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Fuel gauge
Written by skyeenter on 2/16/2012 at 09:46 pm

Thanks Leland for a little PC zen. When I first started riding PC's I got willy
nilly over the small gas tank. Coming from a 6 gallon Beemer to a 4.2 Honda
made it that way. Along the way I started doing the same thing as you.
Measuring how much gas it took to fill at various marks on the gauge. I now
kinda have a non exact estimate of how much fuel I have left. Never run out,
but put 4 gallons in once. skye

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, mostlyhondas@... wrote:
>
>
> 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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