How far does your tank go?

  • ScreaminSmeagle
    ScreaminSmeagle
    7 years ago
    Confession: I ran out of fuel yesterday, in the rain! So here's a quick one: How far does your tank get you?
    I got 200ks on my 2004 Sportster 1200 conversion.

  • steelo
    steelo
    7 years ago
    Your bike has a 12.90 litres (3.41 gallons) tank. My 1450 softtail 5 speed with a 20.00 litres (5.28 gallons) tank over 2 big trips averages around 5.3l per 100 ks. I can get just over 300 kms taking it easy. (with some fuel left over)
    Assuming you get similar or slightly worse L per 100kms, 200 kms sounds about right.
  • Geoff3DMN
    Geoff3DMN
    7 years ago
    My Dyna with a tank of about 17 litres would go about 300kms, I haven't run the Street Glide that low yet but at 300kms the gauge is still showing a quarter so around 400?

  • Ric
    Ric
    7 years ago

    On my Streetglide with a 22.7lt tank I usually get around 350km to a tank which is a combo of city/highway riding.

    If it's just touring I'm getting up to around 400 to 420km to the tank.

  • ScreaminSmeagle
    ScreaminSmeagle
    7 years ago
    Mine was flat out empty, had to get rescued haha. 
    Beginner mistake I had my valve on reserve, lever up position?
    Amazing how far you can get on fumes and then pushing until you hit a hill less than a K from the petty station.
  • Roo Ted
    Roo Ted
    7 years ago
    My '03 Dyna (1450cc carby) averages around 6.8 l/100kms. For the 18.5 litre fuel tank that equates to around 270kms. I refuel before 230. Never had a problem yet.
  • Far Canal
    Far Canal
    7 years ago
    It is a bit of a loaded question. A bit like how heavy is a piece of string.
    On one road trip I got about 340ks on my FXST. With 3/4 of a litre left in the tank.
    Further on, on the same trip I ran out completely after 260 odd ks.
    Punishing headwind was the difference.
    If you normally get X klms on a tank and now have "Ten ton Tessie" as a pillion it would be wise not to expect the same mileage.
  • Baloffski
    Baloffski
    7 years ago
    Yup is a mixed bag this topic. As how you use the right hand to come along fast or slow, is going to take more juice faster, plus as FC says headwind makes a huge difference, and terrain, and passenger or not, plus, tool bag and other stuff. My Road Glide and I were  out of bumfuck and the E comes up, but I go of distance to empty if you have that or trip meter is a rough gauge, of not being caught out.Matter of fact I bought a five liter plastic fuel container last week, (fits in hard pannier) to get at least a final run out figure for my jigger once and all. Let you know results soon, hate running out of fuel. Steelo "like ya work". 
  • steelo
    steelo
    7 years ago
    The new bike has a wiz bang "kms remaining" function. Problem is that it's variable. On a full tank, it tells me I've got 420km to go before empty. I go, "Beauty, that's a couple rides worth". When the fuel light finally comes on and it tells me I've got 20 to go, I don't know whether I've done 400 already.
    On the soft tail, I knew I had a range of 300kms on a full tank and always reset the odometer after filling. I would start planning a refill based on kms travelled, not what the bike told me I had left.
    So, I've started using the trip meter on the ultra as well. Not that the mileage means much to me.
  • 78Monk
    78Monk
    7 years ago
    My fatbobs got a 2 inch lift on the tank (18.5l) the light comes on at about 200ks but it only needs 10 litres so I rekon I could do 300 - 320 without a problem. 
  • JFE
    JFE
    7 years ago
    300-320 out of the Fat Bob. Maybe a touch more if HWY work and the speed stays circa 110. Anything over 120 for long makes her a bit more thirsty. 
    Also found the km's remaining function to be over cautious by 2-3 litres, which probably isn't the worse thing. And the fuel gauge is broadly correct but is cosmetic in the scheme of things.

    My 2016 Canberra-Townsville trip returned fuel economy circa 5.5 lt per 100km. Bike fully loaded, flying as much as I could.
  • steelo
    steelo
    7 years ago
    Gee CB. I knew your bike was well specc'd but air conditioning. Well done
  • Maeltroll
    Maeltroll
    7 years ago
    I have a 2" tank lift so the fuel gauge is more useless than it already was.  I have ridden 290klm from full - didn't hit reserve but would have been extremely close.  Thats on an 05 carby nighttrain.
  • fatbat
    fatbat
    7 years ago
    Fully packed road glide with cam upgrade, tune etc. Cruise set at 122 and I get 408 km out of just over 20 litres of fuel 
  • Skullz
    Skullz
    7 years ago
    i used to get over 300km out of the 19 litre tank before the cams went in. Now it says 260km on the computer, but i take that with a grain of salt.... the fuel gauge on the Fatty is about as useful as a cunt full of crushed ice. i did 258km and the fuel light was on, filled it up and it took 14 litres and it told me i had 42km left in it. Still had enough there for another 100km 
  • Soapbox2627
    Soapbox2627
    7 years ago
    some more useless information as the range is so wide, you can only run your own bike till you run out to be close to accurate

    the best I have got on my TC88 2004 Nightrain was 275 k's two up and a gear bag on the back. still had 2 liters
    now I have it out to a 103, cams, crank, I have done 270 solo with 5 liters left

    each day is differant
  • LOFTYBOB
    LOFTYBOB
    7 years ago
    I got 435Km's out of my M8 Roadking yesterday, just cruise controlling it out to Yunta and back. Loaded it up when passing traffic, but other than that just gentle 100-120kmph cruising. Still showed 28Km's available when I rolled into the servo. Just a stock bike with SE mufflers.
  • Big Steve
    Big Steve
    7 years ago
    Mine flamed out rolling into a servo with 335KM

    2014 Fat Bob (with the bigger 18.9L tank). V&H Pipes, K&N, FP3
  • Neale
    Neale
    7 years ago
    420 kms highway cruising , 08 FLHT, 22.7 litre tank.
  • fatbat
    fatbat
    7 years ago
    Neales is similar to mine. 
    Pauly maybe yours has been effected by wind, weight, the tune in your bike. I suppose there are lots of variables. My fuel test was on the Hume hwy so 100% cruise with nil stop start and 122 kmh constant with barely if any variation. No wind on that day and not many hills as it was south of Gundagai.