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Message started by il67bp on 10/27/08 at 20:40:26

Title: Gas gauge for the savage?
Post by il67bp on 10/27/08 at 20:40:26

i ran out of gas today on the highway. i know it was a dumb thing to not pay attention to my gas levels but id like a gas gauge anyway. is there any on sale or one that anyone has? i saw one guy had drilled two holes in the tank and connected a tube to see the gas.

Title: Re: Gas gauge for the savage?
Post by serowbot on 10/27/08 at 20:58:53

None that I know of....

Title: Re: Gas gauge for the savage?
Post by Chopped on 10/27/08 at 21:02:00

I remember seeing that... I need to find that thread so I can make the mod to mine!

Title: Re: Gas gauge for the savage?
Post by serowbot on 10/27/08 at 21:17:25

What if you just take a "Y" off the petc0ck and loop a clear line up into gas cap... saves drilling the tank.
Fugly!...I ain't gonna' do it, but it might work...
Make a pretty one and I'll want one too...
Good luck.

Title: Re: Gas gauge for the savage?
Post by Educatedredneck on 10/27/08 at 21:29:12

What happened to the old method of just filling up the tank after 100 miles of riding??

Title: Re: Gas gauge for the savage?
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/27/08 at 21:48:16

As often as these bikes need gas, how is it possible to not know its time for gas? Flashing brake lights, tachs, gas gauges, sheeshaMoondo, its just the simnplest little thing out there with a Big Fat piston in it. If theres someone behind me, I watch them close, if they act like they dont see me I weave & hit brakes & make the light flash a few times at odd intervals. I ride the heck out of it & change gears when it sounds like I should, almost 20,ooo miles & no pieces poking out yet. I look in the tank before I leave the house if I cant tremember the mileage at last fillup. Its a rude, crude Fun machine, why Complicate things? Spend that frilly $$$ On hop up stuff & Get Down!

Title: Re: Gas gauge for the savage?
Post by troglobil on 10/28/08 at 08:18:15

I zipped tied a plastic tube to the cables on handle bar risers. Keep a grease pencil in it and write mileage on brake fluid resevoir at each fill-up. some where between 100 and 120 miles later get gas.

Title: Re: Gas gauge for the savage?
Post by sjaskow on 10/28/08 at 10:14:15

I use a white or green crayon to write the miles on the speedo face. Works kind of like a trip odometer that way.

Title: Re: Gas gauge for the savage?
Post by ralfyguy on 10/28/08 at 16:41:48

There used to be manual trip counters back in the day, when cars were equipped sparsly. You could glue them to your dash board. I tried to find one of those, but no avail.

Title: Re: Gas gauge for the savage?
Post by Trippah on 10/28/08 at 21:30:11

I've found the easiest way is to fill up every time the odometer passes the next 100 mile increment..I start looking at xx90 miles which , with the 20 miles the reserve holds, usually gives me plenty of time.

Title: Re: Gas gauge for the savage?
Post by serowbot on 10/28/08 at 21:44:44

50434E445B45575B220 wrote:

There used to be manual trip counters back in the day, when cars were equipped sparsly. You could glue them to your dash board. I tried to find one of those, but no avail.

A lot of us just use a small luggage lock...mines zip-tied to the right mirror mount.

http://w3.bikepics.com/pics/2008%5C06%5C03%5Cbikepics-1310115-full.jpg

Title: Re: Gas gauge for the savage?
Post by vtail on 10/29/08 at 10:40:44

when the Sigma tripcomputer ($25 with lots of other functions) gets to 90 miles I start looking for a gas station.
http://w3.bikepics.com/pics/2008/04/24/bikepics-1265159-800.jpg

Title: Re: Gas gauge for the savage?
Post by thumperclone on 10/29/08 at 18:12:12

3 digit luggage combo lock at the dollar store...cheap and it works...
no ty wrap needed lock it to your cable of choice...in 11000 miles never hit combo

Title: Re: Gas gauge for the savage?
Post by Oldfeller on 10/30/08 at 03:08:09

I'm lucky as my daily trips are fairly short -- I just fill up every Saturday.

Title: Re: Gas gauge for the savage?
Post by Chopped on 10/30/08 at 07:58:43

just run on the "On" position until it starts to cut out and then turn it to "PRI" Until I can find a Gas Station! Worked so far!

Title: Re: Gas gauge for the savage?
Post by il67bp on 10/30/08 at 12:22:52

i thought that when you run out of gas you switch to reserve?

Title: Re: Gas gauge for the savage?
Post by Oldfeller on 10/30/08 at 12:38:47

When you get that low that you have to go to reserve, then reserve and prime pull from the same remainder amount. They are equivalent.

Some petcocks won't pull well from reserve but will pull OK from prime. Mine is ass backwards to that, it won't do much of anything on prime but will limp along after a fashion on reserve. Not well, just barely limping along.

That's why most of us plan to yank our fancy suction-actuated petcocks and go to a simple good flowing mechanical valve.

..... simplicity works.

I remembered to turn a manual petcock off for a lot of years, I think I can remember to flip it off then on again in the future.