"Ralph Mowery" wrote in message
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In article ,
lid says...

Exactly. Motorcycles, especially older models, have had the 'Reserve'
concept in place since just about forever. My current bike doesn't have a
mechanical reserve where I have to flip a valve, but it has a digital
fuel
gauge that starts flashing and counts the miles. I know I can go 35-40
miles once it goes on Reserve. And yes, planning ahead is the best.

Seems to me that the older Volswagen bugs had the
same thing. A reserve tank, probably no fuel gauge.

Not a reserve tank, a mechanical thing that turned
the fuel intake pipe which was bent at the end so
that its end was deeper in the fuel tank. The fuel
tank in a beetle is in the front, under the curved
front which lifts up when released.