Capacity tank 186 miles

Demetrio · Sep 22, 2017

I often ride from my house to a town in the mountains. Distance round trip 165 miles. The first rides I put some gas but the last three times I made the whole trip with one tank. I live in Mexico then we calculate in kms and liters. When I filled up after the ride I put 13 liters . The capacity is 16.1 liters, making a calculation I should be ok to go as far as 300 kms or 187 miles.

By the way , the gas warning comes on at 200kms or 125 miles

What,s your experience ?

Any comment

rss29 · Sep 25, 2017

I have never gotten anywhere near 187 miles, but I have never run to empty. Judging from the shape of the tank when you take it off, I will bet there is quite a bit of unusable volume. I wouldn't count on being able to use all 16 liters.

RSL · Sep 25, 2017

Today in the Sierras:

146 miles - 3.3 gallons
168 miles - 3.65 gallons

wlboy · Sep 27, 2017

Have a Hyper 821 SP. With regular, mostly hwy riding, fuel light comes on between 200 and 220. Ive ran it empty once and i just hit 300km.

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RSL · Sep 27, 2017

wlboy said:
Ive ran it empty once and i just hit 300km.

186 miles.

I average 50 mpg which means 200 miles for 4 gallons, leaving .4 gallon to spare.

Demetrio · Sep 28, 2017

300 kms

RSL said:
186 miles.

I average 50 mpg which means 200 miles for 4 gallons, leaving .4 gallon to spare.

Looks like 250/270 kms with no problem. Funny to hear that one of the reasons for the 950 Multistrada instead of the Hyperstrada was small tank.

ferdi · Sep 28, 2017

RSL said:
186 miles.

I average 50 mpg which means 200 miles for 4 gallons, leaving .4 gallon to spare.

200 miles with one tank ? has your HS no throttle ?

Demetrio · Sep 28, 2017

ferdi said:
200 miles with one tank ? has your HS no throttle ?

I was surprise as well. But, all the time in sport or touring mode, speeds up to 110 miles , revs up to 8500 to 9000 .

Let me tell you, I filled up all the way to the rim.

N4teTheGreat · Sep 28, 2017

Demetrio said:
I was surprise as well. But, all the time in sport or touring mode, speeds up to 110 miles , revs up to 8500 to 9000 .

Let me tell you, I filled up all the way to the rim.

Do the bikes in mexico not have evap canisters? As i understand it, filling all the way to rim on my bike (US / CA emissions) will damage that canister and cause the bike to run poorly.

BadToTheBown · Sep 28, 2017

Remove the canister...vapor locked my gas tank one day bad...since I'm in NM, I have to think heat close to mine in Mexico...

appliance821 · Sep 28, 2017

Without the canister, mine had it removed before I got it, filling to the brim results in gas pouring out a vent tube onto the ground if the bike is on its sidestand. Not pretty.

N4teTheGreat · Sep 28, 2017

appliance821 said:
Without the canister, mine had it removed before I got it, filling to the brim results in gas pouring out a vent tube onto the ground if the bike is on its sidestand. Not pretty.

At least the bike will run fine afterwards, just don't like up for at least 50 miles

RSL · Sep 28, 2017

For some reason I get better gas mileage when riding in the mountains. No ethanol smell in the gas. BUT, you are right, I'm not always riding like I would on a track. See the road photos I have posted.

Demetrio · Sep 28, 2017

N4teTheGreat said:
Do the bikes in mexico not have evap canisters? As i understand it, filling all the way to rim on my bike (US / CA emissions) will damage that canister and cause the bike to run poorly.

I guess we have the same as the US model , I say that because the Ducati bikes in Mexico come from Ducati US. And I don,t mean filling up till the top but I put as much gas as I can , basically puting the bike in the center stand in order to spread the gas and not allow air in the tank.

gatdammit · Sep 28, 2017

I got low 170's (US miles) on my hyper-mile trip. Think I added 3.6 and it wasn't stalling when I rode into the stall. I was very conservative and registered mid-50 mpg.

My normal driving is way nastier. I average mid to high 30's on the mpg gauge. Manual probably says 1 gallon is reserve/ unusable. I think 0.5 gallon is reliable but wouldn't push that.

My metrics are: Running from cops = 130 miles; Some hwy/ not late for work = 150; Numb *** trip = 170.

dragoontwo · Sep 29, 2017

RSL said:
For some reason I get better gas mileage when riding in the mountains. No ethanol smell in the gas. BUT, you are right, I'm not always riding like I would on a track. See the road photos I have posted.

Could be higher elevation = less air = less fuel used.

RSL · Sep 29, 2017

dragoontwo said:
Could be higher elevation = less air = less fuel used.

It’s also the 3rd gear backroads we are riding where we aren’t pushing through a lot of air. Our average speed is 35 to 39 mph for the day.

If we rode boring roads fast, like freeways, then the mileage would be worse.

Not much ripping on these roads.

dragoontwo · Sep 29, 2017

RSL said:
It’s also the 3rd gear backroads we are riding where we aren’t pushing through a lot of air. Our average speed is 35 to 39 mph for the day.

If we rode boring roads fast, like freeways, then the mileage would be worse.

Not much ripping on these roads.

Lower speed is less air.

Demetrio · Oct 24, 2017

overconfidence

Demetrio said:
I often ride from my house to a town in the mountains. Distance round trip 165 miles. The first rides I put some gas but the last three times I made the whole trip with one tank. I live in Mexico then we calculate in kms and liters. When I filled up after the ride I put 13 liters . The capacity is 16.1 liters, making a calculation I should be ok to go as far as 300 kms or 187 miles.

By the way , the gas warning comes on at 200kms or 125 miles

What,s your experience ?

Any comment

Thinking that the tank is going to last up to 200 miles I was overconfidente .. Ran out of gas at 243 Kms or 151 miles. The problem: going way fast 100 to 120 miles per hour.
Now I know; the reserve last aprox 40 miles .

edgary · Oct 24, 2017

Demetrio said:
Ran out of gas at 243 Kms or 151 miles. The problem: going way fast 100 to 120 miles per hour.

Well, that will certainly do it.

Where in Mexico can you ride that fast?

Capacity tank 186 miles

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