1) How many miles do you usually get on a tank?

2) Fuel gauge obviously not working.... fixes?

 

Oh yay!!! Another fuel gauge thread.

Mileage varies depending on how you ride. I ride until the low fuel light comes on and push it another 30 or so miles and fuel up. Usually around 190 for me. But I ride hard and don't have a stock bike. When it was stock, I was able to get 225 or so out of it before I fueled up.

 

On average I get about 38mpg, which means about 180 miles per tank.

 

Fuel gauge not working obviously.... fixes?

 

Awesome reply Captain Sarcasm.... have anything to offer to "fix" part of the thread?

 

Plonk... welcome to the kill filter.

 

I've never trusted any motorcycle fuel gauge. Always reset my trip odometer on fillup, & start looking for gas around the 150 mile mark.

 

The tank guage on my Heritage would only read to about 3/4 of a tank when I filled it up until about a year ago. It reads full when I fill it now and is pretty accurate, so it seems to have fixed itself. I got used to using the trip counter and still use it.

 

I just fill up at around 180 miles. These gauges are known for most being useless. I had mine out a couple of times and worked the float back and forth. Then made sure it wasn't catching on anything when I put it back in. It worked better for a while each time then quit again. I finally fixed it by covering the gauge with a decorative cover to match the one on the gas cap and I go by the odometer.

 

My '05 Heritage fuel gauge got "stuck" and I had HD look at it while getting my 20k service a few years ago and they were able to fix the problem without replacing the gauge (at no charge). It's been working fine ever since. SJ Ron