So against my better judgement I decided to take the bike to work today in spite of the 23 degree outside temp. I've got all the gear, so what the heck. I pulled the bike out of the garage and fired it up, letting it warm on the driveway before I headed off to the local Shell station to feed the beast.
When I fisrt started it, the reserve light was on and the blinking "04" let me know that I had a little more than half a gallon left. But as it sat there and warmed up, the reserve light went back off. I decided to get fuel anyway because I knew I didn't really have any as the trip now indicated 150 miles, but when I got to the station I popped the cap to find that the tank appeared to be full.
Now, while I do believe in miracles, I don't think they manifest themselves in the form of the never-empty tank of gas, or that I would deserve that anyway. :rotfl: I can't say that I believe in fuel fairies, but because of the level that the gas was now at - it wouldn't allow anymore to be added, (fueling 101 - gas level cuts off the nozzle) so I took the bike back home and just came to work in the dually.
My questions are... 1) What's the mechanism that makes the reserve function on an 08 CBR 1K? It appears there is some sort of bladder in the tank with the fuel on top of it. Could this be a tank liner that's come loose? Is the reserve float actually some sort of bladder? I would guess whatever is causing this has got to be temp related, possibly due to thermal difference as the very cold bike with very cold fuel inside warmed from the bottom. (heat of the engine) And I would guess once it's warmer outside this situation will actually "fix itself", but I'm just curious if anyone else has ever experienced this.
When I fisrt started it, the reserve light was on and the blinking "04" let me know that I had a little more than half a gallon left. But as it sat there and warmed up, the reserve light went back off. I decided to get fuel anyway because I knew I didn't really have any as the trip now indicated 150 miles, but when I got to the station I popped the cap to find that the tank appeared to be full.
Now, while I do believe in miracles, I don't think they manifest themselves in the form of the never-empty tank of gas, or that I would deserve that anyway. :rotfl: I can't say that I believe in fuel fairies, but because of the level that the gas was now at - it wouldn't allow anymore to be added, (fueling 101 - gas level cuts off the nozzle) so I took the bike back home and just came to work in the dually.
My questions are... 1) What's the mechanism that makes the reserve function on an 08 CBR 1K? It appears there is some sort of bladder in the tank with the fuel on top of it. Could this be a tank liner that's come loose? Is the reserve float actually some sort of bladder? I would guess whatever is causing this has got to be temp related, possibly due to thermal difference as the very cold bike with very cold fuel inside warmed from the bottom. (heat of the engine) And I would guess once it's warmer outside this situation will actually "fix itself", but I'm just curious if anyone else has ever experienced this.
