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Message started by mscepu101 on 09/01/11 at 16:20:55

Title: Speedo question!
Post by mscepu101 on 09/01/11 at 16:20:55

I have noticed that my speedo has a light for neutral and another position for a second light.

Anyone know if this should be another indcator? Should it be illuminated?

Title: Re: Speedo question!
Post by thumperclone on 09/01/11 at 16:42:39

old kick stand light spot no longer used

Title: Re: Speedo question!
Post by mscepu101 on 09/01/11 at 17:26:53

Has anyone ever attempted to rig a low fuel lamp to that position?

Title: Re: Speedo question!
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/01/11 at 23:33:23

Thats easy, put a lite in there & run it to a switch, fill up, ride 100miles, flip the switch, cuz youre now low on gas..

Title: Re: Speedo question!
Post by BobR on 09/02/11 at 04:31:04

No smiley face ?????

Title: Re: Speedo question!
Post by thumperclone on 09/02/11 at 05:24:47

302E3E382D286C6D6C5D0 wrote:

Has anyone ever attempted to rig a low fuel lamp to that position?

took mine apart oce for an accessorys on light, theres no lens there tho one could install a 5mm led

Title: Re: Speedo question!
Post by verslagen1 on 09/02/11 at 07:34:10

To do that (low level warning) you need a sensor.
If you're gonna put in a sensor, why not a level gauge?

Title: Re: Speedo question!
Post by Arnold on 09/02/11 at 07:52:28

How about a sight gauge?

http://www.flyritechoppers.com/Pix/sight_glass.jpg

Title: Re: Speedo question!
Post by Oldfeller on 09/02/11 at 08:09:31

A cheap sight gage would be a tee junction and piece of hose off the rubber exit tube at the bottom of the petcock leading to a permeable capped small diameter glass tube that the top cap happened to only slightly taller than the gas height in the gas tank.

Such need not even be attached to the tank (where you couldn't see it when riding) but it could be attached to the fork tube/triple tree where you could see it while riding. I'm thinking lab glass here, hard to break.

A good, steel wrapped piece of "motion wear proof" hose, such as the hose they sell for hydraulic uses would be good here, because if it leaks it could empty your tank and strand you, or even catch your bike on fire.

This would double as an evaporation gage for your bowl as the glass tube would go clear before the bowl went empty.

Glass tube mounted on the triple tree would also be easy to replace if the glass tube got clouded by evaporation products (it will happen).

Failure mode for such a system would be busting the glass by accident -- put a cut off in the system on the run up from the petcock for such accidental events would be wise.

Title: Re: Speedo question!
Post by Arnold on 09/02/11 at 08:23:18

I agree, the parts can easily be found at hardware store, no need to buy an expensive kit. I want a sight gauge on mine but dont having welding equipment :(

Title: Re: Speedo question!
Post by arteacher on 09/02/11 at 10:15:26

Simplest solution is: buy yourself a grease pencil ( retractable ones are a buck, and are available at craft stores, art supply stores, or millenaries). When you fill up write the mileage +100 on the mirror with the grease pencil (also called a china marker). When the mileage on the odometer starts getting close to the mileage you have written on the mirror, get gas. Easy peasy Japaneasy.
I haven't had to put it on reserve since I started doing this. 8-)

Title: Re: Speedo question!
Post by Arnold on 09/02/11 at 10:21:02

I'm good with not running out of gas but I just like the coolness factor.