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On a single "largest motorcycle tank ever used, designed and built in-house with a whopping capacity of 108 liters (28.5 gallons)" kind of tank that is, but sti
by emrah 3y ago
On a single "largest motorcycle tank ever used, designed and built in-house with a whopping capacity of 108 liters (28.5 gallons)" kind of tank that is, but still an amazing achievement
- mabbo 3y agoPutting this into perspective, my Honda Civic has a 50L[0] gas tank. 0- when it reports that there's 0km left in the tank, I can only fill it up by 40L, so is it really a 50L tank? Hard to say.
- jamiek88 3y agoTypically there’s a reserve of 10-15% of the tank capacity ‘hidden’ from the time to empty indicator. 10 liters seems on the high end though.
- taneq 3y agoI suspect smaller tanks get relatively larger reserves, I had an old MR2 with a 40L tank and its fuel light came on after 30L too.
- SECProto 3y agocounterpoint, my yaris has a 42L tank. The light comes on around 36L to 37L in. I know if pretty well so I've pushed it to 38.5L (another ~30km past the light) but never risked going any further.
- taneq 3y agoTo be fair, my MR2 was an '87 model so maybe it's changed since then. I wonder how old the Civic was?
- silisili 3y agoNot a moto rider, but wouldn't that be really hard to drive? It feels like sloshing would cause significant balance issues.
- bitwidget 3y agoI'm guessing they've probably implemented baffles within the tank, but even if there wasn't it shouldn't be too much of an issue. Once they are able to get going and are not stopping quickly for emergencies, they should be as stable, if not more stable, compared to a regular bike.
- wuunderbar 3y agoGuessed wrong, they definitely found it to be an issue: "After a grueling 304-lap test, Acerbis found they needed to use sponges to combat the sloshing inside the tank at the expense of losing some volume. The final tank weighed 15.2 kg (33.5 lbs) and could hold 108 liters."
- stock_toaster 3y agoFrom the article: > After a grueling 304-lap test, Acerbis found they needed to use sponges to combat the sloshing inside the tank at the expense of losing some volume. The final tank weighed 15.2 kg (33.5 lbs) and could hold 108 liters.
- pcurve 3y agoNice... bigger fuel tank than 2023 Ford F-150 (26gal). lol...