Fuel gage - .: XT660.com

Tintin · # 1 20-09-11, 18:10

Yes I know this has probly spoken about loads a times .But for me on my bike I got to 150miles on my 1st trip reading .Then my little fuel image pump came up n started flashing then starting from 0.0 till I stopped to fill up . It went from 0.0 to 5.0 when stoped @ a gas station . What I didnt know but relised now that my trip 1 still runs in the backround .I only saw this when I reset my trip to zero I noticed it ...
When I filled up with 18.L .... worked out I had 5L left . Thinking now what 5L will give me in milage ...........? Why cant yamaha say ok give you a reserve warning say when u hit 200miles ... Oh well lol ...

redbikejohn · # 2 21-09-11, 01:24

De cat it and it will go 200 before the reserve flashes.

uberthumper · # 3 21-09-11, 09:14

If it went onto reserve at 150 miles, it almost certainly wasn't full to start with. Or those 150 miles were done in a rally.

Gas_Up_Lets_Go · # 4 21-09-11, 09:51

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Originally Posted by uberthumper

If it went onto reserve at 150 miles, it almost certainly wasn't full to start with. .

I can get mine to trip at below 150 on the twisty mountain roads, the sender doesn't like the fuel swilling about in the tank..... Stop start riding to, when the bike is on and off the side stand can upset it.

Then again, like most, I don't take any notice of the fuel gauge, and look at the trip to tell me when to fill up. We all know the fuel gauge is only accurate when the tank is full, after that it's just there to tell you the LCD is working !

uberthumper · # 5 21-09-11, 13:35

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Originally Posted by Gas_Up_Lets_Go

I can get mine to trip at below 150 on the twisty mountain roads, the sender doesn't like the fuel swilling about in the tank..... Stop start riding to, when the bike is on and off the side stand can upset it.

As can falling over

Should have said "if you can get it on reserve, and it doesn't reset itself if you leave the bike stood for a couple of hours, then it wasn't full to start with"

uberthumper · # 6 21-09-11, 13:37

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Originally Posted by Keithblade

Or use the Garmin if you have one.

How does your Garmin know how much fuel is in the bike?

Gas_Up_Lets_Go · # 7 21-09-11, 14:04

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Originally Posted by uberthumper

How does your Garmin know how much fuel is in the bike?

It's magic....... one thing a map can't do !!

uberthumper · # 8 21-09-11, 14:23

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Originally Posted by Keithblade

If you press the icon on the Garmin it even tells you where all the filling stations are. Brilliant.

So other than the bit I've left in the quote above, it's just a trip counter? Like the one already fitted to the bike?

Do you never ride *anywhere* without mounting the Garmin on the bike and turning it on? Because surely if you just pop down the shops without it it's then wrong for that tankful?

Not trying to be confrontational here (well, not much

), or bring the topic onto the merits or otherwise of having a SatNav (unlike Darren

), but I'm struggling to see what it actually brings to the party (apart from telling you where the nearest filling station probably is).

Sysie · # 9 22-09-11, 08:01

I ran dry at 118km after the fuel trip meter started counting... I have filled up a few times at around 100km on trip without running dry.. If I do highway I will be very comfortable until 100km on reserve... Offroad I will push it till about 70km.

Sysie · # 10 22-09-11, 08:05

It works for me workin on the trip... It is something that starts counting automatically.. So you dont need to '0' anything when the fuel light starts flashing... Also it does not matter if you started with a full tank or not.. The reserve trip will start at pretty much the same time always.

Forward thinking from Yamaha if you ask me :-)

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