Fuel gauge question
Cruiser
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From: Wichita, KS
Do you suppose that Willie G's gas gauge works like ours? I don't think Harley ever intended for us to have a fuel gauge. They just stuck a piece of crap in a whole someone cut in the fairings by mistake.
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From: Harford Co., Maryland
Mine is terrible also. I've been trying to trust the rXX remaining, had it saying rLO all week, probly fill up tomorrow...likely still has a gallon in the tank. Most of the time it only takes 3.6 or so gallons to fill it up even though it's telling me I'm out. I've gotten as high as 54mpg and only as low as 45mpg and fill up before the trip meter has reached 200 miles from the last fill up.
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From: Wisconsin
The fuel gauges are generally inaccurate, the miles remaining seems to work to a degree. Me, I am still old school, been watching the mileage for 36 years, on the RK with the 6 gal. tank, I start looking for fuel at 180, on the shovel with 5 gal. tank I start looking at 150. I don't even look at the fuel gauge on the RK, it might as well not be there.
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From: New Jersey
Fuel gauge aren't accurate. There is better way, more accurate, fill up your tank and reset your trip a to 0 and ride til you feel engine sputtering, flip to reserve and look at your trip a and see how many miles you've ridden then you'll know when to get gas before you hit reserve.
My sportster holds 4.5 gallons and I get about 190-200 miles before I hit reserve so I would stop by and get gas when I reach that miles.
My sportster holds 4.5 gallons and I get about 190-200 miles before I hit reserve so I would stop by and get gas when I reach that miles.
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From: Wilkes Co.- N.C.
Fuel gauge aren't accurate. There is better way, more accurate, fill up your tank and reset your trip a to 0 and ride til you feel engine sputtering, flip to reserve and look at your trip a and see how many miles you've ridden then you'll know when to get gas before you hit reserve.
My sportster holds 4.5 gallons and I get about 190-200 miles before I hit reserve so I would stop by and get gas when I reach that miles.
My sportster holds 4.5 gallons and I get about 190-200 miles before I hit reserve so I would stop by and get gas when I reach that miles.
This works great.....if ya have a reserve.....when my motor sputters.....i'm pushin it home....
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The only accurate fuel gauge I ever saw was a stick unless you dropped or broke the stick.
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