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Figured out Raptor petcock reserve
06/29/14 at 17:57:23
I drove the bike until reserve kicked in then counted the miles
Drove 22 miles until I ran out of gas completely
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06/29/14 at 19:21:08
Well, running out of fuel is no fun! I just fill up every 100-miles to be on the safe side.
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06/29/14 at 21:15:12
Yoshi wrote
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I drove the bike until reserve kicked in then counted the miles
Drove 22 miles until I ran out of gas completely
Thats good to know for sure, how fast were you driving ?
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06/30/14 at 03:28:59
I was driving through town going mostly in the 50's
I let it run out and luckly as I ran out there was noone behind me on in front of me, I hit the clutch and coasted right into a gas station!
It was great
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06/30/14 at 04:09:11
I've had to hit reserve a few times, but luckily haven't run dry yet. thanks for the scientific study on Raptor reserves in Savages Yosh!
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06/30/14 at 04:18:07
No Problem
Its nice to know that if you need it then thats what you can drag out of it
I punched it a few times when running on reserve so I know if I really needed to go another 20 miles to get somewhere then I would make it driving steady
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06/30/14 at 06:08:10
Thanks, I had kinda figured about that, but had no real proof. Now I know.
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Thanks for "taking one for the team"!
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06/30/14 at 14:13:42
Yoshi wrote
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I was driving through town going mostly in the 50's
I let it run out and luckly as I ran out there was noone behind me on in front of me, I hit the clutch and coasted right into a gas station!
It was great
Good to know (although I did know) and thanks for conveniently placed gas stations.
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That fits with
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07/06/14 at 17:15:20
Yoshi wrote
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[...] as I ran out there was no one behind me on in front of me, I hit the clutch and coasted right into a gas station!
And yes, thank you for the scientific experiment. I've hit reserve both times I've needed gas, and did 4 miles to a truck stop, and 2 miles to Lyons, Ohio on today's little spin.
I always rode to reserve, switched, then hit the closest gas station in my high school daze decades ago. Maybe I ought to grow up and start doing the 100 mile fill-er-up.
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07/07/14 at 16:23:11
I'd say this mimics my experience, although I haven't pushed it quite that far. The most I ever pushed it, I switched to reserve somewhere near the 100 mile mark, and pushed the reserve another 16 miles before I got too nervous and pulled into the closest gas station.
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