Quote from: GS500F2004 on October 13, 2013, 06:25:28 PM
The smart ass response will state but there's no light.

Not on a GS500, but slips doesn't ride a GS500.

Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 13, 2013, 05:53:57 PM
Just to add a Smartass flavor to this thread. I refill when my fuel light comes on around 300-310 but I usually stretch it to 350ish.

well there you go... the beemer has an extra idiot light.... there for 'the extra idiot' !! 

Quote from: Dr.McNinja on October 13, 2013, 04:12:19 PM


Or you could just leave it on reserve and just know how much fuel you have before you're out.

Yeah, I guess you could use the force or something.  Seriously though, do whatever you want.  As long as you don't run out of gas its all good.  Personally, I've seen my mileage fluctuate enough that I like having reserve as a warning and running the ON setting most of the time.

Better a light to tell me then fumbling round with a petcock that causes so much joy in this forum eh janxy?

Quote from: slipperymongoose on October 13, 2013, 07:03:46 PM
Better a light to tell me then fumbling round with a petcock that causes so much joy in this forum eh janxy?

i'm gonna organise for your bulb to go missing!! 

and its not a fumble... its a easy reach down and turn the switch bit... least the way i do it... dont know how YOU used to do it... 

Sea turtles janx sea turtles

I'm getting right around 60 mpg, so I usually ride until I hit reserve at ~180 miles and then look for fuel after that.  And just to keep both lines full of fresh fuel, I usually alternate between ON and RES for the first few days of a new tank because my commute is only 15 mi. each way.  But even though I've never gone much over reserve, I still usually fill up only 3 gallons or so.  I wonder I'm not filling up the tank as far as I could be.

Did about 355km today on the main tank, didn't even run out, definitely a record for me.

every two weeks around pay day

I get to 200 miles (UK miles that is) and am still not on reserve, but fill up at around that mark.  Purely used for commuting in London and getting on average 64mpg.  Quite pleased with the little beasty.

Quote from: makman on October 15, 2013, 07:31:52 AM
I get to 200 miles (UK miles that is)

The land miles used in the UK are the same as in the states; the only different ones are nautical miles  Anyways I thought that GB had converted to the metric system 

Like the rest of the educated world. 

Quote from: radodrill on October 15, 2013, 09:44:58 AM

Anyways I thought that GB had converted to the metric system 

Quote from: Zookmang on October 15, 2013, 07:59:50 PM
Like the rest of the educated world. 

Quote from: radodrill on October 15, 2013, 09:44:58 AM

Anyways I thought that GB had converted to the metric system 

Exactly, The British have converter from the unit system they developed; only the US, Burma, Liberia, and a few other enclaves are still using the bass ackwards British Gravitational unit system.

I do 300 kms and then refill - sometimes i hit reserver, usually I dont.

empty tank = better performance and fuel efficiency
full tank = less tank rust

Having run out of gas twice when I first had the bike, I now fill up roughly every 100 miles.  Good to know I should set the petcock to reserve every now and then to flush it out.

Quote from: radodrill on October 15, 2013, 08:29:35 PM

Quote from: Zookmang on October 15, 2013, 07:59:50 PM
Like the rest of the educated world. 

Quote from: radodrill on October 15, 2013, 09:44:58 AM

Anyways I thought that GB had converted to the metric system 

Exactly, The British have converter from the unit system they developed; only the US, Burma, Liberia, and a few other enclaves are still using the bass ackwards British Gravitational unit system.

I went to school for engineering, so I totally understand the mathematical simplicity of the metric system.  But no one is ever going to convince me that there are better units than inches and feet for dealing with distances on a day to day basis.  A centimeter is too small, and a meter is too big.

I use the impertic system. 

The one thing that I think I would miss about the imperial system is the torque measurement.  I mean, what the F! is a newton-meter?!  For some reason I just like pound-feet/foot-pounds.  I had friends start their college careers in engineering, only to change quickly because their professors made them do their studies in metric, specifically with newton meters as their measure of force.  But at any rate, I'd gladly just take the pains and be slightly confused on some measurements for the rest of my life so that we could switch and be done with it.

While we're at it, what system does a pint fall under?

Not related. but i walk on 2 FEET. not a bit less than a meter

Quote from: tmbr_wulf on October 17, 2013, 07:54:16 AMI had friends start their college careers in engineering, only to change quickly because their professors made them do their studies in metric

If that's why they dropped out of engineering, they weren't fit for engineering.