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Rescueu2

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Ran out of gas tonight...WTF
« on: August 22, 2009, 11:21:03 PM »
was on my way home from Alton today, when I ran out of gas 2 miles from the front door. The gauge was stuck on a half tank and no low fuel light Luckily a guy stopped and just so happened to have a gas can full of gas. This was my first trip with this "new to me" bike, so I am still trying to figure out the MPG. I have ran 3 tanks of gas and have always got a low fuel light, and the gauge has always worked, what happened??

Anyone had the same issue???

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Re: Ran out of gas tonight...WTF
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2009, 12:22:41 AM »
better get that one checked out soon..
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Re: Ran out of gas tonight...WTF
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2009, 12:47:28 AM »
Don't care what kind of fancy gauges they might have.  Always measure fuel on a Harley by the odometer.  Because while the gauges may be fancy they're rarely all that accurate :P .

Glad you were so close to home and had the good Samaritan show up as he did.  These beasts are too heavy to push very far.
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Re: Ran out of gas tonight...WTF
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2009, 03:43:34 AM »
Quote from: Twolanerider on August 23, 2009, 12:47:28 AM
Don't care what kind of fancy gauges they might have.  Always measure fuel on a Harley by the odometer.  Because while the gauges may be fancy they're rarely all that accurate :P .

Glad you were so close to home and had the good Samaritan show up as he did.  These beasts are too heavy to push very far.

Couldnt hav written it betta myself.
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Re: Ran out of gas tonight...WTF
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2009, 05:56:46 AM »
Quote from: Twolanerider on August 23, 2009, 12:47:28 AM
Don't care what kind of fancy gauges they might have.  Always measure fuel on a Harley by the odometer.  Because while the gauges may be fancy they're rarely all that accurate :P .

Glad you were so close to home and had the good Samaritan show up as he did.  These beasts are too heavy to push very far.

Yep....

I use my trip meter for every tank, you have a choice a,b you pick one.

Just use it.
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Re: Ran out of gas tonight...WTF
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2009, 06:20:46 AM »
Quote from: DICKW on August 23, 2009, 05:56:46 AM
Yep....

I use my trip meter for every tank, you have a choice a,b you pick one.

Just use it.

Ditto!

I too ONLY use the odometer as my fuel gauge. Actually, I use "A" for fuel and "B" as a guide for service intervals.

Now if Rescueu2 reset his odometer when he filled up prior to running out, he would know exactly how many miles he can go on a tank.  So it's a good thing especially happening close to home where help is nearby.  Now he's ready to hit the open road on a trip with this valuable knowledge burned in his mind.
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Re: Ran out of gas tonight...WTF
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2009, 09:58:17 AM »
Well had this been my Deuce, I would have know exactly where I was on fuel, but this being a SE 103cu, you all know it burns fuel faster, AND it is the first trip and the second tank of gas that I have put in the bike since I bought it. So I guess I am being defensive when I say this, and I am not a novice rider. What kinda milege do you guys typically get out of a tank of gas on the SEFB??

My main point to posting this was to see if others had had a similar problem with the SEFB gas gauge or if it is an isolated problem!
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Re: Ran out of gas tonight...WTF
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2009, 12:17:58 PM »
Quote from: Rescueu2 on August 23, 2009, 09:58:17 AM
Well had this been my Deuce, I would have know exactly where I was on fuel, but this being a SE 103cu, you all know it burns fuel faster, AND it is the first trip and the second tank of gas that I have put in the bike since I bought it. So I guess I am being defensive when I say this, and I am not a novice rider. What kinda milege do you guys typically get out of a tank of gas on the SEFB??

My main point to posting this was to see if others had had a similar problem with the SEFB gas gauge or if it is an isolated problem!

First trip on a new bike.  And run out.  That's harsh.  Again sorry for the hassle of it. 

Not on a Fatboy but on an Electra Glide with a little engine work I get just under 40 depending on winds.  I stop for gas at about 150.  Doing it that way there's at least a gallon left to keep looking if nothing happens to be close by.
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Re: Ran out of gas tonight...WTF
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2009, 04:24:19 PM »
Yeah that's about what the trip was 150, thing was I was riding with 3 other guys and we all gassed up at the same time, they both still had 1/4 tank :o

we were going 70-75 mph! This is the first fuel injected bike I have had, wasn't a biggie with the carbed bikes!
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Re: Ran out of gas tonight...WTF
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2009, 04:29:26 PM »
Quote from: Twolanerider on August 23, 2009, 12:17:58 PM
First trip on a new bike.  And run out.  That's harsh.  Again sorry for the hassle of it. 

Not on a Fatboy but on an Electra Glide with a little engine work I get just under 40 depending on winds.  I stop for gas at about 150.  Doing it that way there's at least a gallon left to keep looking if nothing happens to be close by.

Same here - somewhere around 40 mpg unless towing the Bushtec - with the Bustec (with with a BSR) I drop to around 35 mpg...
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Re: Ran out of gas tonight...WTF
« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2009, 10:56:06 AM »
Mine does 45mpg - drops to 40ish with the windshield.
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Re: Ran out of gas tonight...WTF
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