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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 04:41 PM
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Does anyone know of a vendor that offers a fuel gauge to fit my 93 Heritage? Tired of opening cap and shaking 700 pound bike to hear gas slosh.Haha
 
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 05:00 PM
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What about using your odometer?
 
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 05:04 PM
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What about using your odometer?
Exactly. You can't depend on fuel gauges. When you fill it up after x amount of miles, clear the trip meter.
 
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If it's stock u should be able to go about 215 miles before Resever
 
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 08:03 PM
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Yep I just flip my trip over to zero every fill up and at about 215 miles I start looking for a station.
 
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 09:50 PM
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Is that 215 highway?
 
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Old Aug 25, 2012 | 11:28 PM
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Combination of highway and town but mostly highway/back roads. But you have a good thirty miles once you go to reserve to find a station.
 
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Combination of highway and town but mostly highway/back roads. But you have a good thirty miles once you go to reserve to find a station.
That math isn't working for me. If you guys have 5 gallon tanks and you can go 215 miles, plus have a 30 mile reserve, that's a total of 245 miles. Divide that by 5 gallons and that's 49 mile per gallon. And that city & hwy? The only way I've ever seen 49mpg is cruising the freeway at no more than 60-65mph throughout the entire tank of gas. I average more like 45 mpg at 75-80mph. I typically hit reserve on my 5 gallon tanks around 185 miles. I have a 0.9 gallon reserve. All city riding it'll go down to as low as 35mpg.
 
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This is why Ive been looking for a cheapo float style gauge. Bad at math.
 
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This is why Ive been looking for a cheapo float style gauge. Bad at math.
No real math needed. Just zero-out your trip meter after filling the tank and note how many miles you ride until you hit reserve. It' simple and fool-proof. Pilots never fly by the fuel gauges, they fly by measuring the time and knowing how many gallon they burn per hour.
 
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