How Accurate??
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Road Captain
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From: New Brunswick, Canada
How Accurate??
I was pleasantly surprised last night to find out that my bike has the mileage button. I am not sure what it is called now but it tells me how many KM's I have left on my tank of gas. I really like this feature.
Anyone had the chance to see how accurate it is?? I know right now my bike is hard on gas and hopefully will get better after my break in period is over.
Another beautiful day today so once I get some things done around the house, I am out again. LOL
Anyone had the chance to see how accurate it is?? I know right now my bike is hard on gas and hopefully will get better after my break in period is over.
Another beautiful day today so once I get some things done around the house, I am out again. LOL
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Road Captain
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From: New Brunswick, Canada
Thanks, that is why I want to know too. We do long trips so it is nice to know because I find my gas gauge is very slow moving and not as accurate as I would like it to be. I filled it up yesterday and my gauge didn't show it as being full.
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I here you most of my friends have to stop for fuel before me as to they don't get the mileage that i get so I tend to fuel before i need to anyways.
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What kind of bike do you have?
Most new touring bikes will tell you how many miles you have remaining once you get low. Mine seems to come on at about the "30 miles remaining point". But I don't believe the computer is accurate. It appears to tell you that you have fewer miles remaining than you actually do. I would assume it leans on the side of caution. But I always start looking for fuel, way before I get to that point.
Most new touring bikes will tell you how many miles you have remaining once you get low. Mine seems to come on at about the "30 miles remaining point". But I don't believe the computer is accurate. It appears to tell you that you have fewer miles remaining than you actually do. I would assume it leans on the side of caution. But I always start looking for fuel, way before I get to that point.
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Road Captain
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I have a 2011 street bob. Of course I had a sporty before with the stupid peanut tank so I had to set my trip odometer to keep track of my KMs to know when I needed fuel.
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The simplest and most accurate method of fuel management is to keep a log of all fillups, always filling to same level, and resetting the trip odometer each time. Average your fuel consumption over many fillups, and you can quickly calculate (in your head) how many miles you can safely go between fills.
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The simplest and most accurate method of fuel management is to keep a log of all fillups, always filling to same level, and resetting the trip odometer each time. Average your fuel consumption over many fillups, and you can quickly calculate (in your head) how many miles you can safely go between fills.
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I have a hyper charger on my 2010 SB and even after I had it tuned at a HD dealership it doesn't read accurate. It's about 10 to 15 miles off so like someone previously mention I log my fuel now. But when it was stock (for about a month) it was pretty accurate.
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