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How do you fill up your Hyperstrada?

How do you fill up your Hyperstrada?

  • Straddle the bike

    Votes: 4 28.6%

  • Side stand

    Votes: 6 42.9%

  • Center stand

    Votes: 4 28.6%

  • Other??

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    14
  • Poll closed .
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Dixieflatline

Joined Apr 2015
15 Posts | 1+
Vancouver, Canada
I am about to setup off on a big trip with a number of remote stretches, need to get as much mileage out of the bike as possible!

Can folks share how you typically fill your bike up, straddle it, side stand or center stand? And do you know which way squeezes most gas into the tank?

I typically straddle the thing, but I also noticed I get my fuel warning at about 160 km... I am suspecting I am not filling the bike up all the way...
 
Overfilling may risk filling the evaporative canister and causing poor running, if you have one of those.

I fill on the center stand and rock the bike a bit to get the tank to burp, dropping the fuel level from the tippy top to low enough for the gas cap to go back in without displacing gas.
 
Straddle, fill to neck, rock gently to burp, repeat until full. Usually takes a good half dozen repetitions till won't burp anymore.
 
For around town riding with gas stations close by, I put the bike on its side stand, with unloaded suspension (pull gently and it'll remove the sag) then fill to the bottom edge of the filler neck. I find it's the only way the bike doesn't puke fuel immediately out of the Evap bypass after refueling. If you have a Evap canister still on your bike, I'd recommend fueling this way so you flood the canister causing stalling issues.

However if I'm doing long distance, and I need the like extra fuel onboard, I'll prepay for the fuel, I'll straddle the bike and burp it till she's REALLY full.

Side stand vs straddle fill usually gets about 25-30 km extra range. So I'm looking at around 280-340 ish km till she runs dry (low fuel light at 200 km).
 
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zibbit u2 said:
For around town riding with gas stations close by, I put the bike on its side stand, with unloaded suspension (pull gently and it'll remove the sag) then fill to the bottom edge of the filler neck. I find it's the only way the bike doesn't puke fuel immediately out of the Evap bypass after refueling. If you have a Evap canister still on your bike, I'd recommend fueling this way so you flood the canister causing stalling issues.

However if I'm doing long distance, and I need the like extra fuel onboard, I'll prepay for the fuel, I'll straddle the bike and burp it till she's REALLY full.

Side stand vs straddle fill usually gets about 25-30 km extra range. So I'm looking at around 280-340 ish km till she runs dry (low fuel light at 200 km).
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Wow what a difference in range... my bike has been service so many times and diagnostic ran by Ducati, wonder why I am only getting 160 170 ish km before low fuel light...
 
My low fuel light comes on early as well. Remember you've got a 16L tank, so if you're only adding about 8L of fuel when your light comes on, then you've still got about 7-8L left in the tank.. but from what I've heard, the fuel pump can't use all 16, it can only use about 15-15.5L.

I consider my low fuel light as a "bingo" light, or the point of no return.. start looking for fuel, but there's no real rush until about 70 km has passed at steady speeds.
 
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Centre stand and rock it a couple of times to burb it . No canister with our bikes in Aus as far as I know.
 
I always fill to the bottom of the filler ring on the centre stand and do the burp thing, i.e., rock it back and forth a couple of times. My fuel warning light comes on usually somewhere between 210 to 220km but 98% of my riding is highway. I have run the tank dry a couple of times, both at an indicated 290km and both times I was only able to add a little over 15L. When the tank is full I don't put the bike on the side stand!
 
Tried the straddle + rocking technique yesterday and I had some fuel coming out of the overflow tube after sitting it on the kick stand.

I could have put a little more fuel in as the fuel wasn't touching the base of the neck.

I'll try again next time but it seems using the rocking technique to burp the air out is overdoing it for my bike.
 
Dixieflatline said:
Wow what a difference in range... my bike has been service so many times and diagnostic ran by Ducati, wonder why I am only getting 160 170 ish km before low fuel light...
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I don't burp the tank, and usually get about the same for fuel range. Mileage can vary greatly depending on your right hand too. I don't typically get the best fuel efficiency out of my car or bike but that's mostly my own fault. :)
 
So is the consensus that you pretty much have a gallon of usable fuel left once the light comes on? 40 miles at the very least and 50 with just a little bit of trying? Also- has anyone compared how they do on mileage between the different riding modes? (obviously- this would also be dependent upon how you are riding it- e.g. it would not be fair to compare riding the bike aggressively in sport versus riding it more conservative in touring or urban)
 
jdot1981 said:
So is the consensus that you pretty much have a gallon of usable fuel left once the light comes on? 40 miles at the very least and 50 with just a little bit of trying? Also- has anyone compared how they do on mileage between the different riding modes? (obviously- this would also be dependent upon how you are riding it- e.g. it would not be fair to compare riding the bike aggressively in sport versus riding it more conservative in touring or urban)
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Have tried this and find that Urban seems to give a little more milage but I've never run the bike to empty and don't intend to. ie it appears to take less to fill the tank.

Also, have found on longer trips where you are just crusin, that a switch to Urban gives better mileage....the numbers on the dash are lower after a 50 to 100klm section.
 

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