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Fuel gauge
Written by mostlyhondas on 2/16/2012 at 04:15 pm


This is the best advice, I always do it with all bikes and I can run it
down to
need 3.8 - 4.2 gal. every time. The only difference is that I may not
start carrying the
extra gas until its at least half empty.

On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:59:02 -0800 "Leland C. Sheppard"
<lcshepp@...> writes:

Hi John,

I trust my fuel gauges completely. They are very consistent and all
four PCs behave the same way.

You just have to learn to read it.

The first thing I did when I bought my first PC was to fill it up, fill
a gallon can and stick it in the trunk and ride the bike until it ran
out of gas. I watched the gauge and learned where the needle was when
it ran out. After that, I filled it at various points to see how much
gas I had left (left end of the white line, left side of the red square,
right side of the red square, etc.)

I have done nothing since but read the gauges and fill up as needed.

The 200 mile figure doesn't work because it depends too much on speed,
wind, your weight, whether or not you have a passenger or a load, etc.

That's why learning to read the gauge works like a champ. Let the bike
tell me when it needs gas.

My two cents. Acquired with over 2000 tanks of gas in PC800 motorcycles
over the past 18+ years...

Leland

...Life is good on the Pacific Coast...

Thanks,

Jimmy

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