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[porthole]

But did you do this?
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I don't recall and I plead the 5th

[grc]

Porthole, I'd guess that most of us are mile counters for fuel.

[Twolanerider]

Jerry,
Can't disagree with a word of what you wrote.  My odometer pretty much always rests on the first trip odometer for fuel purposes.  But we've all got our quirks.  Speaking to silly engineering though, I can't help but chuckle every time I even get close to the low fuel warning light coming on.  I mean, come on, right behind the tail of the speedometer needle at cruising speeds?  How dumb is that?  I didn't think I even had one for the first month I had the bike.

[porthole]

 accurate fuel gauges have been around for decades

GRC,

Although the gauge will never be more then an "indicator", you can have it adjusted. I brought my bike in with 160 miles on a tank of gas and had the dealer adjust the gauge to just above empty.

[grc]

GRC,

Although the gauge will never be more then an "indicator", you can have it adjusted. I brought my bike in with 160 miles on a tank of gas and had the dealer adjust the gauge to just above empty.

porthole,

I know - I used to do that with my carb bikes.

[erniezap]

You get 175 miles on the 103?

My fuel light usually comes on around 130 miles and I might get 145 out of it.

[SAC]

I also reset the trip meter at every fill up and end up filling up somewhere between 140-150 miles, depending on how heavy I am on the throttle.  I have on several occasions put more than 5 gallons in my tank. I guess I either like to push it or have gotten so comfortable with the trip meter resetting and reading technique that I have been able to note that the tank is slightly larger than 5.0 gallons, of course I also fill the tank to the rim .