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[Gettinold]

SHOUD THIS BE ANOTHER POLL [smiley=nixweiss.gif] RED FUEL THINGY OR AMBER FUEL THINGY [smiley=nixweiss.gif]  WHAT COLOR IS YOUR THINGY [smiley=huepfenlol2.gif]

[Loose_Goose]

Mine is amber.

[Fired00d]

I know we've talked about this some before, but for you guys picking up new units it might come in handy to revisit.

Coming home on Sunday I was trying to make some time and not stop as soon/often as I had been for fuel.

[Twolanerider]

Well I didn't get quite this far (only put 5.14 gallons in on fill-up), but 103tHunDer brings up two good points.

Gary, FWIW on a completely empty tank I filled up the red bike once with 5.5 gallons.  Just to give an idea of max volume if you ever get "out there" and are having to stretch it for distance.

[110tHunDer]

Gary, FWIW on a completely empty tank I filled up the red bike once with 5.5 gallons.

[Fired00d]

So, at 38mpg, which is about what I usually get on the highway, I could've run another 7.8 miles!

[Twolanerider]

Best advice is to look for gas when tank get's half full. These bikes are to heavy to push

[grc]

It's really not necessary to live with the inaccurate gauge; there is a real easy "fix" that will allow you to adjust it to read exactly where you want.

[110tHunDer]

That's some good chit there, Jerry. [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif]  I'd forgotten about that thread.  Like hotlineguy from TX, care if I come on over?  Oh, there might be some Brembo calipers in the tour-pak that we could put on, too. [smiley=nixweiss.gif]

[Fired00d]

GRC,
I had remembered reading somewhere about fix. Today when I was searching for information I searched "fuel gauge" to find this thread. Thanks for bringing that back to my attention.

Now on the other hand after reading this (and not being to mechanically inclined). I want to suggest that the next CVO gathering on East Coast include one day of "Tech Support". Those with the expertise could perform such repairs. As I said before I'm not to mechanically inclined, but I can buy cold refreshments [smiley=drink.gif] and have no problem retrieving them as requested. However I will have a limit to how many I retrieve for you while working on my bike

[grc]

GRC,
I had remembered reading somewhere about fix. Today when I was searching for information I searched "fuel gauge" to find this thread. Thanks for bringing that back to my attention.

Now on the other hand after reading this (and not being to mechanically inclined). I want to suggest that the next CVO gathering on East Coast include one day of "Tech Support". Those with the expertise could perform such repairs. As I said before I'm not to mechanically inclined, but I can buy cold refreshments [smiley=drink.gif] and have no problem retrieving them as requested. However I will have a limit to how many I retrieve for you while working on my bike

[UK Dave]

Has anybody noticed that the Brits consistently get about 20 - 25% better gas mileage (mpg) than the Stateside guys get?

Why??

[JCZ]

Has anybody noticed that the Brits consistently get about 20 - 25% better gas mileage (mpg) than the Stateside guys get?

Why??

[110tHunDer]

Has anybody noticed that the Brits consistently get about 20 - 25% better gas mileage (mpg) than the Stateside guys get?

Why??

[Bungy]

Used to happen to me a lot in the old days (before the metric system), couldn't figure out how I got  much better MPG once I crossed the 49th parallel!