I need some help guys. Been trying to see what my fuel range is . After the fuel lite comes on i've ridden 20-40-miles , and never had to turn on the reserve tank , UNTIL yesterday . Cruising down the interstate, and had to turn on the reserve, got ONLY 5 miles before I ran out of gas . My buddy towed me to the next exit . it took 3.1 gals to fill it up. Is this normal , only 5 mile of reserve gas?
As far as I understand there’s no “reserve tank” on the 09 EFI bikes I’m not sure what you’re turning on and off but I think you’re doing something wrong
My '08 SM610ie has an on/off fuel valve on both sides of the tank. I was told to leave them both in the on position unless you want to take the tank off. You have no reserve on your bike, only a low fuel warning light. Leave both fuel valves open.
Those fuel valves (petcocks) merely feed to each other, with a crossover tube which helps equalize fuel to both sides of the tank. It is correct to leave them open unless you are removing the tank, in which case you will want to close them before removing the crossover tube.
