Ran the tenere until the fuel pump icon and the last bar were flashing on an early morning ride today.

Filled up. Took 16.95 litres to fill to the brim. so call that 17 litres

Capacity 23 Litres minus 17 = 6 still left?

Can this fuel be used or is it in a dead space below the pick up?

Cheers

Al.

It's 6,7 litres, and yes, all this fuel can be used. Standart, if the bar starts flashing, your have 150 km's left (drove the full 150 on reserve already a couple of times)

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That sounds about right. It's less of a gauge and more a random number generation device!
I always go by the trip rather than the gauge

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Hi Darren ... yup I worked it out on the fuel starts to flash gives you roughly 90.2 miles left but i do stand to be corrected .
Martin

My first ever post was on the same subject! I've even thought about buying a fuel can and letting the tank run dry just to see how far it will really go. It's all well and good saying it'll do 90 miles but 90 miles is a long way to go watching that last block flashing!

Thanks for the info guys, At least they are all the same which means they are reliable guages. Just appear to be set to issue very early warnings. Good old Yamaha thinking of the adventure motorcyclist again.

Thanx for confirming.

Al.

Beware, the milage capable varies due to riding styles!
Ive done 30 miles after the light comes on several times on my r.
However I ran out not so long ago and ended up pushing it 2 miles to the garage after only doing 20 miles with the light on.
After i finished scratching my head i realised that most of that tankfulls miles had been done 2 up and going flat out everywhere.
Beware, pushing bikes aint fun!!!!!!!

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