Aftermarket fuel gauge

Could anyone please tell me if it's possible to fit a fuel gauge to a 97 600
Bandit.

If so are there any 'How tos' or suppliers you could point me towards?

Cheers

Stu

 

Accepted wisdom is to drill a hole in the bottom of your fuel tap. Gas
weld on a short stub of tube (keep the filler closed and the tank
completely full and it won't explode). Now run a piece of clear tube up
the side of the tank and you will always be able to see the exact fuel
level. Put a little red ball in the tube to improve visibility.
Alternatively angle grind a slot right down the side of the tank, the
cutting blades are just the right thickness. Araldite in a strip of
clear polycarbonate, job's a goodun.

As a last resort reset the trip mileometer each time you fill up, learn
how far you get to reserve. Find out how far you then get on reserve
(while carrying some spare in a proper can) like the fucking rest of us.

 

I've never done this.

I've also only ran out of fuel once. Well, once that I remember anyway.

 

Never done what? checked the limit of reserve? I have sometimes.

 

Checked the limit of reserve.

I rely on the trip-meter.

 

^^^
"run"

 

I used to rely on the trip meter with the Zephyr and the Divvy. The
gauges where logarithmic in style, so couldn't be counted on properly.

 

I used to rely on the Quota's fuel warning light.

Wired in Italy.

I've gone back to using the trip meter.

 

No.

 

"You might use the ancient method of drilling a hole in the fuel cap,
putting a
wire into a cork float and extending it through the hole so you can
look and
see how high the cork is floating.. be sure to bend over the wire so it
cannot
fall into the tank when it is empty"

Says:- rec.aviation.homebuilt.
If you didn't like that one then there will be plenty more
where it came from.

Mostly americans and they spell gage differently.
look up capacitance, ultra sonic.

 

I rely on Champ.

 

"Get used to disappointment"

 

It's worked so far.

 

Thanks for the replies, I am using the trip meter to find out how far I can
go on a tank full, I just got used to using the fuel gauge on my Bandit 12,
which I miss now I'm on a Bandit 6.

I just want it all that's the problem.

Cheers

Stu

 

Honestly? Just use the trip meter and save yourself the headache.

 

I don't know how accurate Suzuki's fuel gauges are but I've owned three
Kawasaki's and a Triumph that had one and they were only usefull as a
very vague indication that there was something between "some" and "none"
in the tank. They all over read when more than half full and under read
when less. Like everyone else I just set the trip when I fill up.

 

| I don't know how accurate Suzuki's fuel gauges are but I've owned three
| Kawasaki's and a Triumph that had one and they were only usefull as a
| very vague indication that there was something between "some" and "none"
| in the tank. They all over read when more than half full and under read
| when less. Like everyone else I just set the trip when I fill up.
|
| --
|
| Alan ZX9R E2 (Green of course) '03 Tiger 955i (A pleasant shade of green)



You are all very right, it will be much easier to stick with the trip meter.


Thanks again

Stu

 

Buy another 12.

In fact don't buy just any old Bandit 12, buy Adies one of her for a
very low price.

 

swap the b6 tank and clocks for a B12 one and that's what you'll have.
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The Trophy's is amazingly accurate - reads three-quarters and then
half-full when three-quarters and half-full, etc.

Runs onto reserve just as the needle dips into the red...

My old Kawasaki GT750 )now stewarded by Statto) had (has) a joke of a
gauge. Read full for 100 miles, and then dropped one LCD bar every 10
miles, and when it got low flashed an annoying red light at you for
ages.