DianeS.
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Love my 2000 savage!
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Ontario, Canada.
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Thanks everyone!
I tried to fill up on the 100 km. point, so it would be easy to keep track, but it doesn't work out nicely like that. So, instead, I write down the mileage on the gas receipt at each fill-up, or just fill up in the same town on the way home from work - unless I do extra side trips elsewhere.
A few weeks ago, the bike sputtered and died after going up a large hill. I got it going again - seemed to run fine, but then about 20 min. later it sputtered and stalled again. Since I didn't think my tank was low enough to need the reserve - these two things unnerved me because I wondered what the heck was up with the bike(?) Anyway, I switched to reserve and went to the nearest gas station. After I filled it up, it seemed fine and was ok the rest of the day = so it must have just needed the fuel - although it didn't take as many litres as it would have needed for the reserve(?) My husband thought that it might have been close enough to needing the reserve to be affected by the steeper hills. Anyone else experienced this??
Anyway, I think on my work days, I will continue to fill up the tank at around 100kms. so that I always have a full tank for the ride into work. On other days, I might just ride it, change over to reserve when needed, and fill it up. That way, I won't seem to be stopping to only put in @ $5 or $6 dollars worth of gas too!!!
Oh - except for one time that I accidentally selected premium gas instead of regular - I use regular gas for the bike. I'm pretty sure our regular gas has an octane rating of 87. (I'm in Ontario, Canada)
DianeS
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