vannlater
Active Member
Hi.
I am curious, does the v-max use a lot of fuel on "normal" driving ?
I feel like I need to stop to refuel all the time.
The funny thing is that I seem to have full tank after filling approx 12 l of fuel.
I have a 96 V-max 1200 but It cannot be correct that the tank is that small ?
Another issue that is more serious ; since there is no indicator how much fuel I actually have left, I usually drive until the fuel light turns red. Then I stop to refuel. A few days ago my bike "died" on the highway and I had to pull over as soon as possible avoiding getting run pver by cars. The fuel light was not on.
I tried to start the bike a few times and the fuel light came on. OK, soon out of fuel I managed to stop and refuel.
Last day I was going for a ride, no fuel ligh was lid. My friend stopped for gas and when I started my bike my light came on showing it was time to fuel.
I cannot thrust the indicator at all. Do others have the same issue ? Any tips what to do ? Maybe there is an indicator I can install to be able to see the amount of fuel on the bike ?
Since I am going on a long travel this summer I need to come up with some sort of solution. It won't work to stop on all gas stations on the way
Last question ; is there some sort of reserve tank for the fuel ? I remeber I had a switch on my old Shadow to switch over for the reserve tank when low on fuel.
I am curious, does the v-max use a lot of fuel on "normal" driving ?
I feel like I need to stop to refuel all the time.
The funny thing is that I seem to have full tank after filling approx 12 l of fuel.
I have a 96 V-max 1200 but It cannot be correct that the tank is that small ?
Another issue that is more serious ; since there is no indicator how much fuel I actually have left, I usually drive until the fuel light turns red. Then I stop to refuel. A few days ago my bike "died" on the highway and I had to pull over as soon as possible avoiding getting run pver by cars. The fuel light was not on.
I tried to start the bike a few times and the fuel light came on. OK, soon out of fuel I managed to stop and refuel.
Last day I was going for a ride, no fuel ligh was lid. My friend stopped for gas and when I started my bike my light came on showing it was time to fuel.
I cannot thrust the indicator at all. Do others have the same issue ? Any tips what to do ? Maybe there is an indicator I can install to be able to see the amount of fuel on the bike ?
Since I am going on a long travel this summer I need to come up with some sort of solution. It won't work to stop on all gas stations on the way
Last question ; is there some sort of reserve tank for the fuel ? I remeber I had a switch on my old Shadow to switch over for the reserve tank when low on fuel.