[Jammin_Johnny]

Originally Posted by HalfLiterBeater

Ever since day one, this bike has unfailingly gone 180 or so miles before needing to be switched to the reserve tank. ALWAYS. Maybe a lowest of 170-175...hard city driving. Highway/steady speed driving would put it into the 190 mile range sometimes.

But the past two tankfuls now....I don't know..

The other day I was at 145 miles, when the bike displayed the characteristic signs of low gas. At first it just "didnt feel right", but I couldnt put my finger on it exactly. I was thinking 'feels like it's out of gas...but it's only at 145, it can't be!' Sure enough...wrapped the throttle, and the bike bogged down bad. I switched to the reserve...wrapped it a few more times, but it didn't get any better! I switched to the turn lane (lasted for miles on this road), pulled the clutch in, and the bike immediately shut off. Coasted it into the gas station by the grace of god...but not only did the entire tank empty itself, but somehow the reserve tank was emptied also, even though I had never kicked it to reserve. It took a good minute of cranking for it to fill up the fuel bowls enough to start.

Today, on the interstate...I was at 150 miles and it did the same thing! I had my reserve this time though----thank god, cause I was on the interstate in the middle of hickville, between exits...took me about 15 miles to find an exit with a gas station.


So my question is, why the hell am I suddenly hogging up gas? Bike only sat for about a week, maybe 2....that's it. Havent bought bad gas or anything like that....always decent 87 octane. Only got about 2500 miles on it right now. The fuel tank vent line seems ok...I haven't been riding with the choke on or anything dumb like that, and the choke isn't sticking either.

Any ideas? I'm going to pick up a can of some fuel additive and pour that in the tank....see if maybe there's some sh*t built up in the carbs or something, but really, I'm baffled. And irritated. :lame

Have you checked:

Air box & filter(s)?
Plugs?
Fuel filter?


Have you changed:

Gearing (bigger or smaller from OEM)?


Have you:

Drained the current fuel?


Some places to start.