Does anyone make a fuel gauge to use on a 99 heritage classic.

 

AFAIK, Harley fuel gauges are seldom accurate. Does your bike have a tripodometer? I simply fill up every 160 miles. Just sayin...

 

Ditto to that ... fill up, reset the trip meter and fill up again around 150 miles.

 

I know I've read lots of others are not accurate, I must have got a good one.

My Reserve light Has always come on when there is between .9 and 1.1 gallons left in the tank and still does even though I had to replace the gas line in the tank (had a hole in it) and filter around 33k miles....

 

Same here. I have the flush mount fuel gauge/cap and the speedo/tach combo. Both gauges parallel one another and are pretty accurate as far as fuel level.

Granted, I understand they aren't perfect, but sometimes when I read postings that "they are so inaccurate go by mileage instead", I feel like it is simply lore that has been passed down over the decades. Maybe those that feel like they have an inaccurate gauge should look into getting a better one.

 

While some want to add a gauge, others want it gone. Diversity is a great thing. Otherwise, life would be boring!

I have that same one BoneDoc. Mine doesn't work worth a dang. I'm in the process of removing it. In doing so, I may have found that the culprit may be the connector under the tank. I've also been seeing the low fuel light comes on often with a full tank. When the gauge is disconnected, the low fuel light is on all the time.

I prefer to use the odometer as a "gauge" like many others do.

I just have to see if there is a way to make the low fuel light function without the gauge. There looks to be a couple work-arounds, so we shall see.

 

I hear you, Mike. In your case, there is obviously something amiss if the low fuel light displays with a full tank. An electrical issue (connector, fuel sending unit, bad speedo, etc) doesn't mean your gauge is inaccurate.

 

You're probably right. I still wanna get rid of it. Mostly because of the fuel cap itself. It has a cheezy "chrome plastic outer ring that glues to the tank. That "chrome" is peeling off. I just want conventional looking caps.