Worthless Fuel Gauge....
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Worthless Fuel Gauge....
Anyone else have one?
My fuel gauge shows 3/8 of a tank when I know (watching the miles) that I need fuel. It will hold4 1/2 gallons at this point.
I dont feel I should have to always be checking my miles, when I have a fuel gauge that should be a lot closer. I DO feel that HD should fix this problem under warranty on a 20K+ bike.
My fuel gauge shows 3/8 of a tank when I know (watching the miles) that I need fuel. It will hold4 1/2 gallons at this point.
I dont feel I should have to always be checking my miles, when I have a fuel gauge that should be a lot closer. I DO feel that HD should fix this problem under warranty on a 20K+ bike.
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RE: Worthless Fuel Gauge....
On my bike, like the rest of you, I have two trip settings. One is set for when I bought my bike used, just to show me how far I have driven, and the other gets reset whenever I fuel up. I leave it set on the fill up trip setting and use it religously. But I find that the longer I have my bike, the easier it is for me to just know when I will need fuel. Just feels like the time, and I am always right. I have heard that thoseLED guages are more accurate. I want to switch to the flush mount gauge and fuel cover. But, I am still lucky enough to have a reserve tank. I guess still having a carb does have some advantages.
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RE: Worthless Fuel Gauge....
I have finally figured out the formula for the fuel gauge. use this an you will get an acurate reading everytime.
[ol][*]Start with a full tank of fuel[*]deduct 1% for every 1000ft above sea level[*]add 1% for every 1 degree F above 75 degrees[*]subtract 2.3% for every 2 degrees F below 74 degrees[*]if you are using non-93 octane then subtract the octane level and multiply by .2%.[/ol]That will give you an acurate reading as to gallons in the tank vs actual fuel gauge reading. here is the formula written out
a -.01(1000)^SL+(.01)-.1000^75-(.023)-2>74(93)-b/2(2)
I guarantee if you can figure that one out then you can figure out why the fuel gauge is not acurate.
[ol][*]Start with a full tank of fuel[*]deduct 1% for every 1000ft above sea level[*]add 1% for every 1 degree F above 75 degrees[*]subtract 2.3% for every 2 degrees F below 74 degrees[*]if you are using non-93 octane then subtract the octane level and multiply by .2%.[/ol]That will give you an acurate reading as to gallons in the tank vs actual fuel gauge reading. here is the formula written out
a -.01(1000)^SL+(.01)-.1000^75-(.023)-2>74(93)-b/2(2)
I guarantee if you can figure that one out then you can figure out why the fuel gauge is not acurate.
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