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Message started by Kirk on 07/28/08 at 13:52:44

Title: Will this Gauge work on our bikes???
Post by Kirk on 07/28/08 at 13:52:44

Well Ladies and Gents I was online and came across this link
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/ItemBrowse?storeId=10101&Pr=p_CATENTRY_ID%3A100000160518&productId=100000160518&catalogId=10101&langId=-1&rlid=group_listing
Sorry its so long, Anyhow I wanted to see if anyone has tried this on their bike as an accurate gas gauge? I dont mind the 100 mile fill up technique but wouldnt mind making it simpler if possible.

Title: Re: Will this Gauge work on our bikes???
Post by thumperclone on 07/28/08 at 15:37:04

doesnt look simple to me..
youd have to drill the tank to mount the float get a wire(or two) from there to the gauge..
3 digit luggage type combo is my simple solution.cept i gotta put my reading glass on to read it and the od..

Title: Re: Will this Gauge work on our bikes???
Post by Ed L. on 07/28/08 at 15:53:01

A crayon on the gas tank will work in a pinch for a reminder :D Looks like you will need to drill a big hole in the top of the tank to mount it. Then you will have the wires running all over the top of the tank.

Title: Re: Will this Gauge work on our bikes???
Post by Gort on 07/28/08 at 16:33:39

No. I bought that gauge and float for a car tank and the float's action would be jammed in the curved confines of the Savage tank. Furthermore, the mounting flange requires a large hole on the tank, and the flange around that hole has to be drilled with mounting holes. Impossible on the Savage tank.

A buddy of mine has been using a marked plastic tube on his cycle tanks, for years, and it is what I use. You take a piece of rigid plastic, solvent proof tubing, and mark it for every quarter of the tank. The only way to do this accurately is to empty the tank, and fill a gas can to exactly the gallon capacity of your bike tank using the gas station pump's digital read-out as your guide. Then you do the math and pour exactly 1/4 of the gas can into a container, and then that into your cycle tank. Then you dip the plastic tube in the tank, and notch it where the gas line is. You repeat this procedure until you've emptied the gas can. The result is 4 marks on the tube, each accurately showing the gas level.

Although you have to stop the bike and take off the cap to check the gas level with your tube, it beats guessing with your eye. And the tube is easy to duplicate and keep on the bike.

Title: Re: Will this Gauge work on our bikes???
Post by Hard Corps on 07/28/08 at 17:45:38

201315091413610 wrote:

Gort could you maybe post pics and a tutorial in the tech section? I'd love to do this mod, but I'd like to take a look first.

Title: Re: Will this Gauge work on our bikes???
Post by thumperclone on 07/28/08 at 18:41:26

just dont use a match to see down in there!!!

Title: Re: Will this Gauge work on our bikes???
Post by Gort on 07/28/08 at 19:03:02

4A495B584B5C390 wrote:

[quote author=201315091413610 link=1217278364/0#3 date=1217288019]No. I bought that gauge and float for a car tank and the float's action would be jammed in the curved confines of the Savage tank. Furthermore, the mounting flange requires a large hole on the tank, and the flange around that hole has to be drilled with mounting holes. Impossible on the Savage tank.

A buddy of mine has been using a marked plastic tube on his cycle tanks, for years, and it is what I use. You take a piece of rigid plastic, solvent proof tubing, and mark it for every quarter of the tank. The only way to do this accurately is to empty the tank, and fill a gas can to exactly the gallon capacity of your bike tank using the gas station pump's digital read-out as your guide. Then you do the math and pour exactly 1/4 of the gas can into a container, and then that into your cycle tank. Then you dip the plastic tube in the tank, and notch it where the gas line is. You repeat this procedure until you've emptied the gas can. The result is 4 marks on the tube, each accurately showing the gas level.

Although you have to stop the bike and take off the cap to check the gas level with your tube, it beats guessing with your eye. And the tube is easy to duplicate and keep on the bike.

Gort could you maybe post pics and a tutorial in the tech section? I'd love to do this mod, but I'd like to take a look first.[/quote]

Ok, but give me a little time. Wifey took our digital camera to England to visit her parents, and I need it to post pics.

Title: Re: Will this Gauge work on our bikes???
Post by T Mack 1 on 07/28/08 at 19:40:49

332F322A372235242B282922470 wrote:

just dont use a match to see down in there!!!

Ooohhhh ..... there is a YouTube video of a guy (looks like a third world country) doing just that to a fuel delivery truck.... Boom.....

Title: Re: Will this Gauge work on our bikes???
Post by KWKaletta on 07/28/08 at 23:35:42

I cary a mini LED flashlight with me all of the time thats my gas gage!

Title: Re: Will this Gauge work on our bikes???
Post by Kirk on 07/29/08 at 05:46:45

Thanks for the replies guys I was wondering if it would work on our bikes but apparently not. :'( I will probably end up buying a bicycle pedometer to help me keep up with the mileage and time. Good idea on the plastic tube though Gort. I swear you guys are the most creative group of people I have ever seen when it comes to bike mods. I wouldnt be surprised to see a show on discovery chan. titled Savage Biker build off. Hummm not a bad idea :)

Title: Re: Will this Gauge work on our bikes???
Post by sjaskow on 07/29/08 at 17:38:40

I'm cheap like everybody else. I use a crayon I, um, borrowed from the household crayon box. You can see my chicken scratchings here http://www.jaskowiak.cc/S40/s40_3k.jpg at the top of the speedo. I've never had an issue with it.