Fuel Warning Light

[Baza 07]

Hi folks another quick question,HTF do you change the limit of fuel on dash on a BMW R1200GS 2010,I’ve done it before but for the life of me I can’t remember how, is it through the Motoscan Unicarscan
Cheers Baza

 

[botus]

? what are you asking

there is a way with a GS911 to alter the reserve level at which the light comes on - but not all features u can see respond on all models...

trip reset is long press of the info button.... u can do ave speed and ave consumption reset and I guess trip distance, but never even looked at it let alone tried to reset it...
range to go - is a calculation of fuel level remaining and recent fuel consumption - there is no reset

 

[Baza 07]

? what are you asking

there is a way with a GS911 to alter the reserve level at which the light comes on - but not all features u can see respond on all models...

trip reset is long press of the info button.... u can do ave speed and ave consumption reset and I guess trip distance, but never even looked at it let alone tried to reset it...
range to go - is a calculation of fuel level remaining and recent fuel consumption - there is no reset

Hi mate sorry for the crap explanation,you know when you’re riding and the fuel warning light comes on, I think mine is set at 40 in the tank, and I want to bring it down I bit .
Thanks for your help mate

 

[TLSgazza]

Why do you need to bring it down from 40 range left. This appears to be a useful time to have it come on to me?
Also as yours displays the remaining range it gives you half an hour or more to plan a fuel stop on a longer journey.
You could reset the average fuel consumption in the computer display but I usually find this increases the average mpg for a while so the range left may increase.

 

[botus]

range re. fuel left is a calculation - if riding like you stole it 5 litres will do 30 miles - if you ride around 2.5k rpm, less than 55mph on an almost closed throttle, it'll get you 65 miles - and that's ONLY if the strip is calibrated well...

mine used to work reliably and still run properly with 9 miles to go - then they did the free pump and I guess its pick up was a smidge different - having started out saying I had 22 miles to go - I did 4 gentle miles - and then it dropped rapidly to 13 miles cut out and it was bone dry

 

[Baza 07]

TLSgazza,I suppose it would be easier just to fill the bugga up,it was just the flashing “Fuel” alert was getting on my tts to be honest, do you know how to turn it back to 10 miles
Hi botus the days of me riding like I stole it are a distance memory
Thanks folks for your replies

 

[TLSgazza]

Do you really want the warning light to come on at 10 miles. You really will be running the risk of running dry. I hope you're young and fit enough to push the thing.

 

[Baza 07]

Do you really want the warning light to come on at 10 miles. You really will be running the risk of running dry. I hope you're young and fit enough to push the thing.

Hmmm I think I’ll leave it,and just keep it topped up..…I was young n fit once, now 73 with a fed back ,but I’m only 20ish in my head

 

[botus]

I was young n fit once, now 73 with a fed back ,but I’m only 20ish in my head

I was by the river at a motorbike carpark in Koblenz, and met an old UK boy in 2017, he used to do a european tour with his mate - but it was all going wrong as his mate was becoming too old to do it - so he was on his tod wondering how long he could keep going on a 1200GS - he'd just got a new LC (but had wondered if he should have got an 800) - it didn't sound like it yet as he was telling me its a bit gutless and seem to hold back too often

I said "are you in Dynamic Pro riding mode" - he said "no I'm missing some modes they are greyed out on the cluster - and I don't know how to use them..."

I asked "Have you fitted the dongle" - he said "what are you talking about" - so then I asked "Have you looked under the seat", - "No" he replied. I said "We can sort your rider modes out now" - he got a little apprehensive "What will the bike do" - I said "Absolutely nothing different, unless you select one of the other modes"

Then he got a little more interested - as did I with his reply when I asked "what software are you running ?" he said the latest - and I thought he we go it'll be the original junk stuck in moped mode - but he assured me it was just updated at the dealer - and I thought this should be fun - I'll get to see if the article I just read is correct...

The first release of 2017 software had pepped up Dynamic Pro (now allowing minor wheelies so it accelerates like a grown up, instead of stuttering and coughing - and you now get a pop up on the LCD cluster saying may cause small wheelies...

So, seat off and in the little bag clipped underneath in the riders seat, is his unused rider mode dongle - without side cutters, queue 10 mins wriggling and wrestling the loom out of its tight cable tie - as the morons fit the dust cap so its release clip is hard against the frame and that's the tight bit - he's getting nervous, I'm wrecking his bike... but I'd done mine - its a fight but then you can keep the dongle in place using the same cable tie if you don't cut it off

plugged in all tidy, dust cap back in the bag, seat on - and his eyes light up when his LCD cluster now shows two rider modes he'd paid for but had never been able to reach - now un-greyed

So we immediately select Rider Mode Pro - and indeed he was on the latest software, as up popped the new message on selection "may cause inadvertent wheel lift" - and off he rode at 80 years of age ready to let it rip

Never saw him again - would love to have heard what he thought ?