How Far on a Tank of Gas

Hey guys... i have a 2007 SV650S. Does anyone have any idea how many miles i can go on a tank? I always get to about 140 ish then i fill up just because i have a fear of running out.

Please shed some light!

Thanks!

If I'm really being good I should get 160ish out of it. Yesterday I was on the blinking light until about 130, solid light shortly thereafter (06 naked)

its tough to say. my SV1K got like 170-200 (IIRC) during break in. but once that was over i get about 110-130 before the walk light comes on. but i ride like an asshole:D

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Originally Posted by JMFT07SV

Hey guys... i have a 2007 SV650S. Does anyone have any idea how many miles i can go on a tank? I always get to about 140 ish then i fill up just because i have a fear of running out.

Please shed some light!

Thanks!

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my '05 SV650S gets about 175 before I fill up. Usually before the light turns on, cause I am often in places where gas stops are few and far between. If I wait for the light I get over 200 if I'm just joyriding. Aggressive riding obviously gets fewer miles, and if you are heavier than me, then you will probably get slightly less as well (but probably not much unless you are significantly heavier).

EDIT to add: If you wait for the light, you can get EASILY 25 miles out of it. Plenty to get to gas.

i usually get to almost 180 before the light starts blinking... i've actually never engaged the solid light, but i've had it around 190 before i pussed out and stopped at a gas station (kinda out in the middle of nowhere -- not a great place to test how a tank's range :P)

Your toast over 140 mi.
O.k., I can't speak properly on the sv 650/750 under high revs. I'm thinking after 140 mi. one should get to a gas station. I remember riding on my cbr 929 at night in N.H. with the gas light going off at 120mi. I made it to a gas station ( Thank God ) at 140 mi. Hence, you better be thinking of gas after 140 mi...

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Originally Posted by l3uddha

every 10mph is roughly 5mpg so it depends highly on how you ride.

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...so, at 0 mph you should get roughly infinite MPG??? Cool....

my experience with the SV, you don't want to wait till the light goes solid

supozedly yer sposta have .4 gal left at that point , but only in a perfect world on a straight flat road, my experience is that at that point you begin to starve for gas in corners and even more on downhills where the gas rushes away from the fuel pickup to the front of the tank

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Originally Posted by RandyO

my experience with the SV, you don't want to wait till the light goes solid

supozedly yer sposta have .4 gal left at that point , but only in a perfect world on a straight flat road, my experience is that at that point you begin to starve for gas in corners and even more on downhills where the gas rushes away from the fuel pickup to the front of the tank

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:stupid:the TL likes fuel my car gets better MPG, when the tanks low she looses nut. 100-120 the light comes on & by that time shes lean.

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Originally Posted by RandyO

my experience with the SV, you don't want to wait till the light goes solid

supozedly yer sposta have .4 gal left at that point , but only in a perfect world on a straight flat road, my experience is that at that point you begin to starve for gas in corners and even more on downhills where the gas rushes away from the fuel pickup to the front of the tank

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I'd definitely agree with this one. As soon as it starts blinking I start hunting for fuel.

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Originally Posted by l3uddha

every 10mph is roughly 5mpg so it depends highly on how you ride.

does this thing have a gas light or a reserve tank??

if the reserve tank, you need to learn how to switch to reserve casually while moving (find neutral and coast for a sec). then you've got probably 1/5 of your fuel suppy left and you're nowhere close to empty...

same w/ the light.

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No reserve ont his bike, just a light.


To reiterate, once the light is on, start looking for a gas station. You can probably go for a bit, but it isn't worth pushing it.

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Originally Posted by SVRACER01

i get about 110-130 before the walk light comes on. but i ride like an asshole:D

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Me too...prolly like 100-110...but my bike's a total fucking pig (BR's quote but it's the GD'd truth). 953cc and extremely ill tempered. My shit starts to bog at high speed once the light comes on...me no likey.

i have a ducati 848 any idea of miles on full tank of a duc anyone?

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Originally Posted by 08DUCATI848

i have a ducati 848 any idea of miles on full tank of a duc anyone?

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Take that bitch out and then...U tell US!!! :beerbang:

i take the bitch out but almost always fill it cuz i'm not sure

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Originally Posted by 08DUCATI848

i take the bitch out but almost always fill it cuz i'm not sure

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Just fuckin witcha. :drink: Please don't tell me the Duc doesn't have some kind of indicator light...PLEASE. In fact, if it doesn't, don't tell me. :mecry:

it has alight then some crazy computer estimate of how many miles left til empty pops up

my 08 R1 gets just barely 100 miles to a tank when the fuel indicator light pops on. The last time I filled it up, I was only at like 92 or something ridiculous... ohh well :mope:

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Originally Posted by nilez

my 08 R1 gets just barely 100 miles to a tank when the fuel indicator light pops on. The last time I filled it up, I was only at like 92 or something ridiculous... ohh well :mope:

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+1 on the R1 gas milage Nilez. My 07 R1 gets about 100 miles before I have to worry about refueling, although I do tend to beat on it. The bike is just asking for a thrashing. :)

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Originally Posted by MattyC

+1 on the R1 gas milage Nilez. My 07 R1 gets about 100 miles before I have to worry about refueling, although I do tend to beat on it. The bike is just asking for a thrashing. :)

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hahaha, so true. Those bikes are like hardcore submission porn stars, the harder you beat on them, the more they like it and beg for more... love that friggin thing!