hi all,
now im lead to belive that my 2000 storm has the 16 litre tank??
if so ,......went for a ride today with the missus on the back filled right to the top ....and light came on bang on 90 miles,it was another 2 miles before i found a garage and stuck £10 in which was nearly 11 litres.
which if i worked it out right should leave 5 litres of fuel still in the tank???
if that is the case 5 litres of fuel even at andovers crazy petrol prices is still more than £4 of fuel left.
so why does the bloody light come on that early??
or have i just worked everything out wrong???
i think i will just have to carry a litre of petrol with me ,just to see how much further you do get once the light has come on.
so far i have ridden 20 miles with it on ,but i did not want to risk it any further.
any thoughts/ comments
PAT
another fuel question
another fuel question
yellow all the way...
who needs 4 cylinders when 2 are this good!!
storm no more...rsv power now.
(along with 85cc of honda finest)
who needs 4 cylinders when 2 are this good!!
storm no more...rsv power now.
(along with 85cc of honda finest)
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tunnelvision
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Hi Patty,
2001 was the change over year, although some bike registered in 02 would still be the old model. I have a 2001 that is the old model with 16L tank. The clocks changed on the newer bike to include LCD screen displaying things like air temp (I think!). I've also had the pleasure of pushing bike to petrol station
after about 13 miles with the dreaded red light on!
2001 was the change over year, although some bike registered in 02 would still be the old model. I have a 2001 that is the old model with 16L tank. The clocks changed on the newer bike to include LCD screen displaying things like air temp (I think!). I've also had the pleasure of pushing bike to petrol station
after about 13 miles with the dreaded red light on!
Best reckoning is that the tank doesnt actually hold a full 16 litres of useable fuel, more like 14 tops. And reports suggest the "improved" 19 litre one isnt all that much better.
You can get 21 (and even 24) litre carbon tanks from a few places.
There was even one on ebay recently.
Theres also strong evidence that fitting a K&N / Pipercross etc air filter and setting the carbs up gives a good boost to fuel economy.
You can get 21 (and even 24) litre carbon tanks from a few places.
There was even one on ebay recently.
Theres also strong evidence that fitting a K&N / Pipercross etc air filter and setting the carbs up gives a good boost to fuel economy.
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Stormin Ben
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I managed to get 15.2 litres in my 16L tank
Spluttered & died as I pulled into the garage at 155 miles
Patty,
At the end of the day teh fuel guage is only a float on a stick (like a toilet ballcock)
You could remove it, bend the arm slightly and then put it back -should get you a higher (or lower if you go the wrong way
) figure before RLOD
Best bet is to take a fule can with you and work out how much you have left
Then use that, rather than the guage to judge fuel stops
Spluttered & died as I pulled into the garage at 155 miles
Patty,
At the end of the day teh fuel guage is only a float on a stick (like a toilet ballcock)
You could remove it, bend the arm slightly and then put it back -should get you a higher (or lower if you go the wrong way
) figure before RLODBest bet is to take a fule can with you and work out how much you have left
Then use that, rather than the guage to judge fuel stops
I've got an inferiority complex
But its not a very good one!
But its not a very good one!
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Captain Shapeless
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A bit late, but anyway...
Patty, when you say it's a 2000 Storm, are you going on the registration (assuming you're in the UK)? I only ask as my Storm is an '02 plate, so you'd think bigger tank, but it's actually a '99 model, hence my Zippo being more expensive to fill than my tank.
Patty, when you say it's a 2000 Storm, are you going on the registration (assuming you're in the UK)? I only ask as my Storm is an '02 plate, so you'd think bigger tank, but it's actually a '99 model, hence my Zippo being more expensive to fill than my tank.
Black VTR + loud pipes = big grin + many car alarms set off
Same as mine.
Registered on an '02 plate but is actually a 2000 'FY' bike. The only time I've let mine go to the light was a couple of weeks ago on a jaunt across mid-Wales to Barmouth with two Beemers and a VFR in persuit, and got 124 miles. After reading some of the posts on here, I now sit on the bike and fuel her up rather than put it on the side stand like I used to. This might help a little.
After riding my old Norton single, it's nice that I can actually fill a tank to the brim without getting covered in petrol the first time I brake.
