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DavidOfMA Senior Member Offline Getting back in gear after a long time away Posts: 336 Beverly, MA Gender:	Reserve capacity with Raptor petcock? 09/18/13 at 06:42:48 What's the capacity of the Reserve part of the tank with the Raptor installed? Was out in the middle of nowhere during a long ride and went 120 miles before I found an open gas station. I was surprised that I hadn't gone onto Reserve. Was surprised again when the bike took 2.275 gallons. Thanks, David
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Reserve capacity with Raptor petcock? Reply #1 - 09/18/13 at 07:51:23 The stock petcock reserve is 78 oz. the Raptor reserve is 60 oz. It is all listed in this posting: http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1340021926
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DavidOfMA Senior Member Offline Getting back in gear after a long time away Posts: 336 Beverly, MA Gender:	Re: Reserve capacity with Raptor petcock? Reply #2 - 09/18/13 at 19:52:11 Thanks. Gives me a better idea of when to fill up (and when to start getting anxious). It's amazing how many parts of even crowded states like Massachusetts and New York have no gas stations within 30-40 miles of any particular place.
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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2119 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: Reserve capacity with Raptor petcock? Reply #3 - 09/19/13 at 13:36:56 David, 2.275 US gals would be about 8.2 litres, someone no doubt will give an exact conversion. On a stock bike with a stock petcock, you would be very close to reserve. Just as an aside, I once put 11.3 litres into a stock tank, but that was really cramming it.
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Re: Reserve capacity with Raptor petcock?
Reply #4 - 09/29/13 at 15:21:58

In the seven months that 'm riding my Savage the most gas that i poured in the tank was 10.42Lt (2.75 gallons); i remember a really scary ride on a way with no signs of gas stations in the middle of the night in a place where i' ve never been... doesn't get any better...
Anyway, i agree about the petcock reserve, it's about 2.2Lt or 0.60oz; i usually refill as soon as i get in reserve and i put around an average 9,5Lt (2.5 gal) of gas...

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Fishbulb Ex Member	Re: Reserve capacity with Raptor petcock? Reply #5 - 09/29/13 at 21:36:34 Newbie question - how full are you guys filling the tank? I have been putting about 2.1-2.2 in each time, filling to about the 'ring' around the lower inside of the fill neck. Should I be jamming more in there? Thanks!
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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2119 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: Reserve capacity with Raptor petcock? Reply #6 - 09/30/13 at 01:51:45 Fishbulb, on occasions I will cram till you can't get any more in. If you do this you will get a slight weepage for a while and if you are using gas with ethanol in it you may get paint problems. So unless you intend travelling over 120 miles at a hit stick to your current level.
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Re: Reserve capacity with Raptor petcock?
Reply #7 - 09/30/13 at 03:15:02

Keep in mind guys,... it all depends upon the angle of the dangle...

With either Pet... the reserve capacity will change if you have a /90 tire, or oversize or chopped shock,... or lowered front end...
The more the slope of the tank,...the smaller the reserve capacity will be... because the pet attaches toward the rear of tank...

A Raptor does have a shorter main pick-up tube... so, it will be a smaller reserve in any case....(if you wanted to change that, you could easily add a bit of hose to the main pick-up tube)...

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Re: Reserve capacity with Raptor petcock?
Reply #8 - 11/25/13 at 20:21:50

Serowbot wrote on 09/30/13 at 03:15:02:

....(if you wanted to change that, you could easily add a bit of hose to the main pick-up tube)....

Serow,

I looked at that when I popped a Raptor petcock into mine, but, due to the filter in place over the intake tube, I could not figure out a way to increase the capacity of the reserve portion of the fuel tank.

Please enlighten.....

TIA!

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Reserve capacity with Raptor petcock? Reply #9 - 11/25/13 at 20:32:49 I don't think the tube is glued in. so just pull it out and replace it with a longer one.
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Re: Reserve capacity with Raptor petcock?
Reply #10 - 11/26/13 at 03:34:36

verslagen1 wrote on 11/25/13 at 20:32:49:

I don't think the tube is glued in.
so just pull it out and replace it with a longer one.

Or if that doesn't work......just cut the metal tube and install a piece of stiff rubber tubing between the two parts. That will allow you to extend the tube up higher in the tank.

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