Tigers are not to be pushed around....

[Bixxer Bob]

They're too effing heavy.  Discovered:

A.    My low fuel light is not working.
B.    My theoretical 240 miles on a tank is bolloxed.

Ran out about a mile from home but slightly downhill from where I live.  Pushed the bugger about 200yds before giving up and suffering the ignominy of phoning the wife to bring the lawnmower can.  That's gonna cost.....

[PeteH]

B.    My theoretical 240 miles on a tank is bolloxed

Theory only works when tested best bet is to get an 885i then you know the 240 is achievable

As for pushing the fecker... its best if the tyres are up to pressure and the rear brake isnt binding...but im sure your aware of that

[cosmo]

I always get at least 240 on a tank. Before I added the ginormous 'awning', 240 was when the light came on, guaranteed.

I did manage 290 miles once, put 6.2 gallons in...was a squeaker.

Cosmo

P.S. It is true, I don't hoon about much.

[Bixxer Bob]

The theory was based on how much fuel I normally put in at the 200 mile mark.  I failed to take into consideration that I fill up on the sidestand.  I know I get 45 mpg with my current map and the way I ride. I therefore only had 22.5 litres in the tank. 

And pushing home was slightly up hill, hence calling the wife out.  There was a post by Mustang about calling his bro with a trailer which seems to have been deleted; sadly I don't have that sort of support network.  Everyone else does though - I'm the mug with the trailer!

Mrs BB could've hooked up the trailer to my truck and brought it out but that would have taken longer than bringing the fuel. 

So the fuel light switch goes on the list of things to do.......

[Chad]

bob i share your pain , these are bloody heavy beasts to push i ran out on a long uphill section of the A303 after about two miles of pushing up this incline  , just as i neared the top , and my ticker was about to explode , i was saved by a squaddie who stopped with a jerrycan full of fuel 

god bless him , and may all his sweetest dream come true

because if he hadnt turned up i think it would have killed me 

[NeilD]

I had to push my steamer once.. with a flat rear tyre as it had decided to get a puncture right on a bend on a twisty bit of road.. a police car stopped and suggested i move it out of the way so i started pushing with him following me in his car!  I was convinced that somehow my bike was attached to his car as it fealt like i was pushing both!  thought he was going to have to put his first aid/resuscitation skills into practice.. at least he carried my helmet in his car..  so i feel your pain!!

[metalguru]

Imagine how heavy it would have been to push if the tank was......erm.......FULL !!!!!!!!!!

[Chad]

Imagine how heavy it would have been to push if the tank was......erm.......FULL !!!!!!!!!!

imagine pushing your new toy , even if the tank was erm ..... EMPTY !!!! 

[Gravity Tester]

 

Imagine how heavy it would have been to push if the tank was......erm.......FULL !!!!!!!!!!

[Sin_Tiger]

Had to push the Steamer not long after I got her.  A section of road in the no mans land between the borders of Singapore and Malaysia 32 deg C, I have ridden that road many times and always thought it was flat, now I know better.

Lamp not working and switched to reserve by mistake. Eventually , after pushing for a km, a Malay lad on a Honda Phantom (200 cc cruiser) gave me a leg push (pushing my off side pillion peg with his left foot) all the way through the border , customs and on to the petrol station, he rode off with a wave after refusing my offer of petrol, that you don't get very often 

[Nick Calne]

Might be costly but phoning the wife to come with the petrol is always the right answer.  The stress pushing a tiger even up even a little incline puts on your heart is pretty substantial!

Getting her to bring the right fuel and not the 2 stroke mower / chainsaw fuel.... now there's the hard part.

[Bixxer Bob]

My fuel is in red and green cans with the contents clearly labelled in large permanent marker pen.  Not to pre-empt calling the wife but because I'm a forgetful b£¢€₩¥©d and would - sooner or later - pick the wrong one.  Now, putting 2-stroke pre mixed in the lawnmower would be a bit smokey, but putting straight in the chainsaw would be expensive !

[VM-BASIC]

They're too effing heavy.  Discovered:

A.    My low fuel light is not working.

I feel your fuel light pain.....
Last year, was heading from Lethbridge to the Hat on highway 3, knew I needed fuel but the last petrol sation in coaldale was closed for repair, pushed on to towards Tabre, hallfway between the two bike starts to stutter, then silence. As I stopped on the hard shoulder, the very second the silent bike became staionary, on pops the low fuel warning light.
One should appreciate lifes small ironies when one can.
Was saved by a passing motorist, had only walked about 500 meters of the 20 km journey when I got a lift.
Thank you our blessed lady of stranded Tiger Owners