Ever run out of gas?

[Carter Turk]

I pulled a dork manuver yesturday and ran out of gas.

I thought it might be my GSXR carbs acting up again. I have one
needle jet in the #1 carb that pops loose on occasion. It took me three or four times with the carbs on and off to discover the problem.

Now when it happens I can take off the dual K&N and see if the jet lifted up. It didn't.

Then I remembered I rode home in a torrential downpour last week and had stuttering problems with the bike.

I was also low on gas so I pulled into an AM/PM thinking I couldn't make it a 100 yards farther to the Chevron station.

I absolutely hate these gas stations. I don't trust their gas either, no reason really, the place is just inconvenient.

So I just put two gallons in thinking I would top off at a more respectable place. I rode home still having stuttering problems and parked it for a few days.

When I started it up a few days later I ran a few errands, and sessioned a ten turn road back and forth, then returned home.

The following day I ran a few more errands, 64 miles on the clock. I thought I had a full tank. The bike started stuttering again, but it was a dry cool sunny day.

I pulled the choke on, it ran better for about 50 yards then it felt like it was running on 2 cylinders, then I blipped the throttle and proceeded to pull out in front of an approaching semi and completely drain my float bowls. I pulled over on the next side street that was down hill.

It sputtered a bit and then died and I coasted to a stop a few blocks down.

At the time, I didn't consider the problem being no gas. I pulled the K&N off again to look at the needle, it was proper. Hmmm, what's the deal, I'm thinking.

I lift up my tank bag, pull the gas cap, have a look, shake around, not much shakin going on, 66 miles and its empty? A few more moments pass and I remember the AM/PM. I never topped off anywhere.

I walk up to the Lowes a half a mile away, buy a 2.5 gallon gas can walk a couple more blocks to the Chevron, walk back to the bike, maybe a mile total. Fill tank with entire contents, put the gas can in my tail pack, ride up to the same gas station and top off like I was supposed to do the week before. The bike was much happier with gas in the tank.

Pretty much a dork manuver.

[ronin1166]

Oooops. ](*,)

Glad you didn't have a "situation" with the truck...

[marvinsc]

I don't know your Age, but it sounds like Senioritis is setting in. My last occurance was forgetting to pay the car payment until the bank called asking for their money.

[Desolation Angel]

I don't know your Age, but it sounds like Senioritis is setting in. My last occurance was forgetting to pay the car payment until the bank called asking for their money.

No-no! Senioritus is sending in the car payment and the satellite payment. Then a few days later sending in the car payment. 8O And the satellite payment. Not many checking accounts can handle that one! :roll:

[Hoomgar]

I don't know your Age, but it sounds like Senioritis is setting in. My last occurance was forgetting to pay the car payment until the bank called asking for their money.

No-no! Senioritus is sending in the car payment and the satellite payment. Then a few days later sending in the car payment. 8O And the satellite payment. Not many checking accounts can handle that one! :roll:

It goes further. Stuffing the Satellite payment into the car payment envelope and visa versa. That's always a fun phone call :?

[scotty]

When running with the florida bunch a few weeks back i was running low on petrol. Well 40 years of experience told me to put the petcock on reserve now so i would get the extra distance to make it to the fuel stop. i ran out of gas a few minutes later. It seems that for the past year i was always running in the reserve spot. i usually filled up before i knew i would be going on reserve.
SHUT YOUR NATIVE AMERICAN MOUTH PLATT

[syafi]

This must be my classic problem with all the bike I owned before

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ever run out of gas?

well there was tha time with the twentytwo year old blonde after my divorce.................................oh you meant gasoline?

[Hoomgar]

ever run out of gas?

well there was tha time with the twentytwo year old blonde after my divorce.................................oh you meant gasoline?

Wheu!!! for a minute I thought your post was going to be a roast about the Skyline Drive incident 8O :?


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[Carter Turk]

Skip how old were you?

So when you were 18 how old was she?

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ever run out of gas?

well there was tha time with the twentytwo year old blonde after my divorce.................................oh you meant gasoline?

Wheu!!! for a minute I thought your post was going to be a roast about the Skyline Drive incident 8O :?


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would I do that ??? well, once apon a time there was a ..................................................

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Skip how old were you?

So when you were 18 how old was she?

uhmmmmm........older........................and she was younger

[Carter Turk]

I was hoping you had a private little chuckle when you did the math.

How's the ZZR? Do you miss the 1150?

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I was hoping you had a private little chuckle when you did the math.

How's the ZZR? Do you miss the 1150?

I love the zzr and I am growing more attached to it each time I ride it. I put on over 7500 miles riding mostly every other weekend and back and forth to work. I traveled through every state on the east cost from northcarolina to near the canadian border this year and had many 500 mile days on it.
As for my 1150 I was very sad to learn of it s death, I had the bike for 18 years and accomplished so much with it. I ran nitrous on it back when almost no one used it and it was so much faster than all the bikes around. The memories are endless. That bike alway came through for me and yes I miss it .

[mdole]

My more recent experience running our of gas involved, draining the tank, pulling the tank, setting the valves, cleaning the strainer on the pet cock, tuning up the bike, replacing the tank, putting up tools in the dark and quitting for the nigh.

The next morning I jump on the bike to head in for a CMA meeting in Albuquerque. I made it about 1/8 of a mile and the bike died. I never filled the tank gback up so I just had to walk home and get the gas can I drained the fuel into, take the gas can home and then get on my way.