So there I was: cruising down a main drag through my neighborhood, in the last 5 minutes of my commute home. The road is a little curvy, has a speed limit of 50mph and there's not a car in sight so I'm humming along enjoying the nice day when all of a sudden the bike just shuts down on me. 50mph... 40mph... 30mph... as I'm slowing down, I try starting it back up with no luck. I pull over to the side of the road.
I try the ignition. I try the ignition while giving it some throttle. Then I flip the fuel switch to reserve and try one last time. Ignition, nothing. Ignition with throttle and whoomp, it starts up with a sputter, idles rough for a few seconds and then evens out.
Since I'm a noob, I just figured I misjudged the amount of gas I had and went straight to a gas station. When I got there and opened up the tank, I could see gas at the bottom! There wasn't a lot but it's not like it was bone dry. So now I'm confused: can you see the "reserve" fuel at the bottom of the tank. I kind of always assumed the "reserve" was a distinct compartment in the tank somewhere. Is it just a tube that's lower down in the tank than the "On" setting?
I just want to make sure the shutdown was my goof and not something more serious that I need to investigate... that could've been real ugly had it happened a few minutes earlier on the highway.