Fuel Gauge

[infidel]

My banana was showing 25 miles to go and flashing on 1 bar when I filled her up just now. There was 160miles on the trip from full and I'm thinking wow - must have been enjoying WOT more than I realised yesterday. (I was testing acceleration vs TC setting at some point:).

Then I filled her up and she took only 13.5L to brimful. Another full 6.5L remains, (gallon and half roughly) so well more than 25 miles, maybe 60-70!

I'm guessing this is not an uncommon phenomena.

[porter]

My 14 will take about 18 litres when 25 miles are left on the clock.  Maybe the newer bike is different.  My recond is 4 miles left on the count down guage and she took 19.5 litres of fuel. I was close to walking!

[infidel]

interesting - my guess (knowing Suzuki) is nothings changed vs the 18 and they're all calibrated slightly differently. Looks like I got the friday set-up. No problem.

Will run her dry with a few L on-board at some point just for piece of mind to know where she's done.

I miss the old days of a reserve tank. You knew where you were right then, no mistake, no needing to know the gauge and run out point. Isn't technology marvelous?

[Robotstar5]

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That horrible sinking feeling when, as the engine starts to miss you reach down to switch to reserve only to find you had already done it a few days before and forgot to fill up 

[DUBLINCHRIS]

Just wondering how far you fill the tank on L6? Do you go above the lower inner rim? Seems if you fill to above the lower rim then as it settles it drops well below the rim. Does anyone fill to the top of the next rim where you have the cut aways? If you do it does still settle to about half way up from lower rim - if you see what I mean!!
The hand book shows the perfect flat surface scenario to what might be the lower rim?
I fill mine on main stand - its just I have been used to tanks with more than 20ltrs capacity - I do know about leaving room for expansion on hot days etc but usually when I fill its straight back in saddle and let the fuel flow 

[infidel]

This fuel gauge now ridiculous.
Filled her up - she shows only 181, or 171 miles to go, and one bar missing . Despite brim filling.

At 2 bars and 47 miles to empty - I do 64 miles and it says 44 miles to go.
I fill her up at 25 to go, and there's still 7 Litres in there.

 

MPG reading now all over the place - reads 70 at 65mph. Used to read 50-52.
999 as soon as off throttle.



 

[user650]

The mpg reading is set to instantaneous consumption that's why it goes to 999 when you throttle off, the hand book explains all the different modes available.

Don't know about the fuel gauge , mines pretty accurate 

[wurzel]

If the switch gear is the same as my 2014, the left hand bottom button scrolls you through your battery voltage, fuel average, fuel consumption real time etc.
Sounds like maybe you have inadvertently scrolled this button to fuel consumption real time,easy done,especially if playing with tc selection,might have forgot to press the centre select button first.
Worth checking on,.