scootz
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| posted on 4/4/09 at 08:22 PM |
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Do You Need...
1. A fuel gauge?
2. Rubber covers on suspension rose-joints on a full-bodied car?
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blakep82
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| posted on 4/4/09 at 08:24 PM |
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no on both 
only speedo is needed on S/IVA
the bodywork covers the suspension, in the same way 7's don't need rear shocks covered
[Edited on 4/4/09 by blakep82]
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scootz
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| posted on 4/4/09 at 08:27 PM |
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Hoorah (and huzzah!).
Cheers buddy!
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omega0684
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| posted on 4/4/09 at 08:29 PM |
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why would you not want a fuel gauge, you must have to be a jedi to feel when the tank is low! 
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blakep82
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| posted on 4/4/09 at 08:31 PM |
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at least thats the angle i'm going for since mine's full bodied, and i don't want to buy a fuel guage and sender
i'm considering a fluid level sensor for a low fuel light for mine. but no gauge as such
its true though, you don't need either. but with this monster engine (i think) you're fitting, a fuel guage might be a good idea 
[Edited on 4/4/09 by blakep82]
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Miks15
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| posted on 4/4/09 at 08:31 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by omega0684
why would you not want a fuel gauge, you must have to be a jedi to feel when the tank is low!
Alot of bikes dont have them... i doesnt take long to get the feeling of how far youve travelled and how long ago you filled up last
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owelly
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| posted on 4/4/09 at 08:32 PM |
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I know when my tank is getting low as the LP fuel pump buzzes like and excited bee.
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 4/4/09 at 08:34 PM |
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You can always fit a low fuel level warning light. Fuel resistant optical sensors are available from RS components for about £12 or so. Drill a hole
in the tank at an appropriate level and Bob's your mother's brother.
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scootz
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| posted on 4/4/09 at 08:35 PM |
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Because I'm a Ninja (and they too can sense such things!).
Seriously though... I know I'll get 100 miles irrespective of how I drive it, so will just make sure that I fill up every time I reach that
mark. Did the same with an old bike I had which had a knackered gauge and it was no hardship!
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blakep82
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| posted on 4/4/09 at 08:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
You can always fit a low fuel level warning light. Fuel resistant optical sensors are available from RS components for about £12 or so. Drill a hole
in the tank at an appropriate level and Bob's your mother's brother.
exactly what i was thinking of doing. only thing is, what if you don't realise your warning light has blown? 
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 4/4/09 at 08:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
You can always fit a low fuel level warning light. Fuel resistant optical sensors are available from RS components for about £12 or so. Drill a hole
in the tank at an appropriate level and Bob's your mother's brother.
exactly what i was thinking of doing. only thing is, what if you don't realise your warning light has blown?
Go for an LED - they dont blow very often.
Quick search - i think this is the part you'd be
wanting.
The pub's a calling so havent checked properly but think thats the right one
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handyandy
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| posted on 4/4/09 at 09:33 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
You can always fit a low fuel level warning light. Fuel resistant optical sensors are available from RS components for about £12 or so. Drill a hole
in the tank at an appropriate level and Bob's your mother's brother.
exactly what i was thinking of doing. only thing is, what if you don't realise your warning light has blown?
the same thing you do when the sender sticks, run out of fuel
happened on a tin top i once had, my mrs had been out in it, not fueled it up, i went out in it, gauge showed i had fuel but in reality the mrs
must,ve brought it home on vapour
andy
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DIY Si
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| posted on 4/4/09 at 09:40 PM |
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Just do what I do and carry a cut down broom handle around with you as a dipstick. It gets some funny looks, but as it came from a knackered broom, it
was free. It even has a Biro line to show me what's full and what's half full! That or I just stop and chuck some fuel in every 100 miles
or so.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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dinosaurjuice
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| posted on 4/4/09 at 09:50 PM |
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i dont have a fuel gauge on rocket yet.
i ran out of fuel last week
nearly wrecked a £600 common-rail pump.
should have known, hadnt filled it up since september
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 5/4/09 at 07:26 AM |
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Cant you just fit an engine dipstick to the filler cap so you could check it the same way you check your engine oil?
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 5/4/09 at 09:00 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
You can always fit a low fuel level warning light. Fuel resistant optical sensors are available from RS components for about £12 or so. Drill a hole
in the tank at an appropriate level and Bob's your mother's brother.
Isn't that what Ben's got in his and didn't
he run out of fuel on the way home from mine the other week? 
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 5/4/09 at 10:15 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Richard QuinnIsn't that what Ben's got in his and didn't he run out of fuel on the way home from
mine the other week?
Yeah - we need to check the wiring connections on it between the sensor and R1 bike clocks
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NeilP
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| posted on 5/4/09 at 10:36 AM |
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IIRC you have to be able to demonstrate at SVA/IVA that the car is full of fuel as the full, wet weight is needed for the braking test - If you can
look in the hole and see this is fine...
If you pay peanuts...
Mentale, yar? Yar, mentale!
Drive it like you stole it!
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