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Ever Run Out of Gas?
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<blockquote data-quote="shokdimn" data-source="post: 195563" data-attributes="member: 2061"><p>I wanted to find out about how far I could go on reserve so I decided to do a distance test.</p><p></p><p>I was just under 20 miles in the “flashing bar” zone while going down a steeply declining, low-level (maybe 15’ tall) hill that ends abruptly at the intersection of a four-lane highway. It’s the kind of hill dirt bikers appreciate cresting if ya know what I mean. When, all of a sudden, not even halfway down the hill, the bike “just died”. I mean freaking “died”. Quick check of the kill switch even though I knew I hadn’t it. And I knew I still had fuel because I could hear it sloshing around in the tank. Rolling restart, while still descending, in a higher gear didn’t work either. Neither did tapping the starter as I reached the bottom of the hill. Anyway, I sat there at the base of the hill near the intersection for a few minutes allowing the fuel to level off in the tank. After that, it started and I headed to the gas station.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shokdimn, post: 195563, member: 2061"] I wanted to find out about how far I could go on reserve so I decided to do a distance test. I was just under 20 miles in the “flashing bar” zone while going down a steeply declining, low-level (maybe 15’ tall) hill that ends abruptly at the intersection of a four-lane highway. It’s the kind of hill dirt bikers appreciate cresting if ya know what I mean. When, all of a sudden, not even halfway down the hill, the bike “just died”. I mean freaking “died”. Quick check of the kill switch even though I knew I hadn’t it. And I knew I still had fuel because I could hear it sloshing around in the tank. Rolling restart, while still descending, in a higher gear didn’t work either. Neither did tapping the starter as I reached the bottom of the hill. Anyway, I sat there at the base of the hill near the intersection for a few minutes allowing the fuel to level off in the tank. After that, it started and I headed to the gas station. [/QUOTE]
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