Hi Jeanie,
you have to use the trip meter - fill the tank and zero the trip meter - ride it till it starts to cough n splutter and you have to switch fuel tap to 'reserve', ride to the nearest fuel station, fill up again (to the original level ) zero trip and remember your range.
you dont want to be in the middle of overtaking a truck when you run out of fuel and are switching to reserve - so check your tank or approximate your range and ride conservatively when you are getting near to reserve.
Hers how id guestimate it.
bike does say roughly 70 mpg/ 4L/100km- maybe more maybe less depending on how well the carb/engine is working and how hard you are riding it
14L tank ? - maybe 2 litres reserve - (find out your bikes exact spec and re do the sums)
12L = 2.6 ImpGals x 70 mpg =185 ish miles/295 km ish to reserve
So roughly 300km before reserve
hope that helps
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