I rode from Brisbane to Port Macquarie down the Pacific. I filled up in Port Macquarie with over 580 km on the trip meter and put 26.5 litres in. I was deliberately trying to run dry and carried 5 litres just in case.
I had very strong head winds and crosswinds. So much headwind, that I had a red spot on my forehead from the pressure of the helmet pushing against me. Side winds caused me to ride on a lean for some kms in order to maintain a straight line.
Interestingly it works out to 4.56 l/100 km but the computer was reporting 5.0 l/100 km.
I carried the 5 litres in the left pannier to keep the weight down low, and the heat from the exhaust caused the fuel to expand and seep out filling the pannier with fumes.
Lesson learned, fill with 4.5 litres, squeeze the sides in before screwing the lid tight. Now when it expands it just returns to normal size.
On a long run 480 to 500 before the fuel light comes on is routine. 400 to 420 km is normal in thick traffic in Brisbane.
Quote from: Biggles on 09 June 2014, 09:15:02
Quote from: gibbo57 on 09 June 2014, 05:30:18That's the last time I'll do that, don't want to suck crap out of the tank.
The fuel pick-up is right in the bottom of the bottom tank, so if there's crud in the tank, it will get picked up at any time, not just at the end of the fuel.
Many of us here have seen 550 kays out of a tank on a trip. It obviously needs to be ideal conditions- flat country, nil wind and moderate speeds. I did it on the Bruce Highway travelling back to Rocky a couple of years ago.