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Gas tank
- Thread starter smokster
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One brochure has 6.6 gal as tank size. The other has 7.13 gal. The most I've ever put in the tank is 4.6 gal. That's after the low fuel light and 1 bar left on gauge. I emailed BRP. They said it is a 7.13 gal tank. My mileage has increased on my last two tanks. I have 2400 miles on it now. Last tank average 34 mpg, the one before that 31.7 mpg. I don't know if this is riding style or bike just gets better with time.:2thumbs:
SpyderByter
New member
I always had old carb bikes and relied heavily on the ability to switch over to the reserve. On this one, I chicken out and fuel up as soon as that light comes on, but thats only about five gallons each time. So I could have waited almost 60 miles if she holds 7.13.
bone crusher
Alignment Specialist
Yeah...there seems to be a debate about the size of the tank....if BRP says 7.13, then this thing is really odd...the light goes on with about 25% of the tank left!
I get about 150 miles on a tank, then I fill up with somewhere around 5 gallons.
When I first got the bike, I was getting 26mpg...with experience and more efficient riding, I now get around 30mpg...then again, I wouldn't say I'm light with the throttle...it is a motorcycle, afterall...on my hybrid SUV, that's a different story.
I also use 87 octane...I've read about all there is to read on octane effects and nothing convinces me to use higher...although some here like to do so...
I get about 150 miles on a tank, then I fill up with somewhere around 5 gallons.
When I first got the bike, I was getting 26mpg...with experience and more efficient riding, I now get around 30mpg...then again, I wouldn't say I'm light with the throttle...it is a motorcycle, afterall...on my hybrid SUV, that's a different story.
I also use 87 octane...I've read about all there is to read on octane effects and nothing convinces me to use higher...although some here like to do so...
Just Doo Me
New member
Service manual says 6.6 u.s. gallons [or 25 L] once the last bar is gone this is like the reserve, as most will fillup at this point.Like the gas gauge on the BRP sleds when they read empty there is still a good amount left to get you to a pump.I rode 30+ miles last fall on the Spyder with no bars before finding gas.:bowdown:
bone crusher
Alignment Specialist
Yeah...30 miles means about 1 gallon to spare. Perhaps some of the bikes are more sensitive and read empty sooner...like mine...
I know that when I fill up, I have to add about another gallon after it kicks off as the tank must be funny shaped...won't get the final 1/2 bar to show black unless I really fill it up all the way...strange...then, of course, I can run about 25 miles before the first bar disappears...then, from there, they come off pretty fast...
I know that when I fill up, I have to add about another gallon after it kicks off as the tank must be funny shaped...won't get the final 1/2 bar to show black unless I really fill it up all the way...strange...then, of course, I can run about 25 miles before the first bar disappears...then, from there, they come off pretty fast...
smokster
New member
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smokster
New member
For future, I would think 6.4, not 7.13.
I think I ran as close as I would like to.
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
At some point BRP acknowledged that the original 7.13 gallon figure was an error and that the service manual figure was correct. Please realize that this figure is the entire tank volume, including head space and the portion that is higher than the fill opening. I think at 6.3 gallons that you do indeed have the record...and that you were mighty close to running on fumes. If you had a half gallon left, you were about 15 miles short of a push. I was sweating at no bars when I put 5.9+ in the tank.
-Scotty
-Scotty
smokster
New member
And I was running that after a BRP event last night cruisin hwy traffic on the 55 fwy headed south (for all you who know the area) by the 5 fwy at 10pm at night. I was hangin close to the right lane not knowin what the Spyder was going to do when it was to run out. Traveling at 75mph with traffic running close all around Nancy and I.
Home safe, ready to go again.
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
BRP posted this on their Web site about a year ago. It was repeated on several forums, maybe even this one. The Operator's Guide says 25 liters or 6.6 gallons. Apparently they still can't get their story straight. I wouldn't believe that email, the person probably grabbed the information right out of their original, erroneous brochure.
-Scotty
jeuchler
New member
Hey, Scotty
OK, How tender would we like our dead horse beaten?!:bdh:
In case you all missed it, here was the "question of the week" on BRP's website last month:
June 25, 2009, Spyder Announcements
QUESTION OF THE WEEK - 6/25/09
Q: What is the fuel capacity of the Spyder roadster?
