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Posted by cruzrjo
- June 18, 2009, 22:28:04 PMI have a 2005 Drifter 800 and 100 miles is my limit too. Sometimes I can stretch it to 101 miles! Maybe choke manipulation would help, but that is not as easy as it was on my Vulcan 750 were it is on the handlebar.
----- Also--- would anyone have any ideas on what I could use or modify to make a front fender rail?
cruzrjo
Posted by chief
- June 17, 2009, 10:51:09 AMThat's typical... most folks get between 100-120 before shifting to reserve, and there is about a gallon of fuel left at that point.
You have a 4 gallon tank... (3.96gal). Your mileage will vary based upon the tuning of the bike, the load carried, and how you ride.
Cheers.
Posted by oddnumber
- June 17, 2009, 09:45:40 AMThanks for the reply.
Its just had a big service, so all should be working as it should. The bike has only done 5,000 miles, and I think that may be part of the problem. The fuel system could be gummed up fro being left standing.
Posted by pcarrell
- June 17, 2009, 08:03:50 AMHow many miles does the bike have on it?
Maybe a tune-up is in order? Oil change?
Posted by oddnumber
- June 17, 2009, 04:47:22 AMHi all, got a bit of a question about fuel consumption.
Filled my bike up today, went for a run, did just about 100 miles then had to switch over to reserve because she cut out. That seems pretty poor to me, so I'm going to start looking into a few things.
Apart from obvious things like mucky air filter etc is there anything obvious thats likely with these bikes?
Any advice is appreciated!