Storm 250 Fuel Range?

miraclepieco · 10-17-2022, 05:54 AM

My Bashan Storm 250 manual says it's a 12L fuel tank - just about 3 US gallons. How many miles (or km) of safe range are you guys getting from a full tank?

Thumper · 10-17-2022, 06:39 AM

I always keep it between 1/4 and 3/4 full with a 5 gallon gas can I keep in the garage, and never drive more than 20 miles on an outing. Mostly off road, so I don't know the range

But you can carry a quart of gas and just run it out to check range.

Oldenslow · 10-17-2022, 09:21 AM

I just run my DF250RTG until it stumbles from fuel starvation, switch the petcock to reserve, and keep going to a gas pump. No idea of the mileage, but used the way I use it -- daily around-town -- I haven't had to refill since April. Once I switch to reserve there's almost a gallon left -- pretty common, and enough for at least 40-50 more miles on a 750, closer to 100 on the 250.

Thumper · 10-17-2022, 09:53 AM

My storm has a reserve as well ("R"). The short side of the petcock handle points to the circuit, so pointing up is main, pointing down is "R".

You can still carry a quart of gasoline until you are sure of which is which!

Bill Hilly · 10-17-2022, 10:06 AM

My TBR7 has a fuel gauge, that does little good. I have got in the habit of settings my trip odometer when filling up. The trip odometer reads closer to kilometers, than miles. I ride a variety of roads, but I have noticed that I usually take a hair over 2 gallon when my odometer reads 175. I realize that your bike may get more or less true of an odometer reading than mine, but ,You could fill up, set your trip odometer, and ride till you get a reading of 150-200 on your trip odometer, and then see how much fuel it takes to top it off. I have one Japanese street bike (Suzuki Savage), that not only has no fuel gauge, but no trip odometer, which I think is ridiculous .

10-17-2022, 05:54 AM	#1
miraclepieco Join Date: Sep 2022 Posts: 24	Storm 250 Fuel Range? My Bashan Storm 250 manual says it's a 12L fuel tank - just about 3 US gallons. How many miles (or km) of safe range are you guys getting from a full tank?
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10-17-2022, 06:39 AM	#2
Thumper Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Kansas City Posts: 2,770	I always keep it between 1/4 and 3/4 full with a 5 gallon gas can I keep in the garage, and never drive more than 20 miles on an outing. Mostly off road, so I don't know the range But you can carry a quart of gas and just run it out to check range.
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10-17-2022, 09:21 AM	#3
Oldenslow Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 153	I just run my DF250RTG until it stumbles from fuel starvation, switch the petcock to reserve, and keep going to a gas pump. No idea of the mileage, but used the way I use it -- daily around-town -- I haven't had to refill since April. Once I switch to reserve there's almost a gallon left -- pretty common, and enough for at least 40-50 more miles on a 750, closer to 100 on the 250.
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10-17-2022, 09:53 AM	#4
Thumper Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Kansas City Posts: 2,770	My storm has a reserve as well ("R"). The short side of the petcock handle points to the circuit, so pointing up is main, pointing down is "R". You can still carry a quart of gasoline until you are sure of which is which!
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10-17-2022, 10:06 AM	#5
Bill Hilly Join Date: Feb 2021 Posts: 1,003	My TBR7 has a fuel gauge, that does little good. I have got in the habit of settings my trip odometer when filling up. The trip odometer reads closer to kilometers, than miles. I ride a variety of roads, but I have noticed that I usually take a hair over 2 gallon when my odometer reads 175. I realize that your bike may get more or less true of an odometer reading than mine, but ,You could fill up, set your trip odometer, and ride till you get a reading of 150-200 on your trip odometer, and then see how much fuel it takes to top it off. I have one Japanese street bike (Suzuki Savage), that not only has no fuel gauge, but no trip odometer, which I think is ridiculous .
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