Naked_Duc
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I don't know if it's a game I like to play in my head or it's just OCD but I just love to calculate how much fuel I have left in the tank at the end of the work week. My commute is now 46 miles/day round trip and that would equal to about 230 miles per week, plus a little more for side trips and errands. The goal is to make it to Friday and gas up on the way home, at the same gas station, at the same pump. Thru out the week, I would make mental notes on when I lose each bar on the fuel gauge, weather variables, and mileage. Then I would guess how much gas I need to put in for that week of riding.
After almost 3 years of riding the NCX, I know all too well what type of MPG I would get with the given condition and distance, plus and minus a few. So I am pretty confident that I would make it to the gas station in the end, even if I have to push the envelope a bit. Well, this time, I did just that - pushed it a bit too far.
My previous record of putting in 3.61 gallons, cover 259 miles (71.6MPG). I was sweating a bit and was surprised that I only have .1 gallon left, or 7 miles away from pushing the bike. LUCKY. This time around, I had to break 260 miles just so I could end up at the same gas station (I've passed so many on the way home). Just when I got to the gas station, stopped in the center turn lane, waiting to turn left into the gas station, the engine cut out. NOOOOOO, did I just run out of gas?
I tried to start the bike. The engine barely cranked over. I rocked the bike side to side, trying to get some fuel into the fuel pump (wishful thinking?). It didn't help. Then the starter seemed to stopped working and the engine wouldn't even crank over. So I pushed the bike across 2 lanes of traffic into the gas station. It took 3.646 gallons (over 263 miles; 74.5MPG)!
The bike fired up after that. I wonder if there is a safety feature that disengage the starter when the fuel pump is dry. Anyway, 3.65 gallons is all it would take. Lesson learned!
After almost 3 years of riding the NCX, I know all too well what type of MPG I would get with the given condition and distance, plus and minus a few. So I am pretty confident that I would make it to the gas station in the end, even if I have to push the envelope a bit. Well, this time, I did just that - pushed it a bit too far.
My previous record of putting in 3.61 gallons, cover 259 miles (71.6MPG). I was sweating a bit and was surprised that I only have .1 gallon left, or 7 miles away from pushing the bike. LUCKY. This time around, I had to break 260 miles just so I could end up at the same gas station (I've passed so many on the way home). Just when I got to the gas station, stopped in the center turn lane, waiting to turn left into the gas station, the engine cut out. NOOOOOO, did I just run out of gas?
I tried to start the bike. The engine barely cranked over. I rocked the bike side to side, trying to get some fuel into the fuel pump (wishful thinking?). It didn't help. Then the starter seemed to stopped working and the engine wouldn't even crank over. So I pushed the bike across 2 lanes of traffic into the gas station. It took 3.646 gallons (over 263 miles; 74.5MPG)!
The bike fired up after that. I wonder if there is a safety feature that disengage the starter when the fuel pump is dry. Anyway, 3.65 gallons is all it would take. Lesson learned!
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