Picked up my new Tenere yesterday ( ), got through two tanks of fuel so far - or so the fuel guage would have me believe....

the owners manual says when there is one segment (of six) left on the display to 'refill as soon as possible'. So this morning after 30 miles of ridng with only one segment left i refilled - and only managed to get 15L in my 22L tank. This afternoon following another 170 miles my guage said i was empty again so i refilled (already suspicious by this point) to find that i could only squeeze 13L in the tank - i had not far off half a tank left!

as you might have guessed, my question is - is it just my fuel guage which is crap or are they all like that? a shame if they are all bad as it occupies quite a bit of space on the display and if i end up using my trip meter to guage the fuel then its a right waste of space.

Same here! I already got used to it, but you're right, it's kinda strange how it works. And according to the manual there's even 23lt in the tank, so using your tripmeter you can go about 500km's before refueling! Greetz, Hans.

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I noticed that the fuel meter is very conservative, but then, there isn't a reserve option on the fuel tank. As I understand from the manual, once you hit the bottom of the fuel gauge, the trip meter starts counting up. Now 30% reserve is a little on the high side, many bikes run from 10% to about 25%, but is not ridiculous, given that the Tenere is an "adventure" bike.

A rough calculation suggests that the tank (full to empty) is good for about 300miles depending on how you are riding. Realistically, with a range like that, I would be looking for fuel somewhere about 200miles, which, spookily enough, is about the bottom of the fuel gauge. This allows for a certain amount of "shopping around" if the fuel in the area is scarce or particularly expensive.

A lot depends on the rider, but I have always filled up the tank completely, and then ridden to the odometer, rather than the fuel gauge.

Regards

Si

same here, I use the odometer.

Yep (hi new to forum btw), also noticed this and it is kind of annoying. As everyone else I drive on odometer and refill before I hit 400km or the odo flips to the "km left" mode.

Molgan, and to

add yourself to the Tenere poll mate! http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=7082

I had the same experience when I first got the bike. I had 1 bar left and could only get 13 litres in. The next time I went onto 1 bar I filled further up the nozzle and got 15 litres in. On a long run I let it go on the last bar for about 25 miles and then the bar and the icon started flashing (odometer read 230 miles but I had been giving it some on the motorway) - I think at this point you have 7 litres reserve. When I pulled into the garage to fill up I got 16 litres in! So if you let it run until the guage starts flashing I estimate that you have about 80+ miles to go.

sounds good - thanks for the info.

I plan to strap a fuel can to the back of the bike and ride till it splutters out - i'll post the results.

According to the manual, page 3 - 12, "Fuel reserve amount (when the fuel level warning light comes on): 6.7 litres, 1.47 imp gallon", so there's nothing wrong with your fuel gauge. It just seems like Yamaha being a bit conservative. Personally, I'd like to re-calibrate it so the last bar flashes with 2 or 3 litres left, I think that would be more realistic. As it is, you could probably do about 70 miles on reserve, with an annoying light flashing at you!

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Ah...

I guess i should have read more than one paragraph of the owners manual then. Suitably embarrassed now, but at least i know my guage is right!