Posted by Jujitsu Lizard on February 8, 2009, 9:02 pm
Took the Shadow 600 to Allen Park this weekend (from Marshall).
Normally will run out of primary gas with 120 miles on the trip odo.
To date, I've never succeeded in switching to reserve fast enough to prevent
being off on the side of the road.
Was tooling down I-94, 95 miles on the trip odo, bike began to lose power,
made it to the fuel selector quickly, doubt I dropped below 60 MPH when I
got power back. Stopped at next gas station, put in more than 2.2 gallons,
confirming I was on reserve.
It ran out at 95 on the trip odo because I've been starting it
intermittently but going nowhere over the Winter.
First time ever making it to the fuel selector in time!
A motorcycling first! (For me.)
The Lizard
Posted by tomorrow@erols.com on February 8, 2009, 10:37 pm
> Took the Shadow 600 to Allen Park this weekend (from Marshall).
> Normally will run out of primary gas with 120 miles on the trip odo.
> To date, I've never succeeded in switching to reserve fast enough to prevent
> being off on the side of the road.
> Was tooling down I-94, 95 miles on the trip odo, bike began to lose power,
> made it to the fuel selector quickly, doubt I dropped below 60 MPH when I
> got power back. Stopped at next gas station, put in more than 2.2 gallons,
> confirming I was on reserve.
> It ran out at 95 on the trip odo because I've been starting it
> intermittently but going nowhere over the Winter.
> First time ever making it to the fuel selector in time!
> A motorcycling first! (For me.)
> The Lizard
Thank goodness. It can be very dangerous negotiating your way to the
curb or shoulder with no engine power. How often did you practice
that motion in a parking lot in order to remove that dangerous
manuever from your riding experience?
Posted by Jujitsu Lizard on February 8, 2009, 10:48 pm
> Took the Shadow 600 to Allen Park this weekend (from Marshall).
> Normally will run out of primary gas with 120 miles on the trip odo.
> To date, I've never succeeded in switching to reserve fast enough to
> prevent
> being off on the side of the road.
> Was tooling down I-94, 95 miles on the trip odo, bike began to lose power,
> made it to the fuel selector quickly, doubt I dropped below 60 MPH when I
> got power back. Stopped at next gas station, put in more than 2.2 gallons,
> confirming I was on reserve.
> It ran out at 95 on the trip odo because I've been starting it
> intermittently but going nowhere over the Winter.
> First time ever making it to the fuel selector in time!
> A motorcycling first! (For me.)
> The Lizard
>Thank goodness. It can be very dangerous negotiating your way to the
>curb or shoulder with no engine power. How often did you practice
>that motion in a parking lot in order to remove that dangerous
>manuever from your riding experience?
Interesting point. I never did practice it. I guess my practice has come
about accidentally as I've run out of primary gas a few times.
I guess it would have been a good idea to practice the fuel selector
operation.
Part of the problem also is that the fuel selector can only be reached with
the left hand. When the bike has died before, I've clutched it and that
meant as long as the clutch was held (as I was coasting to the side of the
road) I couldn't get to the fuel selector. This time I was better at
recognizing the early signs of fuel starvation.
But yeah, practice seems like a sane idea. Too late though.
Posted by Vito on February 9, 2009, 9:23 am
> Part of the problem also is that the fuel selector can only be reached
> with the left hand. When the bike has died before, I've clutched it and
> that meant as long as the clutch was held (as I was coasting to the side
> of the road) I couldn't get to the fuel selector. This time I was better
> at recognizing the early signs of fuel starvation.
Yea, I've always wondered WTF every bike I ever owned was like that except a
few Brits with two taps.
Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on February 9, 2009, 10:16 am
Vito wrote:
> "Jujitsu Lizard" wrote:
>> Part of the problem also is that the fuel selector can only be
>> reached with the left hand. When the bike has died before, I've
>> clutched it and that meant as long as the clutch was held (as I was
>> coasting to the side of the road) I couldn't get to the fuel
>> selector. This time I was better at recognizing the early signs of
>> fuel starvation.
It's always better to hold the throttle open, leave the clutch engaged,
and reach for the tap quickly. Or if it happens while stopped at a
traffic light, shift to neutral and release clutch, move tap to reserve,
reengage gears.
I've never had to coast to the shoulder to move to reserve.
> Yea, I've always wondered WTF every bike I ever owned was like that
> except a few Brits with two taps.
Don't forget almost all the 1970-on BMW airheads have two taps as well.
:-)
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> Normally will run out of primary gas with 120 miles on the trip odo.
> To date, I've never succeeded in switching to reserve fast enough to prevent
> being off on the side of the road.
> Was tooling down I-94, 95 miles on the trip odo, bike began to lose power,
> made it to the fuel selector quickly, doubt I dropped below 60 MPH when I
> got power back. Stopped at next gas station, put in more than 2.2 gallons,
> confirming I was on reserve.
> It ran out at 95 on the trip odo because I've been starting it
> intermittently but going nowhere over the Winter.
> First time ever making it to the fuel selector in time!
> A motorcycling first! (For me.)
> The Lizard