A: The Spyder roadster’s fuel tank is 7.13 US gallons (27 liters).
I have no further info, other than before our quick 200 mile ride up to Windsor, VT yesterday, I filled the Spyder to the tippy top and rode for a very long time before that little third-of-a bar disappeared...:dontknow:
BTW, their question of the week this week is
QUESTION OF THE WEEK - 7/2/09
Q: How many Can-Am Spyder roadsters were used in the filming of Transformers II: Revenge of the Fallen?
A: Three units were used during production. They were prototypes from which we had removed the VSS to allow more stunts.
I don't remember any "stunts" in the 43 seconds of screen time that those Spyders got in the movie (I know, those who have ridden with me might think that driving in a straight line might be considered a "stunt" for me), but I guess they edited the h-e-double-hockeysticks out of that scene.
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As for the stunt, I think rolling out of a 18 wheeler and doing the burn out would require the Nanny to be off but other than that..what stunts. Maybe in the scenes we didn't get to see it was used to jump over a 75 foot revine and do wheelies to the guys could shoot at the transformers. I should have written the movie..geez.
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
I am still trying to figure that one out. These same folks acknowledged in a blog question about a year or more ago, that the 7.13 gallon tank capacity originally specified was not correct. They either can't make up their mind, or are simply reading their own sales literature to answer the questions. I'm not sure whether the lower figure they gave was more of an actual capacity, minus head space, or it was a revised total capacity. Anyway you cut it, it seems that about 6.4 is the absolute most you will ever squeeze in there. I was sweating real hard at 5.9 gallons and no bars.
BTW, I like my horsemeat very tender.
Beat well then slow cook for several hours. :bdh:-Scotty
jeuchler
New member
I am still trying to figure that one out. These same folks acknowledged in a blog question about a year or more ago, that the 7.13 gallon tank capacity originally specified was not correct. They either can't make up their mind, or are simply reading their own sales literature to answer the questions. I'm not sure whether the lower figure they gave was more of an actual capacity, minus head space, or it was a revised total capacity. Anyway you cut it, it seems that about 6.4 is the absolute most you will ever squeeze in there. I was sweating real hard at 5.9 gallons and no bars.
BTW, I like my horsemeat very tender.
-Scotty
I think this one won't be solved until someone runs out of fuel, then trailers the Spyder to a fillin' station and tops (really tops) it off.
Every time I fill up, I think of that one episode of Candid Camera where they send a girl with a VW beetle to a full-serve station and she asks to fill 'er up.
The VW had been cut apart and every available space had been replaced with fuel tank--the poor attendant just kept pumping and looking under the car to see where it was leaking out...
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
Somebody purposely ran one out a long while back and posted it on SpyderTalk. I don't remember the exact capacity, but it was just above or just below the six and a half gallon mark, as I recall, which matched the revised figure that BRP had given at the time.
-Scotty
jeuchler
New member
I saw the Spyder come out of the tractor-trailer, but I didn't see the burnout--I must've blinked.
Wheelie?! Really??!!
mcguire1511
New member
Ran Out of Gas
Just after the last bar disappeared with the low gas light on, I ran out fifty feet from the bump and coasted in. I put 6.11 gallons in to the top of the neck. right now I have 780 miles on my Spyder and when I ran out, my trip meter said 160 miles, is that good or bad?? still breaking it in, mostly stop and go in town riding. I now wait until the low gas light comes on and go for gas, I average about 100 miles befor the low gas lights comes on, to me that's not to good for gas mileage...What say you??
Just after the last bar disappeared with the low gas light on, I ran out fifty feet from the bump and coasted in. I put 6.11 gallons in to the top of the neck. right now I have 780 miles on my Spyder and when I ran out, my trip meter said 160 miles, is that good or bad?? still breaking it in, mostly stop and go in town riding. I now wait until the low gas light comes on and go for gas, I average about 100 miles befor the low gas lights comes on, to me that's not to good for gas mileage...What say you??
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