Fuel strip or float

[malcolmkaty]

Hi all
I have a 54 plate gs1200 I have had it 5 years one onwer before me. Looking inside the tank it has a float fuel gauge should this not be a fuel strip.?

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[tjmouse]

54 would be a strip unless it’s been converted

 

[malcolmkaty]

This must of been done before I bought it. I did not know you could convert them.





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[Santa-2512]

Nothing to do with conversions i'm afraid.

the R1200gs Bikes from 12/02 - 10/07 (K25) with the type code 307 & 317 could be supplied either with float sensor or fuel strip

The trigger for which bikes got float( good) or strip (not good) was if the bike was specced with a trip / onboard computer option you got fuel strip

If the bike didn't have have the onboard computer specified , you got the pump / float unit

For the GSA (K25) 03/05 - 09/07 type code 0382 & 0397 the above also applies

For both varients GS & GSA from the model uplift in 2008 GS model codes 303 &313 GSA model codes 0380 & 0390 The only option was onboard computer so all fuel strips

From the model uplift in 2010 they went back to a float system

However there is overlap on the changes so bikes built / registered around model change dates may have one or the other system fitted

it is possible to change from strip to float, but it is also dependent if you have the right ZFE for the pin swap to be applied

The RT range does not have the right ZFE so can not be converted.

 

[DevonAl]

My early 06 GS has a strip(been replaced once and playing up again now) and no trip computer so obviously the bloke who built mine didn’t read the build spec!!

Al.

 

[malcolmkaty]

When you say trip computer my has 2 trip readings and the gauge on the dash drops the 1st half in one go and the last half in sections and then finally how many miles to empty

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[TLSgazza]

When you say trip computer my has 2 trip readings and the gauge on the dash drops the 1st half in one go and the last half in sections and then finally how many miles to empty

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Do you have the option of showing the average mpg and average mph etc. That's what Santa's on about. It's the trip computer part on the dash you can scroll through. It includes range left, ambient temp and time of day.

 

[malcolmkaty]

No

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[Santa-2512]

Do you have the option of showing the average mpg and average mph etc. That's what Santa's on about. It's the trip computer part on the dash you can scroll through. It includes range left, ambient temp and time of day.

Cheers Gazza, my mistake, i thought i was quite clear obvs not

 

[Popell]

I had my vin decoded and it was within the specification.
I too had only clock, twin trips and range countdown from 50 miles, it had a float according to the vin.

 

[Santa-2512]

I had my vin decoded and it was within the specification.
I too had only clock, twin trips and range countdown from 50 miles, it had a float according to the vin.

That would more than likley be correct.

The strip (onboard computer shows range from when you fill the tank)