Suzuki GZ125 marauder fuel tap

[tarmac man]

Hi,
I recently purchased an 11 year example of the above bike. It has low miles and generally is a nice bike. However, i am perplexed with the fuel tap.
My understanding is as follows;
'On' position is at 6 o clock
'Reserve' is at 12 'o' clock
And 'off' is at 9 o clock.
I went out for my first run of 15 miles today and realised that i hadnt turned the petrol 'on'.....am i missing something....or is there a fault with the fuel tap??
Many thanks

[Easy-X]

Post a picture There's no standard as such for fuel taps.
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[Nobby the Bastard]

What position was the tap in? Missionary?
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[jaffa90]

On all my non vacuum fuel taps the shortest part off the lever points to the position, so 12 oclock is on, 3 oclock is off and 6 oclock is reserve.

[WD Forte]

[stinkwheel]

Looking at pictures on ebay, off is the tap horizontal. On is turned all the way clockwise, reserve is all the way anticlockwise. So exactly as you say.

If it did 15 miles with the tap horizontal/ 9 o' clock, there's probably something wrong with it. They'll often do a mile or two just on what's in the float bowl, but not 15 miles.
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