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I just put 4.221 gallons of gas in my PC!
Written by alfr4d on 9/28/2010 at 01:48 pm

You are absolutely right about complaining, still there is no big fuzz about it.
I reckon Honda did not want the motorbike to stop in deep long, often steep, 360
degree bends on motorways where traffic drives at the left side of the road. You
got to have gas when you are about to set off for your next ride and a full tank
does not rust. I wrote at a forum last month that a vacuum in the tank would not
interfere because the pump was strong enough and there is always the weight of
the gas pushing upon it. Now I think of it, a full tank does not get too hot. In
the red is time to fill up.

Reading your lines convinces me that you did not buy the bike with a full tank
of gas. Perhaps doing the tweak is something for you. Therefor I repeat the
electrical method in all its glory. Better write it down now.

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For a few months I warned against the dangers of removing the sensor from the
tank and told that adjusting the fuel gauge could also be performed by soldering
a resistor of 330 Ohm, from an old radio or bought for only one or two dime in
the electrical component shop, over the plug of the sensor near the tank or over
the meter behind the instrument panel. The electrical plug above the sensor is
by far most easy to reach. Connect it, wherever you can, parallel to the wires,
shorting them out. It is possible to use the plug itself so one does not have to
break into the wiring harness. The resistor would have to come with the color
code Orange - Orange - Brown, with Gold or Silver for the tolerance. The
resistor must be a 0,25 Watt minimum and can also be the physically bigger 1/2,
1 or even 2 Watt. Do not forget to try it out first and than notice the
difference. With thanks to the Dutch PC800 forum.

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Support your bike in the area and go buy - selling.
Greetings Alfred '89.


--- In ipcrc@yahoogroups.com, Mark Miller <mlmiller1959@...> 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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>
> ________________________________
> From: Karen Boehler <karen_boehler@...>
> To: ipcrc@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Mon, September 27, 2010 1:53:46 PM
> Subject: PC800: Re: I just put 4.221 gallons of gas in my PC!
>
> Jerry wrote:
>
> > So, we have all now learned that the 4.2 gal capacity is useable.
> >
> > Has anyone ever run out of fuel?
>
> At least a half-dozen times since I've owned this bike (only about four months
> now.) :-(
>
> I'm finding I have a love/hate relationship with a bike I lusted after for
> years. One hate is the fact there's no reserve (first bike I've ever owned
w/out
> one) and the fuel gauge is woefully inadequate. (Yes, I know there's a fix,
but
> I'm no mechanic and I have zero money to have my mechanic do it.)
>
> I live on this bike, and know I should fill up regularly, but I'm so used to a
> reserve I let it go way too often then run out.
>
> Another hate is I seem to be the only person in NM with a PC. :-( If there was
> someone else in the state who KNEW the bike and could teach me about the ins
and
> outs of the bike (I do much better with hands-on help than written), it would
> help, but I feel VERY alone out here.
>
> Sorry for ranting.
>
> KAB
> Roswell, NM
>
> ?Never underestimate the power of blind faith. It can manifest in ways that
bend
> the laws of physics or break them entirely.? "True Blood," Aug. 30, 2009
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