Why did I run out of gas?

[adidasguy]

PRI right on "F" - cut & paste and didn't change left to right.
Somewhere stored away is an "E" manual (I have the :F: for Suzi) just everything is away until the bike cave is finished.
Given what I see on the "E"'s, I do have to check all the fuel taps on my "E"'s. Who knows what the PO's did.
I'm also hgetting an emergency tank (quart or so) and will run a real test - put on ON or RES and run til he stops to insure things are working right.

[adidasguy]

Taking apart some spare petcocks from the parts bin, PRI is a direct flow from reserve input to the output. So if it is screwed up and ON is really PRI, then the tank would go empty when I though it was ON.
Since the bike cave is keeping me busy, I'll just be sure there is always gas in the tank. The day I ran out I knew I need to fill up but expected there to be a reserve AND was just a couple blocks from the gas station.

Until I have a clean cave to tear things apart properly, I'll keep a 0.6 or 1.0 liter emergency tank in Trey's rear carrier. Then I'll let Trey run dry on RESERVE and on ON and maybe even on PRIME just to see what's going on.

One thing I failed to do was check the petcock INSIDE the tank. The tank had one, so I just left it when Trey went purple. It is possible there is a problem with that. I'll first give it a visual check - maybe hold a match over the gas cap to get come light in there to see the inside  (No, really, I'll use a flash light.)

[ben2go]

Taking apart some spare petcocks from the parts bin, PRI is a direct flow from reserve input to the output. So if it is screwed up and ON is really PRI, then the tank would go empty when I though it was ON.
Since the bike cave is keeping me busy, I'll just be sure there is always gas in the tank. The day I ran out I knew I need to fill up but expected there to be a reserve AND was just a couple blocks from the gas station.

Until I have a clean cave to tear things apart properly, I'll keep a 0.6 or 1.0 liter emergency tank in Trey's rear carrier. Then I'll let Trey run dry on RESERVE and on ON and maybe even on PRIME just to see what's going on.

One thing I failed to do was check the petcock INSIDE the tank. The tank had one, so I just left it when Trey went purple. It is possible there is a problem with that. I'll first give it a visual check - maybe hold a match over the gas cap to get come light in there to see the inside  (No, really, I'll use a flash light.)

I have had mine apart to clean it.I believe it is possible for the tank petcock to be assembled backwards also.It's face ring snaps on just like the frame petcock.