Don't ever trust a GG reserve!
I have been doing the GG thing now for a bit over a year I guess. Back last fall my son and I were riding and he ran out of fuel. No biggie, I would just move her over to reserve. Ouch, nothing. I did a little figuring and came to the conclusion that maybe the fuel lever was just a little passed "on" toward reserve. I did a little experimenting and found you will get fuel flow if the lever is just half way to on (or maybe just a bit more), so from then on I was careful to never have my gas fully on. So Friday I was going to run out and walk this new trail I was wanting to add to my loop. I knew I didn't have much gas, but I made sure it wasn't all the way on, so I figured I would be fine. Well,, cut to the chase, I ran out of gas. Switched her over to reserve, nothing. Looked down, ouch, no gas. Again, my lever was not all the way on. Lucky I was just a bit over a mile from home, so no huge deal.
Moral of this story, do not trust a Gasgas for reserve!!!! |
Mine works fine.I have had to use it two times in the 1 1/2 years and its a MC 250. It only leaves you about 1 cup of fuel and that don't get you far.
I would take the petcock off and see if you mite have a bad o-ring or something in it. |
I too have had to use mine.
There is definitely not much in the tank though when switching to reserve, 10 k's or so. Cheers Mark |
Well, like often happens with mechanics, something else made it look like the reserve was screwed up. I had a float that was cocked in my carb. When the bike ran out of gas I switched to reserve and sat there for a few seconds waiting for the carb to fill back up. When it did it started overflowing and some went into the engine flooding it, so no start. I just thought the gas hadn't gotten in there yet so I just kept kicking while I guess the gas just kept running into the engine and overflowed to the ground (I was literally in grass as tall as me, remember I was cutting a new trail,and I didnt see it). When I finally looked in my tank it had all ran out. I still say its best not to turn the gas all the way on, because they will use reserve if you go just past on slightly.
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I have always worried about that problem, of reserve being open when you don't want it to be. Can another style petcock be swapped in?
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.....and will someone tell me if I can edit my title? "Don't never..." Gawd what a dummy.
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