is that a problem because it's running out of gas??

[Water Warrior 2]

Same story here. New bike and just enough gas to get to the pumps down the street.

[Fish Baseball]

yup, I can agree it happens with the 2nd bike....riding the VL250 around, expecting to get same sorta mileage out of a tank as the GZ (usually round the 290-300 mark) hit 240km and the new bike is coughing, spluttering and loosing power. Pulled over to the side of the road, cursing out the dealer i brought it from.....and then switched it to res. Powered straight up, and rode smooth as Vodka. Felt like an idiot until I read this post. :2tup:

[5th_bike]

Originally Posted by frankwir

This morning when I came to work it happened again. And I have to switch to the fuel reserve to get it started this time. Everytime after it happened, I went to a gas station to pump in some gas, then it runs OK.
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Have anyone here had the similar experience?

Yes, I always run the bike until it does that, but I manage to get around 2.7 gal. in each time. You probably have the California model, which has a smaller tank. You can fill the tank until the gasoline touches the rim of the cylinder inside the tank, that fits the gas cap and lock.

[frempath]

Had similar problem with a car, except no reserve so I had to walk a couple of times. The embarrassing part was that my parents own gas stations and I didn't have to pay for gas. No excuse but being young, stupid and too lazy to pump gas when the needle pointed to "E". The walks did teach me to learn fuel mileage watch my trip meter. Handy for bikes like ours that don't have a gauge.

frempath