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old.indian Serious Thumper Offline Fighting Foreign Terrorism since 1492 Posts: 975 Central New Mexico Gender:	Reserve with Raptor petcock 06/01/15 at 15:41:00 Installed Raptor, filled tank and have been using the bike for several commutes (all on "fuel" setting). This afternoon I refilled the tank using 2.3 gallons and I have yet to turn it to "Reserve"... Anyone have any quotes on actual amount of fuel remaining for "Reserve" with the Raptor petcock ????? (NO JOG, I did NOT over flow the tank..)
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Re: Reserve with Raptor petcock
Reply #1 - 06/01/15 at 18:37:02

It's around here somewhere... let me look through Serowbot's rollodex of Tech section links... Upgrades... Broken Links... Exhaust... AHA! Petcock! And in there: Petcock reserve capacity! http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1282002042/9

The accepted amount is 40 oz, but that includes difficult to feed (read: unreliable for riding) fuel. For most of us, this does translate to approx. 20-25 miles. YMMV, and if you've raised the rear of the tank at all the capacity will be different.

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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18099 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Reserve with Raptor petcock Reply #2 - 06/01/15 at 18:37:59 Here..... http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1340021926/0
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old.indian Serious Thumper Offline Fighting Foreign Terrorism since 1492 Posts: 975 Central New Mexico Gender:	Re: Reserve with Raptor petcock Reply #3 - 06/01/15 at 19:23:46 Thank You gentlemen... It looks like the last couple of lefts I took just before I pulled into the gas station were what kept me from getting into "reserve"...... There are some interesting roads around here, but there can be a long way between gas stations.
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Re: Reserve with Raptor petcock
Reply #4 - 06/02/15 at 03:49:58

The standard approach to this issue with the "experienced" - is to plan on getting fuel every 100 miles.....or at a minimum start looking for a place to get fuel when you are approaching 100 miles. This helps to account for the fact that some areas have a considerable distance between places you can buy fuel. Using a luggage lock attached to the bike to record the mileage when you will next need gas....or writing on the mirror or speedometer glass with a grease pencil.

If you have a saddlebag or fork bag....several members have a metal pint/quart can with an emergency ration of fresh fuel stored in the bag.

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