Does a F650GS have a

[Noddy]

Fuel gauge ?

 

[Andy80F]

No. Yet to miss it as very used to using the trip milage and the bike seems reliably to reach 200 miles on a tank (warning light comes on between 160 and 170 miles).

Andy

 

[Micky]

How accurate is a fuel gauge anyway?

As Andy says, set the trip, and you can virtually guess to a few miles either way when the fuel lights gonna come on.

Rode through Russia and Mongolia and it was never a problem.... just a question of knowing ya 'bike.


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[rc mad]

I always set the trip meter on the bikes, In fact I can remember how far each bike gets till reserve, the gilera runner 125 was 145, xr125 was 165, cbr is 104 and the dak does 140

Only bike i owned which had a fuel guage was the gilerea, the thing would show full till about 90 miles then drop like a stone to 1/4 tank and stay there until it ran out of fuel.

I learned to trust the trip meter

 

[Bert]

not all

fuel gauge... nope
rpm counter... nope
fuel indicators lights..... nope
Not got any of those on mine - I knew I was missing something

As Micky said "just a question of knowing ya 'bike."
best advice IMHO
Listen to the sweet tunes of your engine
Use your trip meter & GPS....(yes I know it can't read 'around' curves!)

 

[Noddy]

Thank you Gentlemen.

 

[richc]

Nope - but the Garmin Zumo has something that tells you when you're getting low and will then direct you to the nearest gas stations.

 

[Bert]

Zumo.....

sorry...just can't resist it - our bikes are powered by petrol here not gas!!


and as for the Zumo ....as useful as a chocolate tea pot outside the EU and maybe the US