Fuel Lights...?
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- Real Name: Lee Morgan
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Fuel Lights...?
Does anybody make Aftermarket Fuel Lights or Gauges for motorcycles that just have Reserve Tanks?
Is this even possible?
Thanks!
-Lee
Is this even possible?
Thanks!
-Lee
-2009 Kawasaki Ninja 250R - Current Ride
-2007 Suzuki DR650 - Sold
-2007 Kawasaki Eliminator - Sold
-2007 Suzuki DR650 - Sold
-2007 Kawasaki Eliminator - Sold
- coffee_brake
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Been pushin' that Kaw?
This summer the spouse was pushing his Kaw, and I rode behind him to the gas station and laughed and laughed....
But then last month I didn't go to reserve in time and coasted my Kaw to the side while a buncha Harley guys laughed and laughed....
Putting the bike back to "on" at every fill-up gets to be a habit, after a little pushing. Still, if there was a way to simply mount a gauge I'd do it. Don't see how, though, without drilling and tapping a hole and then having to re-treat the tank. Hardly worth the trouble.
This summer the spouse was pushing his Kaw, and I rode behind him to the gas station and laughed and laughed....
But then last month I didn't go to reserve in time and coasted my Kaw to the side while a buncha Harley guys laughed and laughed....
Putting the bike back to "on" at every fill-up gets to be a habit, after a little pushing. Still, if there was a way to simply mount a gauge I'd do it. Don't see how, though, without drilling and tapping a hole and then having to re-treat the tank. Hardly worth the trouble.
Jenn S.
AMA #658162
2005 Concours
2001 Vmax
1992 CB750
AMA #658162
2005 Concours
2001 Vmax
1992 CB750
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- My Motorcycle: 2009 Kawasaki Ninja 250R
- Location: Oak Ridge, TN
haha. actually i did push it..bad thing was it ran out only like 80 Ft. from the gas station ....and the gas station was up hillcoffee_brake wrote:Been pushin' that Kaw?
This summer the spouse was pushing his Kaw, and I rode behind him to the gas station and laughed and laughed....
But then last month I didn't go to reserve in time and coasted my Kaw to the side while a buncha Harley guys laughed and laughed....
Putting the bike back to "on" at every fill-up gets to be a habit, after a little pushing. Still, if there was a way to simply mount a gauge I'd do it. Don't see how, though, without drilling and tapping a hole and then having to re-treat the tank. Hardly worth the trouble.
-2009 Kawasaki Ninja 250R - Current Ride
-2007 Suzuki DR650 - Sold
-2007 Kawasaki Eliminator - Sold
-2007 Suzuki DR650 - Sold
-2007 Kawasaki Eliminator - Sold
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Oooh...there was a Eliminator in the shop just the other day. That IS a little bitty tank, ain't it?
Oh well, the trade-off's worth it for that quick little beast, huh?
One ride on a big road-burning 7-gallon tank tourer like my Concours would show you the difference quick!
Oh well, the trade-off's worth it for that quick little beast, huh?
One ride on a big road-burning 7-gallon tank tourer like my Concours would show you the difference quick!
Jenn S.
AMA #658162
2005 Concours
2001 Vmax
1992 CB750
AMA #658162
2005 Concours
2001 Vmax
1992 CB750
That first time you run out of gas in traffic is a bit perplexing, isn't it? Mine wouldn't have been so bad for me if I wasn't in the middle of a U-turn onto a busy Dallas street when the engine keeled over. At the time I was still getting used to my new bike and had just gotten the carbs cleaned and reset, so the I attributed the spitting and sputtering to that and didn't even think about gas. Luckily, I had enough momentum in the turn to get me into the parking lot of the gas station at that intersection. Took a while to unpucker enough to get off of the seat though.
1999 Nighthawk 750