Gas Gauge
Road Captain
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 540
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From: Nooga, TN
Your gage IS off. Mine indicates empty with half a tank left. Very Poor! This is the kind of stuff that I can't understand. If they can't provide something that works, why do it at all. I have used the miles for years and am ok with that. Why not put in an oil temp gauge or something more useful. The air temp and fuel gauges are useless.
Ultimate HDF Member
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 9,254
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From: Lake City, Florida (Native)
Only Harley I ever owned with a decent gas Gauge was the 08 EGS .. My 09 Ultra will give you " An Idea " The rest were way off .. The Heritage I just rented out in AZ was a total joke would got from Full to Empty in less than 100 miles.. Use the Odometer for when to Fuel ..
Last edited by JayStronghawk; May 7, 2010 at 06:56 AM.
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2009
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The gauge on the '10 is wrong, but the remaining mileage on the odometer has not failed me, yet. I have run it down to within 15 miles of being empty. Kind of scares me without a reserve, but that's what girlfriends are for, to bring you gas when you run out. Right?
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Tourer
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 491
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From: Northern VT
I use my gas gage as just that...a gage. The "remaining" is pretty darn accurate. I've run mine down to single digits (not on purpose, I left my fuel door key at home). Imagine paying $20K for a car and the gas gage doesn't work...hmmmmm. There'd be a recall.
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Road Warrior
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,979
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From: Central IL
Just use one of your trip meters to keep track of miles traveled. The miles remaining indicator also works real well. My '10 shows empty on the guage when I still have over 2 gallon left. Don't trust the low fuel light either as they aren't consistent. On my '05 RKC the light would come on and I better be pulling into a gas station because when it came on it had less than 15 miles worth of gas. Learned this the hard way by having to push it the last 1/2 mile to fill up. My '07 SG had about 1.3 gallon left when the light came on.
