[etbachli]

My fuel gauge is particularly strange. It usually stays at the full mark until i've gone about 70-80 miles, and then it rapidly descends to the red empty zone. i usually fill up after 160 miles or so, but i think the bike can go a 20-30miles further then that-but that gauge man, confuses me, worries me a bit...i think its slightly misleading. anyone else experience this oddity??

 

[Curt]

Fuel gauges on motorcyles are notoriously inaccurate and jittery. Yours sounds like par for the course. My Ninja 250, like most motorcycles, doesn't even have a fuel gauge. I just flip to reserve when the engine starts to sputter, then fill up the next time I'm near my favorite station.

I do wish someone would make a good fuel gauge for a motorcycle, preferably combined with a computer to give current and trip MPG and range left. So who wants to step up and do it?
Curt