Bollocks to that. It't not unreasonable to expect a fuel gauge to work.
Mine does BTW, regularly go down to 5 miles.
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Bollocks to that. It't not unreasonable to expect a fuel gauge to work.
Mine does BTW, regularly go down to 5 miles.
WindyChuffer
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Bollocks to that. It't not unreasonable to expect a fuel gauge to work.
Mine does BTW, regularly go down to 5 miles.
I trust you have breakdown cover then. Or carry spare fuel. Lol.
Have always used the fuel gauge on my bike and in just under 5 years never had a problem.
Been down to 5 miles remaining on several occasions with no problem, do you all reset your trip on the car every time you fill up
if not then why not as the technology is the same.
If the bike is fitted with a fuel gauge then it's only reasonable to expect it to work, why do we think its fine to have something fitted to a bike but its ok if it only works sometimes, as we can remember to set the trip each time and remember how we have been riding for he last 300 miles or so to work out if we have enough fuel to go a few stops on a motorway.
I bought a bike with a fuel gauge. I expect that gauge to work and it will go back to the dealer if it proves to be faulty.
All that aside it's good to see someone post a positive for a dealer and their service. Good on them as there's not enough of it about.
Been down to 5 miles remaining on several occasions with no problem, do you all reset your trip on the car every time you fill up
if not then why not as the technology is the same.If the bike is fitted with a fuel gauge then it's only reasonable to expect it to work, why do we think its fine to have something fitted to a bike but its ok if it only works sometimes, as we can remember to set the trip each time and remember how we have been riding for he last 300 miles or so to work out if we have enough fuel to go a few stops on a motorway.
I bought a bike with a fuel gauge. I expect that gauge to work and it will go back to the dealer if it proves to be faulty.
All that aside it's good to see someone post a positive for a dealer and their service. Good on them as there's not enough of it about.
Bought my GS from Williams and they have always given great service and friendly cuppa when up north. Fuels gauge hasn't failed me either/..
I set the trip on the bike and the car
The guages work, the issue is over their accuracy. Can you expect them to be 100% accurate? Is 95% accurate good enough?
The guages work, the issue is over their accuracy. Can you expect them to be 100% accurate? Is 95% accurate good enough?
ihandyman247
Registered user
I set the trip on the bike and the car
The guages work, the issue is over their accuracy. Can you expect them to be 100% accurate? Is 95% accurate good enough?
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car and bike
Have always used the fuel gauge on my bike and in just under 5 years never had a problem.
Been down to 5 miles remaining on several occasions with no problem, do you all reset your trip on the car every time you fill up
If the bike is fitted with a fuel gauge then it's only reasonable to expect it to work,....
I expect it to work too , however , when the display has ran out of numbers and until it reads ' - - - ' , I certainly don't expect the bike to still work , but it does.
Lean it well over to the left and count to ten, then thumb the starter.
STUBBS
undead
Bollocks to that. It't not unreasonable to expect a fuel gauge to work.
Mine does BTW, regularly go down to 5 miles.
name 1 vehicle that the fuel guage is 100% new or old one of the first things i was taught when learning to ride next trust the guages and never get into a situation where you can run out
If my gauge said 31 miles to go, I would not be on a motorway as my yellow triangle would already have been flashing for 15 miles.
Oh come on .I've filled up before at 240 miles cos the fuel light has come on and put in 30 litres. On another occasion I filled up at 330 miles and only put in 22 litres. I only did that cos I thought I might be getting low and didn't want to run out coming out of Switzerland to the black forest.
Fuel gauge Gave me a range of 150 miles still and I thought it was lying
You can't tell me you get within a few miles every tankfull on your trip meter.
Just to Be A cnut I don;t trust the trip or fuel gauge on anything!
I zero it and If I'm flush I'll fill it If I'm getting it tight I'll stick in X litres guessing I'll get approx y Miles to it
Walking any distance in Motorcycle gear has got to to be the lowest form of torture!
And EMBARRASSMENT!
I zero it and If I'm flush I'll fill it If I'm getting it tight I'll stick in X litres guessing I'll get approx y Miles to it
Walking any distance in Motorcycle gear has got to to be the lowest form of torture!
And EMBARRASSMENT!
AberdeenAngus
Registered user
No, but you know when you're getting 'a bit low' and need to fill up, which is what you should do with any bike.
technotony007
Registered user
doggy gauge
i have had an issue with a fuel gauge not giving the right reading on a long ride. fuel gauge indicated 3/4 full on the start to of trip from newcastle to dundee, i set off one morning at 4am in the worst rain ,etc , got 25 miles outside of dundee and the bike died. The gauge said that it was half full , i did shake the bike to listen if there was any fuel in it as well. but when the dealer rang me later , after being recovered by bmw, to let me know there was no fuel,magine the embrassment..
25 years of biking and i never had that one..
sender was changed under warranty ..
regards
Tony
i have had an issue with a fuel gauge not giving the right reading on a long ride. fuel gauge indicated 3/4 full on the start to of trip from newcastle to dundee, i set off one morning at 4am in the worst rain ,etc , got 25 miles outside of dundee and the bike died. The gauge said that it was half full , i did shake the bike to listen if there was any fuel in it as well. but when the dealer rang me later , after being recovered by bmw, to let me know there was no fuel,magine the embrassment..
25 years of biking and i never had that one..
sender was changed under warranty ..
regards
Tony
Have to agreee
I usually know when its getting low on fuel cos its a bit easier to lift the front wheel over rises in the road.
I find that my Suzuki tls only varies by about 10-15 miles on every tankfull. The fuel light has always come on at the same time and I've had the bike for 14 years and 64,000 miles now, you'd think BMW could make a system that works.
having the huge tank on the GSA it has varied by as much as 150 miles or more depending upon what type of riding me and the missus are doing.
We also find that my 06 and her 2010 are within a litre of each other when we are touring.
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