Computer gas range indication

[cranezilla]

Does the range indication of the R1200RT miles to empty or miles to reserve?

 

Or is this a silly question?

[Wooster]

Or is this a silly question?

 

Not a silly question; rather, a hexhead question.

 

Wooster w/hexhead envy

[Ken H.]

Miles to empty. There is no real "reserve" in BMW speak.

 

That being said, the experience of some is that it will go past the indicated remaining miles by a bit before coasting to a stop.

[cranezilla]

That will take some getting used to.

 

My old Harley is equiped with a 10 gallon Aux tank 4 gallon main tank which includes 1/2 gallon reserve, 14 gallons total.

 

The specs on the R1200RT says 7.1 gallons, and from the few miles I have ridden it, 550, it appears that the tank will have have over 1 gallon left when the computer reads 0 miles. The computer read 40 miles remaining and it took less than 5 gallons to fill the tank, over 50 miles to the gallon, again according to the onboard computer.

[AviP]

Miles to empty. There is no real "reserve" in BMW speak.

Au contraire, that unusable gas in the left side of the tank is definitely good for another 10 miles. A $5 hand siphon from Walmart that easily fits under the seat will do the job pretty easily. BTDT. One day I'll do 300 miles @ 75mph on a single tank.

[Ken H.]

that unusable gas in the left side of the tank is definitely good for another 10 miles.

Okay I'll give you that. But it's hardly a factory designed intentional reserve system. As in reach down and turn the petcock!