Low fuel lights are always kind of funny. It depends on the tank shape too. Once something kicks them on, such as a hard turn or stop they stay on because the fuel sloshes around a good bit in an unbaffled tank such as a motorcycle tank. I wouldn't worry on it too much.After awhile you'll know how many miles you can go before you need a fill up.
Filling up gas tank
Silly question, I bought my first bike last week and have filled up the tank twice. The tank holds like 4 gallons. The fuel light came on and the first time I filled up only 1.5 gallons went in. The second time I filled up, I managed to get 2.24 gallons. I tried holding the gas nossel head on the tank and pulling back a bit so the turn off sensor on the nossel did not trip. Still didn't work too, well. I would have expected to get at least 3 gallons. I looked in the tank and the gas was still an inch or so from the top. Any suggestion would be great.
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When you have some time to kill, just run your bike from a full tank and go until it starts to die. Make a note of how long you traveled and when your fuel light turns on. Then hit your reserve lever and go fill it up.
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Funky gas situatioin
I read a review on some bikes lately that the manufacturer molded the tank wrong, and gas only gets fed on one side. Depending on your bike, do some research and see if other riders have the same complaint. If the bikes frame is cut up the middle of your tank at a high degree, you may be suffering this problem. Other than that, like that last post was saying, spend some more time on the bike, run it dry and see if you can still see plenty of gas left. If all these suggestions leave you dry of gas still, have the dealer check out your fuel sensor, it may be giving you a false indication.
~Joker
I read a review on some bikes lately that the manufacturer molded the tank wrong, and gas only gets fed on one side. Depending on your bike, do some research and see if other riders have the same complaint. If the bikes frame is cut up the middle of your tank at a high degree, you may be suffering this problem. Other than that, like that last post was saying, spend some more time on the bike, run it dry and see if you can still see plenty of gas left. If all these suggestions leave you dry of gas still, have the dealer check out your fuel sensor, it may be giving you a false indication.
~Joker
+1When you have some time to kill, just run your bike from a full tank and go until it starts to die. Make a note of how long you traveled and when your fuel light turns on. Then hit your reserve lever and go fill it up.
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You will kind of get used to how many miles your bike gets on a tank.
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