hornet reserve tap??

[phatstorage]

hey yall,
sorry if this sounds abit stupid but i have a 2006 hornet 600 and the manual is pretty vague as far as showing you things like the fuel reserve tap, does it have one or does it magically switch over via witchcraft?
I've looked in the obvious places but it doesn't seem to be anywhere

Tanks (couldn't resist) for your help guys.

[Whosthedaddy]

It should be on the left by your knee when riding.

Down for on
Pointing to the 9 o'clock position for off
Turned as far clockwise as you can for reserve
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[phatstorage]

i'm gonna check again,
i swear i cant see it

[syl]

Do they still make Hornet's in 2006 with a reserve tap? My God, you'd have thought they'd have got round to fitting a low fuel indicator at least, if not a guage!
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[phatstorage]

yeah it's got a gauge but i just had a good look at the side of it and nothing, is there such a thing as an automatic reserve switch that does the deed when low on fuel?

[Reevo8]

Yes, there is such thing as an automatic reserve.

When you get to reserve the guage will flash if its a digi guage.

If there was a reserve tap it would be by your knee, or somewhere around the base of your tank!
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[syl]

[phatstorage]

ahhh nice one chaps, that's cleared things up for me,
now i just gotta work out how long it flashes for before i'm walking.

Cheers

[Whosthedaddy]

[syl]

[phatstorage]

i got that on my nsr some years ago along the a406 near finchley, it just sputtered and then cut out, i coasted it into a side road, cursed and tried to start again, it went for about quarter of a mile and did the same thinking that i had a problem i had to phone a mate from work who had a van, we threw it into the back by then i was well p%*sed off, 1130 at night too

i took it to the shop and they said it was running fine and that they just put fuel in it
But then this was about 6 years ago when i knew nothing about bikes.

Not much has changed unfortunately

[MarkJ]

[phatstorage]

Cheers mark, great help.

[doggone]

Just fill up about every 100 miles.
If the light starts coming on fill up ASAP.
You should get at least 15-20 miles after it first starts flashing.

[Pte1643]

[Rob W]

It's all about knowing roughly what mileage you'll get from a full tank and then adjusting it in your head to the riding you've been doing.

I can average 130 from a full tank, but if I know I've been caning it a fair bit that can drop quite a bit, but usually I'll fill up when my trip is reading just over 110 (I make a point of resetting that EVERY time I fill up).
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[Pete.]

Some bikes have both a reserve tap and a fuel gauge. My XJ1100 had gauge, warning light and reserve taps (2 fuel taps on those).

Ok so hands-up here talking old-timers) who has ran their bike onto reserve, filled it up and forgotten to switch it back to on, then ran it out a few days later thinking they were running onto reserve only to find they had a bone dry tank?

I know I did it a few times in my youth

[doggone]

The only time that happened was after being out for a ride with a friend who has old bikes.
The last 5 miles home we swapped bikes and put in garage.
He was used to turning fuel tap off after every ride and I didn't spot him fiddling with tap.

Only found out a few days later he'd actually turned it on reserve - so when I started splutering about 10 miles from a filling station, went for reserve but discovered it was already turned there - Bollox!

A trick if you do run low is get off and tilt bike one way then the other.
You can likely get a bit more juice down the pipe from the corners of the tank and get you another 2 or 3 miles hopefully.
Thats what I did and fortunately there was a 3 mile downhill section I just coasted with engine off - made it ro garage on fumes I think.