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Old 05-10-2005   #1 (permalink)
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Hey all, I'm new to the forum...but seems like you guys are the experts...

I have a brand new 05 S3...Only put about 120 miles on her so far.

However, I only got 62 miles before my fuel light came on. Looked in the tank, and it is indeed low.

I was thinking maybe Triumph set the programming to run rich for the first few hours/miles? or do I have a problem?

I have seen very intermittant drips after parking out of the fuel breather hose on the bottom of the bike. the hose is constantly "wet"...

any ideas?
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Hey all, I'm new to the forum...but seems like you guys are the experts...

I have a brand new 05 S3...Only put about 120 miles on her so far.

However, I only got 62 miles before my fuel light came on. Looked in the tank, and it is indeed low.

I was thinking maybe Triumph set the programming to run rich for the first few hours/miles? or do I have a problem?

I have seen very intermittant drips after parking out of the fuel breather hose on the bottom of the bike. the hose is constantly "wet"...

any ideas?
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Oh, and by the way, I DID fill it about 50 miles after leaving the dealership...so it was 62 miles on a full tank...
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Oh, and by the way, I DID fill it about 50 miles after leaving the dealership...so it was 62 miles on a full tank...
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More likely an effect of shortshifting at 3500k

I am getting about 115-120miles before the light is coming on (I'm at about 450miles, 6k rpm)

Anyone else find the low-rpm throttle twichyness a bit annoying? :razz:
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More likely an effect of shortshifting at 3500k

I am getting about 115-120miles before the light is coming on (I'm at about 450miles, 6k rpm)

Anyone else find the low-rpm throttle twichyness a bit annoying? :razz:
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More likely an effect of shortshifting at 3500k

I am getting about 115-120miles before the light is coming on (I'm at about 450miles, 6k rpm)

Anyone else find the low-rpm throttle twichyness a bit annoying? :razz:
Ive noticed the off idle abruptness had caused the passenger to go for a quick grab.
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On 2005-05-10 13:42, crudmop wrote:
More likely an effect of shortshifting at 3500k

I am getting about 115-120miles before the light is coming on (I'm at about 450miles, 6k rpm)

Anyone else find the low-rpm throttle twichyness a bit annoying? :razz:
Ive noticed the off idle abruptness had caused the passenger to go for a quick grab.
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Wouldn't "short" shifting increase mileage? You would think mileage would be affected by higher rpms, not lower ones...

I have babied the thing so far...you would think that would create better mileage, not worse...
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How much gas is left in the tank when the low fuel light comes on? I've had it come on when I still had 9L (half the tank remaining). I noticed that the light seemed to come on after rather heavy acceleration :-D
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