I ran out of gas on my Ducati Streetfighter V4! What's the true range?
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2020
- I've been wanting to conduct this experiment for a long time, and I figured I'd bring you guys along for the ride.
What's the furthest you've pushed your bike past the fuel light? How far did you go before running out, or chickening out? Let me know in the comments below!
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Thanks for helping the Ducati community.. Much appreciated! Be safe
This was awesome. I have only taken mine up to 97 miles before refilling and I was nervous! Good to know I can probably take it to 110 miles if I really had to. I normally pull over and fill up when I hit 85 miles. Literally the ONLY drawback of the bike is its range. Thanks for taking one for the team.
Glad to help!!
Thanks for doing this. I just bought a V4 S and the computer suggests I'm getting close to 50 mpg running it, but the light come son at 85-90, and I've run it 10 or so more a couple of times. Good to know what the actual real world range is!
My SFV4 consistently displays low fuel light at 90-95 miles on trip during break-in. It’s good to know 115 miles is a target for empty. I appreciate the video and information.
Thank you for this video!!
Nice job brother! Thank you for this!
No problem 👍
Thanks man for the vid I had to find out the hard way on my diavel. And about to get my sfv4 tomorrow!
Congrats man, you'll love it!
Nice video/experiment... great to know for my Ducati Panigale :)
Interesting experiment 👍
That was a smart idea to carry some gas with you.
Much appreciated bro
Really helpful as planned a trip to France.
Thinking of buying a light-used V4S off of a pal. If so, a rotopax or equivalent seems a reasonable solution. An extra two gallons of range would alleviate a bit of the range anxiety. Thanks for the text, fam!
Whoa! My fuel light normally comes on at 80 miles. I’ve run it for another 20 miles before filling up in the past. That shows how close I was to running out. Btw my V4S tells me I’m getting 48 mpg overall .... Thanks for the info. 😀
Those dirty liars! Haha
Nice info! I run out of fuel on my SFV4 unintentionally because i was touring at the mountains at 130 miles but with slow riding. I had a passenger and the twisties were very slow.
Running out in the mountains with a passenger sounds not ideal!
@@DucatiSpacers indeed! But thankfully i was on my way to the gas station and run out of fuel just 3 miles away from it. So it wasn't a big adventure in the end!
good vid Kev, i have the Monster 821, was also wondering this, cheers
Love the Monster so much! Would have been my next bike if the SFV4 didn't come along.
@@DucatiSpacers lol yeah the Street fighter looks awesome! for now i'm loving the 821 Stealth, looking forward to getting your spacers installed lol, cheers man
@@DucatiSpacers do you still like the v4 even with that fuel mileage? Love the bike but not the range as much. My 1299 typically turns on the light after 100 miles so they're relatively similar i guess. So weird how the avg mpg is crazy off like that.
i ran mine till i had 21 miles on the reserve fuel sunday. boy i was closer than i thought to walking than i realized. ive noticed that the per gallon number that was so off never changes much regardless of how im riding it. always around 40mpg
Seems like their calculated mileage is way off... though as one other commenter pointed out, it seems the true capacity of the tank is only around 3.3gal.
Great idea for a video Kev! I've always wondered how far we could push a Panigale on one tank of gas. I usually don't push it past 100 miles before a fill up. Good to know I could probably make it another 15 or so. "FOR SCIENCE!" 😎
Doing my duty to the Moto community!
Thank you for your sacrifice!
I just got my bike and had my first ride out yesterday. Kept it around 6k but it went a little higher a couple of times.
Fuel light came on at 98 miles and I got home with 30 miles showing on the reserve trip so 128 miles. It was showing around 42mpg.
I filled it on the side stand so if I had filled it upright I could have got a little more fuel in
I haven’t got a clue how much is left in the tank or how much further I could have gone.
Here’s hoping I can make it to the garage for more fuel.
I've run mine out at 183km Tank holds 13.3 litres completely empty to brimmed. Ducati lying about capacity
Excellent video, so when the fuel light comes on I can pretty much count on getting 20-25 miles which should very comfortably put a gas station within range. Can you do a video about the V4's heat? How hot does it get especially around town, how noisy does the fan get, does it hurt your legs or boil your man bits?
I'll do a vid about it for sure!
I find the heat not a issue even stuck in traffic on a 40c day down under
Thanks for the info, I've the same bike and was wondering about File range. It's good to know I can get 110-115 miles out of it.
Glad to help!
Great video. I've been wondering. My fuel light always comes on at 75 miles, bike says I get 35 MPG (very interesting) and I've never gone more than another 15 miles. I guess the bottom line is don't expect to get more than 100 miles per tank.
Yeah mine around that range too...75 miles light comes on...and 20-25 miles more before refueling
Not a bad place to run out of gas!
