Tank range of ST1300

Tank range from your ST1300?

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I voted 300+ but I don't usually let it go that low this past weekend I filled up at 294 and it took 6.6 gallons so I could have easily gone over 300 but because the fuel pump is cooled by the gas I don't usually go below 2 bars this time I was at 1 bar blinking and the computer said I had 39 miles to go until empty. (I don't trust the computer) I usually fill up between 250 and 270 miles.
 
I normally fill up between 250-280. That being said it switched to the mileage count down on the way to work this morning and I am just over 280.

It really depends on how hard I ride her. At times I ride it like I stole it...
 
I'm between 220 - 250. I fill up at 2 bars; I pushed a bike once ages ago, not again. Also, Texas has higher speed limits than most states and if I'm not in town I'm 5 MPH over. I don't calculate my MPG, don't care. I do keep a mental track of my trip computer average MPG to make sure the bike is running right for my speed. Assuming flat and little wind , at 60 - 65 MPH it reads around 47 MPG, at 70 - 75 MPH it reads around 39 MPG, in a strong head wind while climbing I've seen it drop to 29 MPG at 75 MPH (at first I thought something was wrong :eek:).
 
I get better gas mileage going 55 but just did 300 miles on a tank all interstate in 4 hours 12 minutes and filled up put in 6.6 gallons
 
I typically try to fill up at 2 bars. Usually 220-250 miles. The lower you run the fuel the harder it is on the fuel pump since the fuel helps cool it.
 
I just ran out for the first time ever. Gauge was still at 2 bars, guess that needs some attention, LOL. Luckily I was in walking distance to a gas station. $13 later I had a brand new container and a gallon of gas. I usually fill up around 250 miles and take around 6 gallons. My personal high was 309 miles but still had over .5 gals left.
 
kendoo said:
I just ran out for the first time ever. Gauge was still at 2 bars, guess that needs some attention, LOL. Luckily I was in walking distance to a gas station. $13 later I had a brand new container and a gallon of gas. I usually fill up around 250 miles and take around 6 gallons. My personal high was 309 miles but still had over .5 gals left.
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Common defect on the 1300. Bars go to blinking then back up to two. I think it's the fuel level sensor in the bottom tank. Mines been that way for a long time, I like it, lets me know when to fill and then when I'm almost OUT. Can't go 10 miles on the backwards two bars.
 
Are these mileage figures from solo riding?

I don't have much data on my solo riding with the ST. Almost every trip I take on the ST is with a passenger. I have another little toy to ride when it's just me.

That said, I am measuring 37 MPG with a passenger. None of this riding exceeds 50mph, it's all back road and around town riding. Plenty of 2nd and 3rd gear operation with occasional use of 4th gear. Typical cruising speed is 30 to 45.

I am typically refilling at 200-215 miles because I'm down to 2 bars or less by then. Just last night, I was at 2 bars then quickly to one blinking bar, at 205 miles. I filled the tank with 5.8gallons at 215 miles.

I am envious of those 40+mpg figures! Is that attainable with two people on the bike and back roads, or am I looking at a typical scenario? We have a combined weight right at 300 lbs.

Joel
 
Helitronix said:
Are these mileage figures from solo riding?

I don't have much data on my solo riding with the ST. Almost every trip I take on the ST is with a passenger. I have another little toy to ride when it's just me.

That said, I am measuring 37 MPG with a passenger. None of this riding exceeds 50mph, it's all back road and around town riding. Plenty of 2nd and 3rd gear operation with occasional use of 4th gear. Typical cruising speed is 30 to 45.

I am typically refilling at 200-215 miles because I'm down to 2 bars or less by then. Just last night, I was at 2 bars then quickly to one blinking bar, at 205 miles. I filled the tank with 5.8gallons at 215 miles.

I am envious of those 40+mpg figures! Is that attainable with two people on the bike and back roads, or am I looking at a typical scenario? We have a combined weight right at 300 lbs.

