How many miles left is the last fuel line?

[jocampo]

Hi,

Soon will be my 2nd time filling my bike myself, which is brand new and of course still in break in period (1st time was after dealer put half tank on it)

With one line remaining, plus reserve, the tripmeter just hit 106. It looks kind of low to me. Of course, I've been riding below 5 or 6k rpm.

How much miles should I expect from the bike at this point? It's 106 ok when having one line left?

Thanks for any comments.

 

[MNGreg]

Probably about 35-40 miles from when it FIRST goes to 1 line and when that line starts blinking.
To each their own, but once I hit the 1 line left, I will stop at the next station to top off.

 

[ClickClick5]

I went 22 miles on the highway once after it started blinking. I was sweating the whole time. When I filled up, I put in 3.7xx gallons.
I'll get about 187 miles and the bar will then start to blink.

 

[leprecaun jon]

Probably about 35-40 miles from when it FIRST goes to 1 line and when that line starts blinking.
To each their own, but once I hit the 1 line left, I will stop at the next station to top off.

yamaha is partially owned by toyota, i dont have my bike yet but i drive an 09 toyota yaris hatch back and it has the same fuel gauge as the fz6r with the lines.... once that line starts blinking on my car i know i have 32 miles before i dont have any gas left XD so i can assume you have anywhere between what he said above.. dont push it outside your comfort level

 

[jocampo]

So...

106 plus 35 is 141 ... that sounds like average mpg, right guys?

 

[leprecaun jon]

So...

106 plus 35 is 141 ... that sounds like average mpg, right guys?

for the break in period yes... its all in how you ride, where you ride, and what not so... you dont have much to worry about.. your in the ball park

 

[rjohnson5481]

38-40 MPG

 

[Osoreru]

I usually end up with about 140 miles on the tripometer before I need to fill up. I try very hard to fill up as soon as the gas meter hits one line. I'm averaging about 47 mpg, 44 when I go out joy riding and rev the engine a little higher than normal (mine's in the break-in period too, not doing anything too crazy).

So yea, wait til 1 line left, don't go too much farther after that or it'll go into F-Trip and start blinking at you. I went I think 20 miles on an F-Trip the other day and was fine though. Still had over half a gallon left when I filled up. I made the mistake of listening to a friend of mine who told me there was a gas station on the way to where I was going. There wasn't.

 

[Roaddawg]

Your guys gas mileage sucks!! You can easily get over 150 miles on one tank, even riding twisties spirited. If your riding at 5-6k during your break-in right now....you should easily be able to squeeze 45-50 MPG. My commute was 51 miles one way. I would get three one-way trips and then fill up 3.2 gallons...consistently...and I was cruising at a good clip. So, you have plenty left at 100 miles. Once the "F-trip" starts flashing, you'll get a good 25 miles outta that....granted, your not pinning the throttle the entire time. Don't rely on the gauge as "fact" but as a guideline. I always reset my A-trip and figure gas on miles and THEN compare it to what my gauge might be reading.

 

[Nastybutler]

Once your F-Trip kicks in you have exactly one gallon of fuel left. So if you are getting 45mpg you can safely go 35 to 40 miles before you run out of gas. My F-Trip comes on usually around 170 to 180 miles on the tank. Meaning I can get over 200 miles on a tank of regular gas.

 

[dart1963]

Think the confusion is, the OP said when he hits the last line.... not f-trip... so last line could possibly be hit at 106 miles... then he'd get another 40-50 miles before hitting f-trip, which would get him another 30-45 miles. Also, you have to fill up by looking at where the fuel is, not by sticking the nozzle in the tank and waiting for it to cut off.

these are estimates... don't take those numbers as spec.

As Roaddawg said, I don't generally go off the "BARS"... I find out my mpg and go by miles, making sure to fill up before I hit a half to one gal of fuel left... gotta keep that fuel pump cooled, don't want to run her too low

 

[Adroit]

I was under the impression that the F-trip came on when there is ~.85 gallons left in the tank (should get me at least like 30 miles), so when your fuel gauge drops from 2 bars to 1, you'd probably have another ~60-70 miles left. I generally get anywhere between 40-50 mpg depending how I'm riding.. so assuming a full tank is ~4.2 gallons (tank is actually 4.57, but nobody really fills it up to the tip-top) I feel pretty confident I'll get at least 168 miles on a tank of gas. I'm sure if you had some reason, it'd be very reasonable to squeeze 200+ miles out of a tank.

 

[jocampo]

Ok,

Here are the final numbers or what it shows just when last line started blinking just today, F trip mode..

trip meter was at: 117.9
Fuel to fill the tank when F trip started blinking: 3.47 US gallons

It started blinking just when I was leaving work and filled in the gas station in front of work.

117.9 looks very low to me... especially when I barely reeving after 5k, driving around 4k and between 35 and 50 mph daily (I live 5 miles from work)

What do you think?

 

[Adroit]

jocampo, when you fill your tank.. do you stop putting gas in when the pump clicks off or do you keep adding till it looks to be nearing the top?

 

[jocampo]

jocampo, when you fill your tank.. do you stop putting gas in when the pump clicks off or do you keep adding till it looks to be nearing the top?

Hi Adroit

keep adding till it looks to be nearing the top? same I used to do with my old Ninja.

I guess I will have to wait and do same exercise again.

 

[dart1963]

117.9 looks very low to me... especially when I barely reeving after 5k, driving around 4k and between 35 and 50 mph daily (I live 5 miles from work)

What do you think?

That seems low, but as leprecaun pointed out, if you're still in the break-in... I wouldn't quite judge it yet. It has factory break-in oil in it still? Parts are still fine tuning themselves (shearing)...

I'd wait until after the break-in before judging MPG, but keep an eye on it and see if it gets better gradually or if it gets worse. Could also be a bad tank of gas, just hard to say.

 

[Osoreru]

That seems low, but as leprecaun pointed out, if you're still in the break-in... I wouldn't quite judge it yet. It has factory break-in oil in it still? Parts are still fine tuning themselves (shearing)...

I'd wait until after the break-in before judging MPG, but keep an eye on it and see if it gets better gradually or if it gets worse. Could also be a bad tank of gas, just hard to say.

117 seems really low even for break-in. I just finished my 600 mile break in not long ago (I'm now at just over 900 miles on the odometer), and I averaged anywhere from 45-50 mpg per fillup and about 140-150 miles. Every time I filled up, except for the one time I let it go into f-trip, I would fill up no more than 3.1 gallons. Still true even after being at the 900 mile mark. I make sure to fill it up to the "max fill" level too. So yea, not sure why he'd be getting only 117.

 

[slaythoven]

That seems low, but as leprecaun pointed out, if you're still in the break-in... I wouldn't quite judge it yet. It has factory break-in oil in it still? Parts are still fine tuning themselves (shearing)...

I'd wait until after the break-in before judging MPG, but keep an eye on it and see if it gets better gradually or if it gets worse. Could also be a bad tank of gas, just hard to say.

Dart is right. When I was in my break-in period my MPG seemed really low (my first fill up was around 115 miles). Now that I'm out of the break in period, I'm going between 150 and 165 miles. Also, I've gone 10+ miles in the F-Trip once and others have even gone longer.

Bottom line is don't sweat it.

 

[WhiteFZ]

my MPG

Eva (Yamaha FZ6R) | Fuelly

 

[jocampo]

A follow up

119.9 miles and the bar just started to blink. .. that is too low in my opinion ...

I will do a third check/test again, using same octane rate, same gas station. If numbers persists, I will make a comment once I bring the bike for 1st oil change, that's for sure.