How Far on a Tank of Gas

[coffenut]

I am very curious how far one can go on one tank of gas on the F3 Limited on average?
How long before you feel like you have to stop and stretch? <G>

[JKMSPYDER]

​I usually fill up at 200 miles.

[Purple Guy]

On average I get 400 Kms - 240 Mi on my 2014 RT

[Tyris]

I'm at 184 and light has not come on yet, thinking soon though.

[Little Blue]

I Usually ride about 200 miles and then stop for Gas and some stretch Time. PS: not sure how many miles you can go before the tank is dry/engine stops running.

[spyderdips]

I'm doing about 220 - 230 miles (no bars), filling around 6.5 gallons of premium fuel on my 2016 F3T SM6

[Easy Rider]

I am very curious how far one can go on one tank of gas on the F3 Limited on average?
How long before you feel like you have to stop and stretch? <G>

Alas, this site doesn't have a dedicated place to show what year/model you have......so you need to TELL us for questions like that.
Or put that information in your signature.

[Chupaca]

Gonna depend on the many variables involved in MPG. Best is to get like ryders (in your area) info as they will be closest to your results. From what I see so far 200 seems like a good point.
Often wonder if stopping for gas is the worst part of ryding a spyder as so many ask, wonder and complain. We like taking a brake after 100+ miles to stretch a bid snack and hydrate.

[Tango]

200-240 miles sound about right. A lot depends on how much you twist the the wrist. Tom

[JayBros]

Gonna depend on the many variables involved in MPG...

Whay he said! In 39,700+ miles I have averaged from a low of 29.0 (80 mph average on an interstate into a very stiff headwind to 43.7 (really behaving myself obeying speed limits and no interstates).

[Devious56]

Whay he said! In 39, 700+ miles I have averaged from a low of 29.0 (80 mph average on an interstate into a very stiff headwind to 43.7 (really behaving myself obeying speed limits and no interstates).

I like this, but I have never gotten less than 34 mpg. Now, I regularly get over 200 miles a tank on my 2015 RT Limite, and have gotten 44.6 mpg a couple of times when I behave myself. Since having my ECU reflashned I'm getting around 40 mpg tops.

[ARtraveler]

For the F3 (1330 three) most get a bit more than 200 miles before the refill light goes on.

Not asked, but the 998 twin gets about 150 miles.

Since Linda has a 998 and I a 1330, we usually start thinking about gas around 150. When I am riding alone, I go for 200.

I have only "pushed it" once on the 998. Got 184 and was driving with the needle below empty. Not far from a gas station though.

WARNING, WARNING, WARNING--YOUR GAS MILEAGE MAY VARY.

[Dudley]

2017 F3L. Nice to hear all the extremely high MPG results. I pushed our 2008 GS one time and ran out of gas. Had to wait an hour for gas. Never again. I fuel up around 140-150, depending an density of gas stations down the road, but I never fill passed the nozzle stopping on it's own. So, in summary, better safe than sorry.

[UtahPete]

Whay he said! In 39,700+ miles I have averaged from a low of 29.0 (80 mph average on an interstate into a very stiff headwind to 43.7 (really behaving myself obeying speed limits and no interstates).

[Highwayman2013]

We have achieved 212 miles on our 2016 F3L.

[AeroPilot]

Yesterday I rolled into the motel with all the bars on the gauge gone, and the fuel light on for 30 plus miles. I only had 196.4 miles on the tripmeter on my 15 RT and my wifes F3T still had a couple of bars left. She was my safety net to carry me to town if I ran out. Turns out I put 6.05 gals in the tank while she only needed a little more than 5.3 gals. I probably didn't quite top off at the last stop. Usually our range is right around 200 miles unless we push a lot of wind or hit higher speeds on the interstate. Like Jay and Utah said it varies; As far as when we stop, we had 4 water bottle stops and a lunch stop today in the 425 miles....and a couple of historical marker stops. Its just how we RYDE

[bushrat]

2017 F3L here, ridden spring to fall in Ontario, and winter in FL. Two-up at least 75% of the time; moderate ryding style - no burnouts, but not a slowpoke either. Always use premium fuel - 91 to 93 octane. Latest fill-up was 6 US gallons (23 L) with 239 miles (386 km) on the trip meter. That is pretty standard for our Spyder. I routinely go 250 miles (400 km) and still have enough left in the tank to probably go another 25 miles (40 km) if I had to, but haven't yet risked a totally dry tank, and don't really want to. I have ridden with all bars extinguished and found there was about 1/2 - 3/4 US gallon (2 - 3 L) left when I filled. I do put the pump nozzle only halfway in while filling to ensure I get a full tank, and I squeeze the handle a couple more times after the auto shut-off tries to cut flow. This way, I am getting pretty close to a maximum fill. Mileage performance will vary depending on weather. My best results have always occurred on warm, humid summer evenings, just after a rain; not as good in cooler, drier air.