I can imagine worse spots 😆
Yup. Thats the deal breaker for me- no fuel gage on a $27,000 bike which guzzles gas. The 40 mpg is a ridiculous lie. So you got the fuel low level light which comes on after 80 miles. Just don’t pass up a gas station on this bike. I’ll keep my Diavel.
I managed exactly 26 miles today running it in Street mode, keeping it on a steady throttle at 4k, and pulling in the clutch and coasting down the hills. Terrifying! 😀 I think that although the manual quotes 3.52 UK Gal (4.22 US), it is actually 'US' gallons,. Because after riding 26 miles with the low fuel light on (which we know from your 26.1 test it's on vapors), it took exactly 3.52 'US' Gal to fill it to the filler, with the bike bolt upright.
Thank you so much for that data. Curious why the computer said 39.8 mpg, because that doesn't compute even taking that into account. This is why I do this test on every vehicle I own. Most accurate was surprisingly my Alfa Romeo, which has an exact reserve of 7 litres and 63 litres total. I know I get 5-6 miles per litre on that. Fuel pumps in the UK sell in litres, so the sensible unit IMHO is miles per litre. Because I travel miles and buy litres. In Europe it should be km/litre. Then you only have to do one operation to know how long before you get stranded, or how much fuel to buy. This litres/100km nonsense means you have to do two math sums to know your remaining range. Trusting the computer is something you do ONCE before you get stuck. I drove my Jeep across Europe and ran out of fuel 5 miles from home. I got towed like 900 yards to a petrol station free of charge because I was on a dual carriageway hard shoulder that was well-monitored.
Also, on UK motorways (highways), I think they have to have a petrol station every 27 miles, with perhaps up to a mile or two of slip roads to get to them. So if your fuel light comes on when you're on a motorway here - you can't count on getting to another petrol station before you get stranded! Unless you are 1/3 of the way there! Hah that is why you need a fuel gauge.
@@projector7141The US and UK gallons are slightly different capacities, and relying on the computer to work out your average mpg is a stranded vehicle by the side of the road waiting to happen. Best to test it from full until empty, then always reset the trip every time you fill up. Or reset the trip whenever you go onto reserve and know (test) how long you can run it until it dies, as we did. It's definitely handy to know. The most accurate bike gauges I've tested are BMW GS/GSA gauges. Those German's know a thing or two about pedantic accuracy.
@@RichDunn Thank you so much Rich. I'm shopping which one to buy, the V4: S, SP2, or R. Bewildered by all the options. Also trying to get girlfriend approval and support. Reviews and comments are so helpful. I can tell this is a good community.
Today, I got 108 miles to filled up 3.87gallon, guess totally will be around 120mils for running out, similar like yours.
did you think with a v4s panigale it less miles range due to the wait of the cosmetic and etc ?
This was depressing. It took the wind out of my sails to buy one....momentarily! Great Tube, Thx!
Haha why's that?? Need more range?
Yes! My rides in the crest / Malibu canyons / Los Padres, etc., need more range. I will just need to map out my fuel stops carefully. Waiting for my Ducati dealer to get an S model in for a test ride.
@@DucatiSpacers Update: because of this video I decided not to buy the street fighter. I cannot live with less than 100 miles before having to get fuel. Instead I bought the BMW S 1000 R which has 155 miles to the tank. Thank you, you saved me much grief!
@@ThrottleJunkie31415 Glad I could help in some way! The range has definitely made it a pain to own. Can't even make it to the airport and back home without refueling :(
Awesome video, I pushed mine to 180km (113miles) total and filled up shitty fuel at at a shity station in the hills. Does the range vary post first service?
Doesn't really seem to have changed much, but I'm only at ~1500 miles now.
I ran out at 183km, you were close! Tank holds 13.3 litres empty to brim
So, are you considering a heat prevention kit for the V4's? I have a V4S and it's hawt!
why? streetfighter doesn't heat at all.... only Panigale's do.... your experience is pretty weird... btw. I drove both
@@mzvarik I was asking about a kit for my Panigale. I do not have a Streetfighter, I have a Panigale V4S. I was probably not clear enough.
@@mzvarik Agreed even stuck in traffic in australia at 35c plus its no real issue
quick question. From your experience(or your friends with experience), which bike would you say has a better reliability: the ducati v4(v4s) or the bmw s1000 R ?
Have zero experience with the S1000RR! I've heard of plenty of issues with the V4 models, but only because I've been heavily involved in the Ducati scene for so long, and people always tend to talk about their negative experiences online.