Joel
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My single weight is nearly 300. The fuel issue you have is the mostly around town and stop and go riding. Over the past 27,000 miles, my ST1300 has averaged 42.1 mpg overall. There are dozens of tanks in the 50+mpg area with one tank in the 26mpg range. Most tanks in the mid 40s with several in the 30s. This is over the past three years.
 
ibike2havefun said:
Most often I'm in the 280 - 300 range ( extrapolating from the actual mileage when I fill, to where I could get if I really pushed the issue.) A typical fill-up is expended on lots of running around on relatively short local hops but on the highway or a long day ride I can get much better than that.

Most fill-ups have been in the 5.5 - 5.9 gallon range, with mileage in the 250-270 range; I seldom get to as much as 6. Usually start looking to fill up when the gauge is at two bars.
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I try to only fill when I'm just on low fuel warning. Typically, at home in Florida, that's right around 260-270. On my big trips, especially out west, I often get 300+ before lfw. I've gone 325 on rare occasion before lfw.

Have run it empty once with 354 on the odometer.

DO NOT calculate based on 7.7 capacity! The most I've ever squeezed in was 7.154 at 350.9 miles.

If I hit lfw at 260, I get real concerned if I don't get a fill by 300. If I make 300+ before lfw, I figure I'm ok for 330-340.

Oh yeah one other thing. I ONLY run regular. No high test here. Never seen any problem and have north of 125,000 on now.

Good luck!


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Super old thread but I figured I'd chime in for science, I routinely hand calculate and compare to the computer, and as a rule I get 2mpg better actual than indicated. My last trip I filled up at two hundred sixty something miles, took just five gallons, still had three bars showing. Side bags and trunk loaded, fairly fresh tires, 40-85 cruising speeds, but vast majority about 60. Hot weather, screen down.

I am a fairly aggressive rider in the Twisties but pretty easy on the throttle everywhere else. My last trip was about 500 miles through the mountains with a few good climbs and descents, and my tanks were 48, 50, and 52 IIRC.

I typically run ethanol free, and did for that trip. I find my local riding with shorter trips and running hard through the corners, I get 41 to 44.

I typically get below average mpg in my cars and on my motorcycles, and find this bike to be phenomenally efficient. It was rare for me to break 39mpg on my vstrom 650.
 
This topic has been frequently debated on this forum. 300+ on the interstate is no problem. I have done it many times before filling up. Last year, I filled up with 7.04 gal after riding 323 miles (43 with the lfw blinking) on I-80. I was expecting I would get in atleast 7.5 g, but could only get in 7.04. I guess the real question is, "what is the most amount of usable fuel in the tank. It is most certainly not 7.7 gal. Many folks have filled up with 7.25 gal after running dry or near empty. No one has claimed putting in 7.7 gal.

BMW has a spec for their bikes which lists the "usable fuel amount" in addition to tank capacity. With this information one can accurately calculate fuel consumption for various trips. I do agree that the fuel mpg display is quite a bit on the conservative side. Actual mpg is quite a bit higher. My readout at highway speeds shows 40.4 mpg. However, when filling up I always fill less fuel than expected. My average is about 45.5 - 46.
 
I prefer never to run below three bars. Once I was down to one. Once I was down to two. Now it may happen again someday but it won't be because of inattentiveness on my part.

Top off. Ride until three bars. Top off. Rinse. Repeat. Once in awhile check the LDC mileage. In the ballpark? Top off. Ride...
 
Used to owned an 03 ST1300 she gets 52m/g. a full tank I could goes up to 380 miles. Got her filling up at Hudson,WI rode straight to O'hare, IL on Interstate 94 to I-90
 
Shawn K said:
Ditto that. The fuel in the tank serves to cool the fuel pump.
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Immersion is not what cools the pump. It is cooled by umping the fuel through the motor itself. A long, hot ride will raise the temperature of the fuel (it is pumped into the fuel rail and returned to the tank, continuously), so as the fuel volume decreases, the temperature of the fuel does rise. But still, the pump is internally cooled.
 
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