How far can you ride on a full tank of gas?

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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 06:52 PM
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Here's what I did today. I gassed up my 01 Mojave, strapped some extra gas to it, reset my GPS unit to "0" and took off from home. BTW: It was 113deg when I left at 10:30am!

I rode 38.3 miles to a restaurant out in the boonies. According to my GPS I averaged 34mph to here. I'd say 90% of my ride was in 5th gear. I had lunch and headed back towards home.

I took a different way home, smaller trails and more whoops. At 72.7 miles I had to switch to Reserve. At 80.1 miles it began to sputtter and I knew my gas was limited. I began to ride on 2 wheels and swerve to get the gas to reach the pickup tube.

I finally ran out of gas at 83.4 miles total. I averaged 29mph for this run which is still mostly 5th gear trails.

I dumped in my spare gas and rode to the nearest gas station then home. A total of 97.3 miles.

I saw some great scenery but I must say that riding across a dry lake in the Mojave desert has got to be the hottest I have ever been!

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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 06:57 PM
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thats good...im not sure how much i get with the bigbear...maybe 60-70...but its a 4 gallon tank :-p
 
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 07:55 PM
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Not bad. I don't think I could get that much but I have really have no idea what mine gets.
 
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Old Jul 31, 2004 | 11:46 PM
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Default How far can you ride on a full tank of gas?

My 400EX has a 5.3 gallon desert tank (twice as big as stock). I have never even gotten it down to reserve.
 
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Old Aug 1, 2004 | 11:05 AM
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Originally posted by: reconranger
My 400EX has a 5.3 gallon desert tank (twice as big as stock). I have never even gotten it down to reserve.
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Old Aug 1, 2004 | 03:05 PM
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We are planning a Rasor night ride, either in August or September, when there is a full moon. You interested????
 
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Old Aug 1, 2004 | 03:35 PM
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Originally posted by: reconranger
We are planning a Rasor night ride, either in August or September, when there is a full moon. You interested????
Ya lemme know!
 
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Old Aug 1, 2004 | 08:24 PM
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My banshee could only go 30 miles or so... but it would be in sand.

How big is the Mojave tank? 2.2? 2.0?
 
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Old Aug 3, 2004 | 04:02 PM
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I can get around 100 miles on a tank of fuel, don't know for sure yet cause I have not ran it completely out of fuel yet.. My 650 has a 6.5 gallon tank.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2004 | 04:05 PM
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i get about 55-60 miles on my 3.5 gallon tank
 
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