Why not just run on Reserve and calculate with trip odometer?

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  • UncleMike
    #16
    Originally posted by BigD_83
    or a misbuilt petcock...
    The thing was so crusty, I just assumed it was due to deterioration, but this seems just as likely.

    So funny how something like that can leave you walking around with poor info for nearly 10 years!

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      • Rob S.
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        Past Site Supporter
        • Dec 2013
        • 9393
        • New York City
        #17
        Very glad I have a fuel gauge. It's not perfect. It seems to stay at full forever, glance away, and suddenly it's down to half.

        But it doesn't have to go on reserve until almost at empty, so I guess it works as well as it can. I've been on reserve twice in nine months, but I usually top it off when it hits half.

        The petcock lever is so teensy (compared to my old CB350 and Z1) I'm glad not to have to use it while riding.
        1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

        2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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          • UncleMike
            #18
            Originally posted by Rob S.
            Very glad I have a fuel gauge. It's not perfect. It seems to stay at full forever, glance away, and suddenly it's down to half.

            But it doesn't have to go on reserve until almost at empty, so I guess it works as well as it can. I've been on reserve twice in nine months, but I usually top it off when it hits half.

            The petcock lever is so teensy (compared to my old CB350 and Z1) I'm glad not to have to use it while riding.
            My fuel gauge isn't exactly ... accurate. I go well past E before I need to hit up RES.

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              • Rob S.
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                Past Site Supporter
                • Dec 2013
                • 9393
                • New York City
                #19
                Originally posted by UncleMike
                My fuel gauge isn't exactly ... accurate. I go well past E before I need to hit up RES.
                I think I recently read here instructions for calibrating the gauge.
                1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

                2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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                  • tkent02
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                    • Jan 2006
                    • 35571
                    • Near South Park
                    #20
                    Fuel guage on a motorcycle with the tank sitting right in front of you, silliest thing ever invented.
                    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...tatesMap-1.jpg

                    Life is too short to ride an L.

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                      • UncleMike
                        #21
                        Originally posted by Rob S.
                        I think I recently read here instructions for calibrating the gauge.
                        I believe Jethro put up a tutorial at one point, but it's never been enough of an issue for me to go to the trouble. Always something more important to work on.

                        And sometimes I even ride the thing!

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                          • Rob S.
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                            • Dec 2013
                            • 9393
                            • New York City
                            #22
                            Originally posted by tkent02
                            Fuel guage on a motorcycle with the tank sitting right in front of you, silliest thing ever invented.
                            Well, maybe...if there's no lock and a hinge on the cap.
                            1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

                            2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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                              • tkent02
                                Forum LongTimer
                                Past Site Supporter
                                • Jan 2006
                                • 35571
                                • Near South Park
                                #23
                                Or if you have hands to feel the tank.

                                Rocket science it isn't.
                                http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...tatesMap-1.jpg

                                Life is too short to ride an L.

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