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Message started by Jasbee on 03/05/16 at 21:08:13

Title: No trip meter
Post by Jasbee on 03/05/16 at 21:08:13

I'm new to this forum and am starting off by airing a few gripes, though I love the bike!

What did they mean by omitting the trip meter? With no fuel gauge I find you really need a trip meter to use in lieu. My solution is to write down the ODOM reading when I fill the tank, keep that in my wallet, and also write it in large print on a chart that hangs on the garage wall right beside where I park the bike.

Title: Re: No trip meter
Post by springman on 03/05/16 at 21:28:48

MM has a good trick. He gave me a small combination clock, the kind where you turn 3 different little wheels to set the combination. I have that on a bungee cord on my handlebar and just set the last 3 digits of the odometer reading at each fill up. It works great as long as you remember to set it.

Title: Re: No trip meter
Post by Kris01 on 03/06/16 at 08:26:14

Write your mileage in grease pencil on the speedo.

Title: Re: No trip meter
Post by stewmills on 03/06/16 at 08:35:29

i have one kinda like this hanging from my mirror stem down at the bar. a few bucks in the luggage section at wallyworld.

Title: Re: No trip meter
Post by Art Webb on 03/06/16 at 08:45:10

really some folks over complicate this
when the odo hits double zeros, refuel
so if you bought your bike with 3852 miles on it, refuel at 3900, then 4000, then 4100, then 4200\
it's easy, you won't forget when you last refueled, and you won't run out (you MIGHT go on reserve now and then)
this assumes you aren't riding mostly 70-75 mph on the freeway, where your mileage may drop into the 40s

Title: Re: No trip meter
Post by FickAJ on 03/07/16 at 18:12:28

I mainly ride in town and am never more than 2 minutes from a gas station. is there anything wrong with letting it go to reserver every time?? i dont like to keep track of numbers i just wanna ride. 25 mile reserve is more than enough gas for me to find a station in metro Detroit.

Title: Re: No trip meter
Post by Kris01 on 03/07/16 at 18:23:35

Won't be a problem at all.

Title: Re: No trip meter
Post by Dave on 03/08/16 at 03:12:08

No problem riding to reserve when you are near fuel stations. Some of us ride in remote areas where a lot of distance between gas stations is common, and I ride a lot of Sunday afternoons when most of the mom/pop stores are closed on Sundays.

The good news is that my Cafe' conversion has a trip odometer in the speedometer.....and I have a larger fuel tank that can get me 160 miles between stops! :)

Title: Re: No trip meter
Post by chzeckmate on 03/08/16 at 04:08:53

Easiest thing to do is slap the side of the tank every time you get ready to start the bike. You can hear if it needs fuel. The more you do it the better you'll get at knowing exactly how much fuel. I can tell within a couple of tenths of a gallon how much gas I have.

Title: Re: No trip meter
Post by norcalscot on 03/08/16 at 10:42:34

I fitted a $20 Bicycle computer to mine and I reset the trip meter each time I fill up. When I see the trip meter nearing 100 miles I go look for a gas station. I haven't run out of fuel since...

The bicycle computer also provides a digital read out of the speed, and is more accurate than the analog speedo on the bike. Mounting it on the bars means I don't have to look down so much to see my speed as well.

Title: Re: No trip meter
Post by Serowbot on 03/08/16 at 12:40:48

0D3234332E2901470 wrote:

That's a bit risky.... You're gonna' break the rear tank mount... :-?
You shouldn't torque the tank side to side...

Title: Re: No trip meter
Post by Kris01 on 03/08/16 at 16:47:54

I was always taught to just shake the bike from side to side. You can hear the gas slosh around.

Title: Re: No trip meter
Post by chzeckmate on 03/09/16 at 02:06:43

6177607D65707D66120 wrote:

[quote author=0D3234332E2901470 link=1457240893/0#8 date=1457438933]Easiest thing to do is slap the side of the tank every time you get ready to start the bike. You can hear if it needs fuel. The more you do it the better you'll get at knowing exactly how much fuel. I can tell within a couple of tenths of a gallon how much gas I have.

That's a bit risky.... You're gonna' break the rear tank mount... :-?
You shouldn't torque the tank side to side...[/quote]

LOL...I'm not hitting it with a hammer. Just a love tap like giving a pretty girl a pat on the behind. ;)

Title: Re: No trip meter
Post by gizzo on 03/09/16 at 02:11:50

I just ride it til it hits reserve. I'm not often outside range of a servo. I have occasionally taken a photo of the odometer with my phone to remind me.