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I just put 4.221 gallons of gas in my PC!
Written by ekeith2000 on 9/27/2010 at 07:44 pm

Like Tim, I have found the needle to be precise, but not accurate.
Having NOT done the gauge correction procedure, I know that on my bike that when
the end of the needle gets in the bend of the gas pump hose I am on fumes.
ALWAYS. So the gage is usable, and reliable, as is. You do have to actually
look at it. Also, as a rule I reset the odo at each fill up and generally, I go
ahead and refuel at 140-160 miles regardless of the gage indication. Doesn't
seem that hard and haven't run out of gas yet in 51K miles.

Now if you really want to get something started...
I use REGULAR gas...

Keith
'97 "Fat Lady"

--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, Tim Davies <yankeesmuggler@...> wrote:
>
> I turst my gauge on this and my previous PC800. This is the first bike
> I ever had with a gauge and I think it's great. I have found both
> bikes to have consistently accurate gauges and each time the needle is
> in a specific location I always find it takes the same amount of fuel
> to fill up the tank. This is not to say the gauge as it comes from
> Honda reads where we think it should read based on the fuel gauge
> graphics, but I have not found it to vary over time. I did do the fuel
> gauge mod to my current PC800, but that only makes the needle line up
> with the graphics, its accuracy is still the same.
>
> Are others having wildly fluctuating fuel gauge meter readings from
> fill up to fill up? I've never heard of this in the 12 years I've been
> on this list and a PC800 owner.
>
> Tim Davies
> Seneca Falls, New York 13148
> '98 Honda Pacific Coast "Yankee Smuggler II"
> "Yankee Smuggler I" (Retired at 124,000 mi.)
>
> IPCRC #4 : AMA #688662
> "The ride is the objective, the destination is the excuse!"
>
>
>
> On Sep 27, 2010, at 3:03 PM, Mark Miller wrote:
>
> > You know, I've skipped this thread even though it's been running a
> > while, but
> > while yes, we should expect a gas gauge to work as advertised, such
> > is not
> > usually the case in the 2-wheeled world. In fact, I don't think
> > anybody trusts
> > the gauge on any MC or scooter.
> > I know the gauge on my '90 looks empty when it reaches the half-
> > empty mark. I
> > do what I've always done on motorcycles: set the trip and look at
> > the mileage.
> > Somewhere around 150 miles, I need to find a gas station.
> > I could look into the files on the site and bend the sender down to
> > the right
> > level but so far, it's just not worth the trouble.
> >
> > And I've never run dry.
>
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