bobframe
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I have a new-to-me 2012 1200GS and I'm perplexed with the fuel fill up process.
The owner's manual (didn't get one with the bike...so I downloaded one) lists the bike's fuel capacity at 20L or about 5.3 US gallons. When my "low fuel" warning system comes on it advises that I have about 45 miles to empty. When I fill the tank I consistently add about 3.0-3.5 gallons, at which point the gas station fuel nozzle clicks off. I never add fuel beyond this.
I would think that with 45 miles remaining, that is, approximately one gallon fuel still in the tank (assuming 40-45 mpg), and a total tank capacity of 5.3 gallons, I should be able to add 4.3 gallons or so...yet I never can add more than about 3.3 gallons. Am I not really "filling" the tank, i.e., is there a gallon of air still in the tank? Or if 3.3 really does fill the tank, then does this mean that there was actually 2 gallons still in the tank, meaning that my range was more like 80-90 miles?
Which is it?
The owner's manual (didn't get one with the bike...so I downloaded one) lists the bike's fuel capacity at 20L or about 5.3 US gallons. When my "low fuel" warning system comes on it advises that I have about 45 miles to empty. When I fill the tank I consistently add about 3.0-3.5 gallons, at which point the gas station fuel nozzle clicks off. I never add fuel beyond this.
I would think that with 45 miles remaining, that is, approximately one gallon fuel still in the tank (assuming 40-45 mpg), and a total tank capacity of 5.3 gallons, I should be able to add 4.3 gallons or so...yet I never can add more than about 3.3 gallons. Am I not really "filling" the tank, i.e., is there a gallon of air still in the tank? Or if 3.3 really does fill the tank, then does this mean that there was actually 2 gallons still in the tank, meaning that my range was more like 80-90 miles?
Which is it?