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Anyone tested how far you can get after the low fuel warning comes on.

trickz1000 wrote:Anyone tested how far you can get after the low fuel warning comes on.

rather not.....you run the risk of sucking some nasties in to the FI's

no.. and it sucks how you can't see how far you've been once it comes on so I usually try to find fuel straight away ... someone in Kawasaki needs their bum spanked for that... Stace.. calling Stace

about 30kms conservative....

you know its low when you gun it, the front wheel comes up, then it splutters, slams donw and you headbutt the speedo

ttc wrote:no.. and it sucks how you can't see how far you've been once it comes on so I usually try to find fuel straight away ... someone in Kawasaki needs their bum spanked for that... Stace.. calling Stace

Did not think of that one Tanya.... with the blinking fuel light, makes it a bit hard

If its the same as the Er-6 - just press Mode button - cancels blinking "FUEL" warning & reverts to odometer. It will go back to "FUEL" after a few km.

6maniac wrote:If its the same as the Er-6 - just press Mode button - cancels blinking "FUEL" warning & reverts to odometer. It will go back to "FUEL" after a few km.

Good thinking 99, aaer i mean 6

When your light comes on, fill it up and see how much was left in the tank..based on 12-13k's a litre economy, work out how much further you can go on what you have left when the light comes on..

On the 12 I get 12.63 K's on a litre..you should get more by a little..My fuel light comes on when Ive spent 15 litres, meaning I have 4 litres left and I can get 50.52k's max with the light flashing..which I have done once !!

6maniac wrote:If its the same as the Er-6 - just press Mode button - cancels blinking "FUEL" warning & reverts to odometer. It will go back to "FUEL" after a few km.

this is the same on the zx10's

When is the light supposed to start flashing? My fuel light comes on steady when I have 4.5L left - I did about 50km around town like that, the light never started flashing (though I was watching for it) and then I put 17.71L in my 18L tank.

Mel wrote:When is the light supposed to start flashing? My fuel light comes on steady when I have 4.5L left - I did about 50km around town like that, the light never started flashing (though I was watching for it) and then I put 17.71L in my 18L tank.

Depends on your display, Mel - on the ER-6 the orange fuel light comes on with 3.5 litres left in the tank & the LCD flashes " FUEL ". You can override the flashing " FUEL " display by pressing the Mode button. It goes back to the km display for several k's then flashes " FUEL " again. The orange fuel light stays on.

6maniac wrote:If its the same as the Er-6 - just press Mode button - cancels blinking "FUEL" warning & reverts to odometer. It will go back to "FUEL" after a few km.

Thankyou, I didn't know that


Mel, it's a different setup to the 03 x6, with our display the word fuel flashes over the odometer it doesn't have a light. I never saw the fuel light actually flash on my zx6 either

6maniac wrote:If its the same as the Er-6 - just press Mode button - cancels blinking "FUEL" warning & reverts to odometer. It will go back to "FUEL" after a few km.

yup!!

also.. most of the time i get abt 200km til i get the flashing fuel warning.. ive got abt 30km more... but ussually flasher starts with abt 5L or so to go... so u could prob get more if u had to... i wouldnt push it tho if u didnt need to...

useless information, but a ZX10r lap timer doesnt work when the fuel light is flashing....

i'm too busy to be hitting the mode button on a track day

Wattie wrote:useless information, but a ZX10r lap timer doesnt work when the fuel light is flashing....

i'm too busy to be hitting the mode button on a track day

umm so make sure its got fuel in it before u start the session??