fuel guage???

[Hartless]

ran out of gas today. anyone have any ideas for gas guage?

[Tiger]

... anyone have any ideas for gas gauge?

:) Surrrre, you just need to find an '83 gas tank which comes with a sender unit, '83 gauge cluster that has the fuel gauge under the temp' unit and an '83 wire harness.......VOILA!!!

BTW...did you run out all together or just switch over to 'reserve'...Either way, you now know have far you can go on a tank of gas  ::) ;D :D :D :D :D :D :D... ;)

           8).......TIGER....... 8)

[QBS]

1  Fill tank with gas.   2  Set trip meter to zero.   3  Use petcock reserve function as needed.   4  When trip meter reads 160 miles refill tank.  You should be able to get approx. 200 miles out of a tank before walking.

The '83 fuel gauge is a nice feature (I have one), but is absolutely not critical.

[YellowJacket!]

I use a mini LED flashlight on my keychain.  Whenever I get close to 200 miles, I pull over and shine the light in my tank.

David

[inanecathode]

Drill and tap in an  1/8" hose nipple to the top of the tank somewhere. Put an inline T with the fuel outlet on the petcock, put a piece of clear hose between the two. Fill the tank by gallons and mark the hose where the fuel ends up.
Fuel gauge.

Or, fly to thailand and have most your organs removed and pawned then just *try* to find an 83 kit to get the fuel gauge thats on the 83. Petcock, gauge set, fuel tank, sender.

Personal note i have neeever gotten 200 without walking. The most i ever got with some pretty extreme effort was 180. I figure at 100 miles start thinking about gassing up somewhere, if you're on reserve and on a road trip you better be going towards a gas station.

[Walt_M.]

Uh, considering the inaccuracy of the '83 gauge, it may not be worth toenail clippings. I made mine better but it isn't worth the trouble unless you just want one.

[YellowJacket!]

Drill and tap in an  1/8" hose nipple to the top of the tank somewhere. Put an inline T with the fuel outlet on the petcock, put a piece of clear hose between the two. Fill the tank by gallons and mark the hose where the fuel ends up.
Fuel gauge.

Or, fly to thailand and have most your organs removed and pawned then just *try* to find an 83 kit to get the fuel gauge thats on the 83. Petcock, gauge set, fuel tank, sender.

Personal note i have neeever gotten 200 without walking. The most i ever got with some pretty extreme effort was 180. I figure at 100 miles start thinking about gassing up somewhere, if you're on reserve and on a road trip you better be going towards a gas station.

And to think, I actually threw one away.  Hey, I was a noob.  :o

David

[Lucky]

Uh, considering the inaccuracy of the '83 gauge, it may not be worth toenail clippings. I made mine better but it isn't worth the trouble unless you just want one.

I installed a resistor between the green wire & ground on the sender pigtail.  now I hit reserve just as the needle hits the red mark.

[Hartless]

yea i didnt fill the tank , i just had some gas in there to get it running lol. went a few blocks and had to walk. makes ya feel real dumb walking a motorcycle. haha had some little kid say," mommy! look , that mans walking his motorcycle!"


thanks for the info though!

[lexx790]

What are the pitfalls of running the bike permanently on reserve.
I ran my GS500 for 6 years on reserve and filled it at 150 miles on the trip counter.
Never pushed my old bike once.  ;D

[QBS]

Lexx running on exclusively on reserve will cause no problems with the bike.  It just forces the operator to use the the trip meter as a fuel guage.  If the operator looses track of the tank milage he/she could switch to main tank and wait for reserve to show up.