My Storm's obviously got the smaller 16L tank, but it is Teal so it probably slips through the air a bit easier...
Registered on an '02 plate but is actually a 2000 'FY' bike. The only time I've let mine go to the light was a couple of weeks ago on a jaunt across mid-Wales to Barmouth with two Beemers and a VFR in persuit, and got 124 miles. After reading some of the posts on here, I now sit on the bike and fuel her up rather than put it on the side stand like I used to. This might help a little.
After riding my old Norton single, it's nice that I can actually fill a tank to the brim without getting covered in petrol the first time I brake.
My Storm's obviously got the smaller 16L tank, but it is Teal so it probably slips through the air a bit easier...
It's all a big joke until you have somebody's eye out...
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LotusSevenMan
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I get a regular 100 miles 'till the WLD comes on. Best I've managed with an 'upright' fill was 118.
Cr*p for a sports tourer isn't it.
Know what you mean about filling the tank right up though Norton 500. My Royal Enfield 500 single has a cap that vents into your lap if filled up totally, but as it is doing about 180 + miles per tankful I don't have to fill it right up (unlike the upright waggly fill to expel air bubbles) VTR!!!!!!!!!!
Cr*p for a sports tourer isn't it.
Know what you mean about filling the tank right up though Norton 500. My Royal Enfield 500 single has a cap that vents into your lap if filled up totally, but as it is doing about 180 + miles per tankful I don't have to fill it right up (unlike the upright waggly fill to expel air bubbles) VTR!!!!!!!!!!
"Only ride as fast as your guardian angel can fly" !!!
What makes it worse on the Norton, is that when is pisses all over the tank it sort of stirs all the 60 years of sh1t that's been quietly residing in the bottom, and covers all the chrome with brown.
Looks like it's just had bad diarrhoea. I never fill the tank more than 3/4 full now otherwise either I get a gobfull of unleaded. That said, even at full chat it still does c.80mpg. The downside of 'making good progress' was that, at last years Manx something fell off every day I was there! Ah, British bikes - don't you just love 'em...
Going back to the VTR, I think if I was buying another one - and having lived with one for a bit - I'd probably stump up the money and get the later one with the (slightly) bigger tank, more comfortable bars, better clocks and better security.
On a brighter note, when going out with a few friends for a blat across the black mountains a few Sundays ago, there was one guy more concerned than me about the lack of petrol stations. But then again he was riding a '74 Kawasaki 750H2... It was great to get a few lung fulls of that 2-stroke blue smog - not so good when he opened it in front of us and we could see bugger all. He was doing a tank in in around 80 miles......hardcore or what?
Looks like it's just had bad diarrhoea. I never fill the tank more than 3/4 full now otherwise either I get a gobfull of unleaded. That said, even at full chat it still does c.80mpg. The downside of 'making good progress' was that, at last years Manx something fell off every day I was there! Ah, British bikes - don't you just love 'em...
Going back to the VTR, I think if I was buying another one - and having lived with one for a bit - I'd probably stump up the money and get the later one with the (slightly) bigger tank, more comfortable bars, better clocks and better security.
On a brighter note, when going out with a few friends for a blat across the black mountains a few Sundays ago, there was one guy more concerned than me about the lack of petrol stations. But then again he was riding a '74 Kawasaki 750H2... It was great to get a few lung fulls of that 2-stroke blue smog - not so good when he opened it in front of us and we could see bugger all. He was doing a tank in in around 80 miles......hardcore or what?
It's all a big joke until you have somebody's eye out...
a few years ago i had a suzuki gt550,great bike and i do regret getting rid of it,not saying it was economical i used the whole fuel tank going fom the services just outside london to swindon which is about 65miles! i was doing a ton all the way (ah the days before speed cameras)mind you it was fun if you rode the bike slowley and then gave it some welly you couldnt see a thing after me because of the smokeNorton500 wrote:
On a brighter note, when going out with a few friends for a blat across the black mountains a few Sundays ago, there was one guy more concerned than me about the lack of petrol stations. But then again he was riding a '74 Kawasaki 750H2... It was great to get a few lung fulls of that 2-stroke blue smog - not so good when he opened it in front of us and we could see bugger all. He was doing a tank in in around 80 miles......hardcore or what?