FXDC fuel capacity help needed

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11-03-2012 | 07:44 PM

voneville

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From: Hampton Roads, VA

I rode pretty far with the dummy light on, out of necessity more than anything else... So I was puckering the whole ride to the nearest gas station and only needed 3 gallons... My trip meter isn't as useful for me because of varying traffic and freeway/vs city mileage... Normally I just get gas about every 200 miles and the actual gas required to fill varies.

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#22

11-03-2012 | 08:33 PM

craig11dyna

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From: Jensen Beach Florida

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Originally Posted by rdondes

Buy a 1/4 gallon gas can (plastic). Fill with gas and strap to bike. Fill up gas tank on bike. Set trip odometer to zero. Ride bike until you run out of gas. Look at trip odometer. Now you know how far you can go on a tank of gas. Put gas from small gas can in tank. Go home.

like I said earlier if we have in tank fuel pumps they require fuel to cool them. You will burn out the pump.

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#23

11-04-2012 | 01:01 AM

PKellyMc

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From: PacNW; Beacon of Conservatism in a Sea of Liberals.......AZ Snowbird; Just another Conservative

The 5.3-gal. fills were legit. I knew I was sucking fumes the first time as I sputtered to the pump. Also, I tend to overfill my tank, often 1/2 - 2/3 of the way up the filler neck insert.

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