GSA crash bars on a GS and fuel gauge on gsa tank following conversion.

[Mark m0cea]

Following a tank conversion of my 06GS to the GSA tank my crash bars no longer fit which is not a surprise. However there seems to be 2 different sets of GSA crash bars, 06-08 and 08-12. Can anyone tell me if I can fit the later crash bars or do I have to the early bars? I should mention I do have the GSA front subframe which has some additional tabs which I am assuming maybe for the crash bars.

The tank is up and running but I've been left with no fuel gauge at all even when I have a full tank. I was under the impression I should have a gauge but with very limited function is this correct?
From trawling many web pages it seems that the gsa fuel sender cannot be coded to the controller does anyone know if swapping the my original controller for a used gsa one would work, and I'm assuming it would need to be coded by the dealer?

 

[Bendy toy]

GSA crash bar mounts

The tabs under the GSA beak frame support the aux headlights cross bar.

The engine front crash bar tube is carried on an M6 screw (yes really) on either side of the engine just behind the front cover just under the petrol tank bottom edge. The bottom/side bars fit into the frame below the cylinders and bolt to the engine block this time with more substantial bolts. You will need the correct spacers.

The tank side protection tube just wraps around under the beak and connects between the front cross bar and engine bars. IIRC there are no other mounting points. The M8 end plug bolts often corrode especially on the left as water collects inside the tube and rots the threads.

 

[Mark m0cea]

Thanks Bendy Toy, thanks for the info just need to confirm if the later bars do actually fit the earlier models.

 

[Deleted account 190920001]

What year bike do you have and what year tank did you get? You can't put a float sender on a strip sender bike nor the other way round.

 

[Mark m0cea]

What year bike do you have and what year tank did you get? You can't put a float sender on a strip sender bike nor the other way round.

My bike is an 06 and the tank is supposed to have come from an 07 bike and came complete. From the info I managed to pick up all the I was under the impression the GSA's all had fuel strips but I could be wrong.
My research didn't find a single person with a working fuel gauge following a conversion but I'm of the opinion that it must be possible.

 

[Deleted account 190920001]

Yes so your bike has a float sensor I think so the strip sensor can't be made to work. Twin cam GSA bikes swapped back to float sensors 2011 but the tanks are slightly different shape. Whether they are compatible with the old float I have no idea.

 

[HarrisBikeNut]

GSA tank on a GS

I have carried the same conversion. I fitted an 06 GSA tank on my 05 GS. had no issues fitting anything and was reliably informed that the fuel flute would have to b re calibrated. Once the tank was fitted, I found filling up the tank would generally indicate full by in a matter of yards at times or sometimes a few miles, the gauge would read empty. It never really bothered me as I simply used the trip meter to indicate his much fuel was left. Then out of the blue, the gauge started reading as normal. It reads empty when there is about 100+ Miles left but at least it is acting like a GS gauge.
Gas been behaving like this now for some time and I gave no idea why!

If you manage to find an answer let me know!!

By the way I used 06 crash bars on my conversion

Bob

 

[Bendy toy]

Bending the float arm so it sits as low as possible when tank is empty should solve (most of) the problem.
A reasonably accurate fuel gauge for when the tank is getting empty is far more useful than one which counts from 100% full but reads empty with 2 gallons remaining.
All I want is a way to retrofit a float gauge to a fuel strip bike.

 

[Mark m0cea]

Thanks for all your inputs. Think I'm going to go with the resistor fix for now as the yellow triangle is doing my nut in.

*Note to self- Subscribe to your own thread

 

[koi.zagreb]

He prayed that we link to the K1200S which shows me an empty fuel tank do that is full until you buy a new cursor?

 

[Bendy toy]

Im working on a sliding float option with a separate 10 to 180 ohm gauge. But even that's not simple because they all expect to fit the gauge terminal box though the wall of a square section tank. We don't have that option.

 

[Gazzabart]

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php/403119-crash-bar-compatability

This will help you re the crash bars