First Experience with Gas Gauge
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First Experience with Gas Gauge
Man I get a Harley, and it has a Gas Gauge, LOL. So I thought anyways. I used to ride Hondas and relied on mileage on my trip. Anywho, I get a Fat Boy and from an individual with only 1800 miles on it. When I get it I crank the beast up and BAMMMM the gas gauge reads full. I'm thinking, man what a nice guy to fill up my tank before he ships it. So I go on feeling like a king blowing by on 1604, a highway in San Antonio, and she starts sputtering on me. At 70 mph she cuts out, and as I am holding the clutch in thinking to myself what the hell, she comes to again. So I keep on going for about another 5 miles and it happens again. This time it is relentless. I am having to toy with the clutch and keep reving it up as I get on the exit ramp, sputtering on and off. I see a gas station and am thinking in my mind either I am out of gas and the gauge is not working or I have a pinched gas line. I manage to literally coast to the gas station. I open the tank and shake the bike, and I dont hear any gas so I go to try to put some in. I get 5.1 gallons in and realize that stinking gas gauge is a piece of crap...... She road beautifully for the rest of the trip. I guess the gauge is just for looks. Ride on I say.
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RE: First Experience with Gas Gauge
Personally I don't use it. Just got used to using my milage as a gauge. But there was some discussion in the softail section you might want to check out: https://www.hdforums.com/m_215149/tm.htm
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RE: First Experience with Gas Gauge
The gage on my Springer Classic has been working great it reads full when its full and and when it get's down to 1 gal. left in the tank the low fuel light come's on.
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RE: First Experience with Gas Gauge
I had an '04 Heritage that I dearly loved, but the fuel gague began failing after about two tanks. I relied on the mileage. Just so you remember to "zero-out" the tripometer every time you gas up.
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Yep. Same here.
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The gage on my Springer Classic has been working great it reads full when its full and and when it get's down to 1 gal. left in the tank the low fuel light come's on.
The gage on my Springer Classic has been working great it reads full when its full and and when it get's down to 1 gal. left in the tank the low fuel light come's on.