Time/distance tolerance while in the saddle and in motion depends on seat quality and comfort - less than an hour on the stock BRP seat; almost double that using an AirHawk pad; about 2-1/2 to 3 hours straight when on my Ultimate seat. However, I do find it's better to stop for a short break every 75 - 90 minutes, and to find an interesting, out-of-the-way restaurant after a lovely 2-hour +/- ryde through the countryside. That's usually why we head out in the first place - back roads, beautiful scenery, a fun day. We don't usually concern ourselves with time spent, or worry about how much gas we burn. It's the Spyder ryde experience that really matters.

[GaryinWI]

I filled my ‘17 F3L today. With 201 miles on tank it took 5.05 gal to fill.

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

2014 RT .... spirited driving ....274 miles , and then engine shut down ...... I had gas and was testing the mileage for a full tank of gas ...... after adding 750ml of gas it fired right up - no delay .....I only use 87 oct. with Alco. , plus 6 drops of Startron added ...... good luck ..... Mike

[canamjhb]

Regularly get 41-42 MPG. That number drops about 5 MPG when cruising the interstate at speed. Figure 6 gal fuel between fill ups and that's how far I go. Haven't had to push yet.....

[wmh9680]

I have averaged about 34 mpgs on my 2014 rt ltd. I usually don't ride her too hard. Don't know why I don't get more. Just had monster fuel flash the ecu and it dropped to about 30 mpgs. Still experimenting with it though. Does it hurt the bike to run her dry? Thanks, Mike

[Peter Aawen]

......... Does it hurt the bike to run her dry? Thanks, Mike

Yes, yes it does!! You may be lucky & get away with only doing some minute damage that's barely if at all noticeable, but modern fuel injection systems rely on the fuel flowing thru them for both lubrication and cooling - let the fuel level in the tank get below a litre or 2 & you are compromising both of those fairly critical features!! That means you are risking if not guaranteeing microscopic & irreversible damage to the fuel pump, the injector system, & the injectors themselves - and if an over-heated fuel injector nozzle should happen to blow off the injector proper & drop little shards of metal into the cylinder as the engine is running, there goes your engine!! Admittedly, the likelihood of that last one happening is pretty small, but it HAS & DOES occur every now & then, while the microscopic & irreversible damage throughout occurs waaaaayyy more often (pretty much always in fact!) so why risk it?!?

You know how much fuel goes into your tank, so give yourself a couple of litres leeway & apply your average mpg to the remaining quantity. If you want to work out your average milage, all you hafta do is Reset one of the 2 trip meters every time you fill up, then simply read off the service station pump how much gas its just taken to do whatever distance is shown on that trip meter; work out how many miles per gallon or kms per litre or litres per hundred km if that's what you prefer & there you are, an easy enough way to work out how far you should be able to go on a tank of gas! Do this fairly regularly, the more often you do, the better your resulting 'estimate of average fuel range' from a tank of gas will become over time, and the more reliably you can use 'most' of the gas in your tank without risking running dry or even just too low for the long term health & safety of your engine & injector system....

And as this & all the other threads on 'how far on a tank of gas' should have shown you, YOUR milage & therefore how far YOU can go on a tank of gas is very likely to be somewhat different to what most others might get - YOU hafta work it out for YOUR Spyder, the way you ryde it, the roads you ryde on, the loads you carry, the ambient weather conditions, and all those other things peculiarly unique to you & your ryding, where you are etc, the variables that make anyone elses avg mpg pretty much worth little more than a vaguely educated WAG - sure, their avg will be a little more helpful than a Stupid Wild Arsed Guess, but unless they ride like you, at the same speeds & acceleration rate as you, effectively ryding with you, on the same roads & on the same days & at the same time as you, it's only gonna be A LITTLE better!!

[CA Railwhale]

I usually go about two hundred miles between fill ups, I've only exceeded that once and went about two forty before the low fuel light came on. Unless I'm buzzing around town, I don't take chances and fill up at a quarter tank or so. Better safe than stranded on the side of the road.

[stmike 1800]

The wife and i went for are first real ride, when heading to North Bay it started to rain and turn COLD .For us North Bay is 300 km or 200 miles,had to fill up part way as we would not have made it . On the way back got 41.4 mpg Can ,that has to be the worst gas mileage i have got out of all the bikes i have owned. The bike does ride better than any bike i have owned ,and handles good ,and has never fell over ,that"s a bonus.