Roadking Classic 2014 Mileage
#1
10-19-2017, 01:06 AM
Roadking Classic 2014 Mileage
Hello guys,
Newbe question here.
On my RK Classic 2014 there are two ways for me to check the amount of fuel I have.
There is the meter on the tank itself, and then I have the on board computer telling me how much kilometers I have left on my tank.
Which one is the most accurate?
With my previous bikes the gasoline switch was manual (Switching to reserve). So I always had the safe "switch" telling me I had to find a gas station within 25 km's
With the RK I don't have this anymore...
Newbe question here.
On my RK Classic 2014 there are two ways for me to check the amount of fuel I have.
There is the meter on the tank itself, and then I have the on board computer telling me how much kilometers I have left on my tank.
Which one is the most accurate?
With my previous bikes the gasoline switch was manual (Switching to reserve). So I always had the safe "switch" telling me I had to find a gas station within 25 km's
With the RK I don't have this anymore...
#2
10-19-2017, 02:11 AM
Road Captain
I have a 2013 Ultra, and from my experience the gas Gage will be uncomfortable, on "E", when my odometer, that shoes how far i can go with the remaining gas, shows 40 miles or so to go.
Rite or wrong, i have ran it till the odometer said i had only 10 miles left, then it just throws a dummy signal up showing "low" for this dummy to get gas, at this point the actual gas Gage is below "E", So i flip over to total mileage and add 10 to it, so i know when predicted pushing will start. I made it 7 or 8 miles and finally found a station, not sure if my mind was playing tricks on me or if the bike was actually sputtering when i pulled in, but you can bet i was babying the hell out of it, to squeeze out every mile and maybe that's all i was feeling, all the low RPM shifting and such.
All that to say the computer on my bike, with conservative riding, appears to be accurate and the gas gage errors to the safe side!
Rite or wrong, i have ran it till the odometer said i had only 10 miles left, then it just throws a dummy signal up showing "low" for this dummy to get gas, at this point the actual gas Gage is below "E", So i flip over to total mileage and add 10 to it, so i know when predicted pushing will start. I made it 7 or 8 miles and finally found a station, not sure if my mind was playing tricks on me or if the bike was actually sputtering when i pulled in, but you can bet i was babying the hell out of it, to squeeze out every mile and maybe that's all i was feeling, all the low RPM shifting and such.
All that to say the computer on my bike, with conservative riding, appears to be accurate and the gas gage errors to the safe side!
Last edited by Stud Duck; 10-19-2017 at 02:13 AM.
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#3
10-19-2017, 02:39 AM
I have a 2013 Ultra, and from my experience the gas Gage will be uncomfortable, on "E", when my odometer, that shoes how far i can go with the remaining gas, shows 40 miles or so to go.
Rite or wrong, i have ran it till the odometer said i had only 10 miles left, then it just throws a dummy signal up showing "low" for this dummy to get gas, at this point the actual gas Gage is below "E", So i flip over to total mileage and add 10 to it, so i know when predicted pushing will start. I made it 7 or 8 miles and finally found a station, not sure if my mind was playing tricks on me or if the bike was actually sputtering when i pulled in, but you can bet i was babying the hell out of it, to squeeze out every mile and maybe that's all i was feeling, all the low RPM shifting and such.
All that to say the computer on my bike, with conservative riding, appears to be accurate and the gas gage errors to the safe side!
Rite or wrong, i have ran it till the odometer said i had only 10 miles left, then it just throws a dummy signal up showing "low" for this dummy to get gas, at this point the actual gas Gage is below "E", So i flip over to total mileage and add 10 to it, so i know when predicted pushing will start. I made it 7 or 8 miles and finally found a station, not sure if my mind was playing tricks on me or if the bike was actually sputtering when i pulled in, but you can bet i was babying the hell out of it, to squeeze out every mile and maybe that's all i was feeling, all the low RPM shifting and such.
All that to say the computer on my bike, with conservative riding, appears to be accurate and the gas gage errors to the safe side!
Thanks for the quick reply! Seems (by your story) the odometer is the one to trust.
#4
10-19-2017, 05:24 AM
Cruiser
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#5
10-19-2017, 06:19 AM
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#6
10-19-2017, 08:15 AM
Tourer
I would run it down till the gauge says a quarter of a tank and fill it up. With a 6 gallon tank it should take about 4 1/2 gallons to fill and you should have 1 1/2 gallons left in tank.
From that you can figure out how much fuel you actually had left and which gauge is the most accurate.
From that you can figure out how much fuel you actually had left and which gauge is the most accurate.
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10-19-2017, 12:29 PM
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