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It looks to me as if my reserve light comes up pretty quickly. I manage to get as much as 12.5 to 13 litres (3.30 to 3.40) galons every time the reserve light comes on, and the ranges I get are from 90 miles (riding it pretty hard) to 120 miles (at the beginning of the break in). At everyday riding conditions (I use it to conmute daily) the standard range is about 110 km, and that is a little annoying to me because it is the same range I got with my previous VTR 1000F, which has a smaller tank (16 litres agains 18 in the S3). All of this brings me to think that the fuel reserve in the tank is muuuch higher in the S3 than in the VTR.
I don't know if I manage to fill the tank completely up to its full capacity, but considering that I'm able to, if all the fuel I can use before the light goes on is 13 l, it means there are about 5 litres left in the tank. This means that almost 30% of the total capacity is reserve. That's quite a lot!!
I'm assuming that Triumph is on the conservative side because I've read in the owner's manual that running out of gas can damage the catalisators. That's the main reason why I don't want to test which is the maximum range I can get out of a tank. But I must admit that I'm a little bit disappointed with the mile range because I'm getting the same than I got with the VTR and I had assumed it would be longer due to the S3 higher tank capacity (2 l more).
Anyway, a minor fault for the greatest bike I've ridden so far.
Take care, folks!
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