1 Reserve Fuel Light Fri Jul 31, 2020 9:38 pm
jjefferies
Life time member
In restoration of my '90 K75 I mucked about with the gas tank and took the sensor mechanism out. Since putting it back together I've been wondering if the low fuel light works -hadn't seen it - and what it signifies in amount of fuel left. So this afternoon filled with curiosity and no sense, I drained all the fuel I could with a siphon. The light does work. But then tried refilling it 16 fluid oz/1pint at a time to see what it took to turn off the light. Answer was:
reserve comes on between 80 fl | .5 gal | 2.5qt | 2.3 liters
and 96 fl oz| .75 gal | 3qt | 2.8 liters
This isn't quite the same as my '91 K75 which gets about 50 miles after the fuel light comes on. So I'm thinking of doing another check by simply running the bike out of fuel and noting when the light comes on and how much further it can travel before being out of fuel.
Does anyone know of a more sophisticated or useful method?
best regards
J. Jefferies
reserve comes on between 80 fl | .5 gal | 2.5qt | 2.3 liters
and 96 fl oz| .75 gal | 3qt | 2.8 liters
This isn't quite the same as my '91 K75 which gets about 50 miles after the fuel light comes on. So I'm thinking of doing another check by simply running the bike out of fuel and noting when the light comes on and how much further it can travel before being out of fuel.
Does anyone know of a more sophisticated or useful method?
best regards
J. Jefferies