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Yoshi Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 874 LongIsland, N.Y. Gender:	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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Beagle Full Member Offline 1998 Suzuki Savage Posts: 217 Ohio Gender:	Re: Figured out Raptor petcock reserve Reply #1 - 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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doh13 Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 67 NS CANADA	Re: Figured out Raptor petcock reserve Reply #2 - 06/29/14 at 21:15:12 Yoshi wrote on 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 Thats good to know for sure, how fast were you driving ?
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Yoshi Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 874 LongIsland, N.Y. Gender:	Re: Figured out Raptor petcock reserve Reply #3 - 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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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: Figured out Raptor petcock reserve Reply #4 - 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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Yoshi Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 874 LongIsland, N.Y. Gender:	Re: Figured out Raptor petcock reserve Reply #5 - 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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prechermike Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Kalashna Kitty, from Skat Posts: 1190 Ponzer, NC Gender:	Re: Figured out Raptor petcock reserve Reply #6 - 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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Re: Figured out Raptor petcock reserve
Reply #8 - 06/30/14 at 14:13:42

Yoshi wrote on 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

Good to know (although I did know) and thanks for conveniently placed gas stations.

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ihasabike Full Member Offline ^^ihasapicofit! Posts: 121	Re: Figured out Raptor petcock reserve Reply #9 - 07/06/14 at 16:53:32 That fits with http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1282002042 http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1282002042
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Re: Figured out Raptor petcock reserve
Reply #10 - 07/06/14 at 17:15:20

Yoshi wrote on 06/30/14 at 03:28:59:

[...] 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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curmudgeon YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 23	Re: Figured out Raptor petcock reserve Reply #11 - 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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