@@DucatiSpacers D.S...I've given you a thumbs up buddy. Yeah man, I did a little 15 minute review and found several reliable sources that says that the reliability of the Streetfighter is just as good, if not better, than that of it's competitor(the s1000 R model - single R). The ONLY thing I don't like about the streetfighter is that it doesn't have cruise control, like the bmw does, and it doesn't have a visual guage to let you see how low you are on the gas. Other than that I think, for a 6'3" guys the streetfighter is actually taller than the bmw s1000 R model by about(according to research) 31 mm tall which is considerable !!
I've had ducatis in the past that I have emptied the tank and then filled - usually they take nowhere near the stated capacity - I think this is because ducati are stating the 'volume' of the tank, which contains the fuel pump and filter thus reducing the 'capacity'
Even my car fuel pump and filter don't use up 2.9 litres of space. But you do have a point about that.
Everything I’ve seen says running e85 will reduce mpg. And a lot of the comments in the forums says you’d need upgrades to the fuel system. And I think the owners manual says to run premium grade?
I’m not saying you’re wrong.. just trying to figure all this out.
I don't remember everything I said in this video, but I definitely never suggested running E85! What are you referring to?
@@DucatiSpacers
At about 8:30 you mentioned e85 giving u real power? Maybe I misunderstood u.
@@vwr32jeep Ah lol, totally just joking. You would indeed need to completely overhaul the fuel system and re-tune the bike to run E85. Just my stupid ramblings!
@@DucatiSpacers
Lol, ok. I replayed it a couple times when I first heard it.. and then didn’t see anything in the comment about it. It’s not the first time a joke went over right by me lol.
Good content btw. Sub’d. 👍
Such a great car, how come there is no fuel gauge display😩😩😩
Yeah 100% reckon ducati lying about true capacity, me thinks between 13.5-14 litres from completly empty, the fuel consumption meter def way off. PS fitted some of your spacers to my new SFV4S, great simple invention
Do you know how much fuel have it took to get full after getting out of fuel? I have done several times about 40 km (24,85 miles) with fuel light on, about 200 - 215 km (124 - 134 miles) total tank, and when refueled it took only 13 - 13'5 liters (3,4 - 3,5 gal) to get completelly full. It's far away from full tank capacity (16 liters - 4,2 gal) announced by Ducati.
You're right, it only took 3.3 gallons to fill it! Strange that it's so far off from their claimed capacity...
Guess that means the real fuel mileage was more like 34.8 mpg!
That means 2.5 litres of fuel is in reserve or something
@@madhavram146 Yes... in some remote unaccesible place
@@scroller83 it's good to know information on fuel. I'm thinking the panigale V4S might do the same or little more 260kms
My 1198 ran out of gas after 12 miles!,my old GSXR 1000 used to do 20+ miles when the warning came on.
12 sounds brutal... how many miles could you get from a full tank on the 1198?
@@DucatiSpacers with Termignoni cans and a Rexor reflash of the E.C.U. roughly 85 miles,but 85 miles of lunacy,talk about a 2 wheeled full scale riot,it was crazy totally stock and you go from there,rock hard suspension,dry rattling heavy clutch,piece of wood for a seat,flopped into low speed corners and brick wall non A.B.S. brakes,it was Hellish at legal speeds but sublime at over the limit speeds,it just got better the quicker you went,amazing bike,a true Italian thoroughbred.👍
I feel much better now after watching this video as I was cribbing about my Tuono 1100 V4 running only 106 or so miles before the light comes on ....You guys get it at 85 - 90 from the comments below 😀😀😀!
Instead of going after bhp that people don't even use just like in this case manufacturers should go find a way to give 50mpg at minimum. If I could I would.
this bike is horrendous... and I want it
Smiles per gallon is more worth than miles per gallon.
95 miles? I’ve never… street mode and 6th gear maybe
Good topic. However, I had motion sickness after 5 seconds of watching. Had to do audio-only.
Probably need to move my head less!
Only about 100miles on one tank, so bad, you have to often go for petrol station..
The mpg is 10 high by my calculations
Yeah fuel gauge def lies!
you know you have a well engineered bike with reliable manufacturer information, when you need to rely on you-tube vids to simply know how far you can ride without running out of fuel....
Tank capacity inaccurate,
Computer fuel conmsumption calculations - way inaccurate,
Hope ducati offer a free call out service when you are stuck on the side of the road.
Great test, but this engine is thirsty as ...
My last Ducati was an 888, and ALL of my rides were determined by distances to next reliable gas; I say reliable because in California's hinterland gas stations have been known to go extinct. My next Ducati is going to be the v2, so this gives me somewhat of an idea and it's already making me frown. Sometimes it takes 100 miles of freeway riding (ugh!) before the ride even begins. And no, as much as I like it, I don't want the Multistrada 1290 behemoth. Thanks for sharing this science project.
Seems to be the case for most Ducati models, though I believe the V2 is a little better! I don't remember it being nearly as much of an issue on my old 899.
What riding mode you was doing the test? Street, sport or racing?