. I had the same thing happen to me, but I only had to push my bike three blocks. That will be the first and last time I run out of gas. I felt like such a dumbass, especially when people stopped to see if I needed help.

 

[arturo3rd]

the 03's dont have a reserve?

 

[Triker]

No reserve, I don't go by the low fuel light I go by the trip meter.

 

[NinjaRider]

sounds like an interesting sunday afternoon.

my brother's manager, who has a Honda Goldwing, broke down on the highway one night on his way home from work. It was 10:00 at night, and he called AAA and 7 tow truck companies, but nobody would pick up a motorcycle. His problem was more then just the gas. So, he had to push his 900 pound goldwing 4 miles home. It took him 5 hours and he didn't get home until 3:30 in the morning.

 

[arturo3rd]

i go by my trip too, after i ran out of gas twice.

 

[kelvin]

man that sucks hope that never happens to me. when my light comes on im immediately looking for a gas station.

 

[cyberdos]

That's why I prefer a switch over a light any day.

 

[dj dunzie]

I watch the trip meter and reset after every fill... and when I figure I'm getting close to the "low" mileage, I start checking for the light... I don't find it too hard to see if you remind yourself you're getting close. But then, I never found the tach hard to see either...

 

[gdblatz]

I hit the reserve on my '98 ZX-6R just about everytime I have to refill. I've done it so much that I can feel the power loss before it stalls and switch it over to reserve without stopping.
What year did they switch from reserve tank to warning light?

 

[Pyro1]

That sucks man. I always check my trip meter before I start riding, if I've got over 100 miles since the last fill up, I usually head to the gas station. Nothing worse than the gas light coming on 3 minutes after you jump on the highway, well except actually running out of gas on the highway(but you already know that!).

 

[necrojaz]

my bike gets such crappy gas mileage.... that light goes on at about 120miles. My 98 could run into 180's. How far are you guys going?

 

[TechT]

So the 03's don't have a reserve tank..If not that sucks.

 

[GreenEnvy]

most new fuel injected bikes dont have a reserve, just the light.
the main reason the old carbed bikes had one was because they already had an on/off switch on them (to prevent the carbs from flooding when not using the bike) so making a reserve was a simple way to do it.
Fuel injected bikes you dont need to shut off the fuel, so they dont make a reserve.

 

[Speedvlaze]

Originally posted by necrojaz

my bike gets such crappy gas mileage.... that light goes on at about 120miles. My 98 could run into 180's. How far are you guys going?

Approx. 175 on the 929. When ridden hard, that number goes down a bit.

 

[aaron torres]

[8]i ran out of gas once and it sucked. just use the trip meter and when your close go get gas

 

[Flash Ahhh]

Hey you guys,

Check with your cell phone companies, many of them have a roadside assistance thing for like 3-4 bucks a month that they charge to your cell bill, and a few of the companies will service a mototcycle.


In California I was with Verizon (Formally GTE) and they had a roadside called Mr. Rescue. It was 2.99 a month and if you ran out of gas it was a 5 buck charge for 3 gallons of gas delivered (mototcycles included) and did like 10 miles of bike towing for 25 bucks.

All of which is a lot better than pushing a bike 5 miles.

You have to double check to make shre they cover bikes, not all of them do. Best 3 bucks a month I could spend.

-Flash

 

[mdsuave13]

you guys are getting 120?? im getting 100 at most in city driving and not really pushing the bike all that hard...