Want A FUEL GAUGE FOR MY ZXR.

mcswaff · Post by **mcswaff** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:46 am

Ok how and where can i get a fuel gauge put onto my bike i know it not a need but iam lazy and want 1 and idea or links would be great thanks.

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 4:09 pm

It would be a fair bit of work, you would have to find a fuel level sensor for the tank & a fuel level guage to suit too. Then make sure it wouldnt get caught on the side of the tank at full movement extremities up & down. Cut a hole in the bottom of the tank. seal the tank sensor in so it doesn't leak and then do the electrical bastardry to make it work.

It's possible, but i'd just suggest both remembering HOW hard you flogged the bike on that tank & use the odomoter like everyone else without a tank guage.

hell i *HAVE* a tank guage and go by the odo.

mcswaff · Post by **mcswaff** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 7:27 pm

Ok cool thanks mike so either i dont get 1 or i get someone else to fit it, how much at a guess would u reckon they charge to fit 1, if ya got any idea thanks.
Cheers

HemiDuty · Post by **HemiDuty** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 9:27 pm

AUD $$Fuckloads.

Really not worth it man.

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 9:40 pm

that too.

How long have you been riding anyhow?
No fuel guage is basically a fact of life for 80% of the bikes out there anyhow.

Lucas · Post by **Lucas** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 11:01 pm

Well a simple way to fit a gauge to your tank would be solder a tube in the top of your tank and the very bottom and put a clear tube in between the 2
this would show the level
if you dont want to do that cause it would look shit
use the odometer like everyone else

JamesLaugesen · Post by **JamesLaugesen** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 9:25 pm

You could also use a pressure gauge below the tank and either look at it down there or have a digital display up top...
Or you could just use the odometer, and spend a few minutes swishing the tank around at different fuel levels until you learn what it sounds like.

The Across has a fuel gauge because it's under-seat tank is very long and thin, thus very hard to gauge how much fuel is in it (in-case you lose track of the odometer for some reason). It has lights for "half" and "pretty freekin empty" though I don't know anyone with a working 'pretty freekin empty' light, has caused some problems for me, haha.

You've got reserve anyway. When you run out of fuel switch to reserve and get to a servo. If you're not sure how much you have, fuel up before you go anywhere.

diesel · Post by **diesel** » Sun Jul 31, 2005 10:47 pm

Me too.

JamesLaugesen wrote: When you run out of fuel switch to reserve and get to a servo.

yeah dont switch it from reserve to on like i did last w/end.
always make sure you do two things when you fill up.
1. reset the odometer
2. make sure the fuel tp isn't on reserve.

carrying a petrol can on the back of a TLR1000 and then taking it back to the servo is not fun.

JamesLaugesen · Post by **JamesLaugesen** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 5:52 am

2nd time I rode my 'new' ZXR I found out the reserve line is blocked, hahaha... damn thing.

mcswaff · Post by **mcswaff** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:08 am

Dam, glad my reserve didnt have a block, not that it would have matered i was only 500 meters from the servo when i switched to reserve anyways so i pulled in and filled it up. I'am still goin to stick a gauge on it or maybe just an electronic sensor to turn a little light on when its getting close to having to switch over.

JamesLaugesen · Post by **JamesLaugesen** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:28 am

An electronic sensor inside the tank will end up _very_ a expensive toy...
Consider Lucas's suggestion (though maybe just run a house from the fuel lines to the top, instead of soldering a tube into the tank.
Or look into pressure gauges, could have one under the tank, or you could have a weighted float inside the tank attached to a 'pull chord', when the fuel level is too low and no longer supports the float, the weight can pull the 'pull chord' to trigger a switch for a light or pull on a force gauge.
It'd be funny around corners though

So maybe you could somehow fix a bar for the float to slide up & down, so it doesn't swing everywhere.
You'd also want the float _inside_ the tank, away from the filler, so when you fuel it to the top, the float would be pushed up against the top of the tank (instead of blocking the filler, haha).
So obviously you'd need a tiny float, tiny weight and sensitive switch.
Getting the connection outside the tank would be tricky too, haha...

Maybe just go with the sensor

haha

mcswaff · Post by **mcswaff** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:36 am

LOL thats a lot of maybe's, I might just buy a clear tank :lol:

I like the idea of a pressure gauge its probably the cheapest but i think ill go with an electronic sensor in the bottom of my tank more accurate and i wanna do it right. dont want some dodgy gauge that dont work right or i might as well listern to the tank and watch my odo LOL

JamesLaugesen · Post by **JamesLaugesen** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 10:53 am

mcswaff wrote:dont want some dodgy gauge that dont work right or i might as well listern to the tank and watch my odo LOL

MickLC · Post by **MickLC** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 11:08 am

It's not a car ferrcrissake, use the trip meter like everyone else :roll:

Sulli · Post by **Sulli** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:50 pm

open the cap insert finger if wet = full
dry = empty