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Old 08-27-2008 | 08:43 PM
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OK, so the low fuel light comes on around the 150 mile range, just how far can you go on a full tank with a stock 08 FatBob? (Running 91 Oct or better...) The bike has 11k miles on it, and i thought it would get better than 30 mpg. Anyway i just want to know so i can plan longer trips.. Have you got 200miles out of a tank at Hi-way cruz'n speeds? i can i get 160 , 170 out of it around town? or does the light mean I got a 5 miles till it stops?
 
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Old 08-27-2008 | 08:55 PM
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Don't trust the light. Here's what you do, fill up your bike then reset the odometer to zero. Now ride around on the bike until the light comes on. Now stop and get gas (fill the tank back up) and take note of the mileage on the odometer and how many gallons you put in. Now take the mileage and divide it by the gallons (don't forget the partial gallons either for example 3.4 or whatever) the result is your gas mileage. Also you will now know how many gallons were used when the light came on.
Do this about 5 times to get an average.
I still rely on my odometer and reset it after every fill up. My light usually comes on with about 1 gallon left in the tank. I average about 50mpg on the highway and 32-35 in the city.
 
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Old 08-27-2008 | 09:00 PM
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Well I'm sitting just an RCH above 1/2 tank and I've gone 90.5 miles. I know I've pushed it and let the needle fall BELOW the red well into the letter E. I haven't paid attention to my mileage before but I decided to this time. I'm hoping to squeeze 200 miles out of it. I do ride 80 highway miles a day. I'll know by friday.
 
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Old 08-27-2008 | 09:00 PM
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I can get over 200 miles maybe like 210-220 with a full tank on the highway if I keep it under 68mph. Over 70mph I can go about 190-200. Over 80mph about 150-160. Speed really makes a difference. If we were back to 55mph my bike would get about 49-50mpg.
 
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Old 08-27-2008 | 09:03 PM
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I average about 50mpg doing 60-65.
 
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Old 08-27-2008 | 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by PigInaBlanket
Don't trust the light. Here's what you do, fill up your bike then reset the odometer to zero. Now ride around on the bike until the light comes on. Now stop and get gas (fill the tank back up) and take note of the mileage on the odometer and how many gallons you put in. Now take the mileage and divide it by the gallons (don't forget the partial gallons either for example 3.4 or whatever) the result is your gas mileage. Also you will now know how many gallons were used when the light came on.
Do this about 5 times to get an average.
I still rely on my odometer and reset it after every fill up. My light usually comes on with about 1 gallon left in the tank. I average about 50mpg on the highway and 32-35 in the city.
What do you consider a full tank? Do you push the gas nozzle all the way in and fill until it auto stops or do you pull the nozzle out some and top off the tank.
 
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Old 08-27-2008 | 09:09 PM
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I think I need to slow down!
 
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Old 08-27-2008 | 09:10 PM
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I pull the nozzle out and try to carefully fill the tank almost all the way to the opening without spilling it. Hard to do sometimes with some of the pumps around here.
 
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Old 08-27-2008 | 09:14 PM
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What do you consider a full tank? Do you push the gas nozzle all the way in and fill until it auto stops or do you pull the nozzle out some and top off the tank.
Top it off
 
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Old 08-27-2008 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by King_O_Road
OK, so the low fuel light comes on around the 150 mile range, just how far can you go on a full tank with a stock 08 FatBob? (Running 91 Oct or better...) The bike has 11k miles on it, and i thought it would get better than 30 mpg. Anyway i just want to know so i can plan longer trips.. Have you got 200miles out of a tank at Hi-way cruz'n speeds? i can i get 160 , 170 out of it around town? or does the light mean I got a 5 miles till it stops?
The light means you have about a gallon left.
 


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