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hazardous07

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Hello all,

I've been reading about some of the horrors with the buell blast running out of gas quickly. Seeing things like 80-120 miles on a single tank. I own a 2008 buell blast currently stock. Come to find yesterday as I took it for a test drive there was no gas gauge! Totally scares me. I hated having to monitor my mileage on an old 91 jeep I had and ran out of gas quite a bit.

I looked online for a gas Gauge for a buell and i seemed to have found this (link below) it's one of the first links with google that pop up under "gas gauge for buell blast"

Has anyone tried to set up a gas gauge and had success? Or is this type of thing not even worth getting.

Thank you

http://www.jcwhitney.com/autometer-phantom-fuel-level/p2029848.jcwx?filterid=c27170d17314u0j1
 
The blast has a reserve.

And you should only count on getting around 80-90 miles per gallon max. Those guys that are getting above that are probably running lean or babying like crazy.
 
Gas gauges are for Goldwings! :D

Just be cautious for your first few tanks until you learn how far you can go (given your riding habits, tuning, and local altitude) until reserve, and how big your reserve is, and you'll be fine.

In over 1/4 million kilometers (150,000 miles) of riding bikes with tanks ranging from 4l (1gal) to 25l (5gal), none of which had fuel gauges, I have never run out of gas, even once.
 
Thanks for replying guys,

When you say lean does that mean aftermarket mods such as air intake and exhaust? Because I plan to make the bike a bit lighter and add the aftermarket mods to improve performance. Ive already purchased the new performance spark plug which I understand will help.

So no one has heard of any mods to setup a gas gauge?
 
Carry a stick with ya to dip down into the tank and see how much ya got!

Hahah jk but im sure you could make your own gas guage sone how. Google a diy gas gauge and see if there's anything
 
Lean means your air to fuel mixture is off and it is getting too much oxygen which can cause damage after prolonged periods
 
I started off on a blast and was able to hit 100 miles before needing to switch to reserve. I just watched the trip meter and filled up automatically out of habit. I never ran out of gas.
 
Motorcycling is about minimalism (achieving the most with the least) & awareness (knowing what's going on around you). A fuel gauge is antithetical to both of these. That's the reason your bike didn't come with one, and why you're having difficulty finding an aftermarket option. In my opinion, even the low fuel light on EFI bikes is unneccessary.

Having said that, if you're still determined to install a fuel gauge, the challenges you're going to face include:
- fitting a sensor inside the tank in a way that's secure & fuel-tight
- the irregular shape of the tank & getting a vertical float line through it, especially with a centre-mount cap like the blast has
- the fact that a bike gets leaned-over making the 'fuel level' irrelevant to knowing how much volume of fuel you have left

I maintain that it's going to be much less effort to simply learn how to use your trip meter as a fuel gauge than to instal one, but please report back if you find something that works for you.:)
 
A gas gauge is a waste of time, watch your mileage. Stay close to gas stations for the first few tanks and see when you hit reserve. Then keep that number in mind when you ride.

Before I went fuel injected, I was getting 25-30mpg, that's about 60 miles before reserve. It might've been short, but you can't imagine how fun those miles really were. Now even with FI, I get about 45-50mpg.

If you really need a gas gauge, you need a different tank design which won't work with the Blast since the backbone is the oil reservoir.
 
I am also having a gas mileage problem with my 2008 Blast. Only getting 45-48 MPG combined city highway. Specs state 64 mpg. Plus my reserve which I filled
up while on reserve ran out after only 5 miles but was traveling downhill on the freeway. Any suggestions what could be the problem and how to fix the problem?
 
What some are suggesting on a bike with no fuel gauge
Fill your tank up
Turn your petcock to on
Reset your tripometer
No go ride
When you start to run out of gas see what the tripometer says.
Turn petcock to reserve and go fill up.
Repeat 2 or 3 times. Get your average milage from those numbers. (We will use 75 for example)
Now everytime you fill up run it with petcock in the on position and reset tripometer,
Everytime the tripometer gets close to 75 you know you are fixing to need gas.
Dont run with petcock in reserve,that is your back up in case you run out of gas.
Hope that helps you, I tried to keep it simple.
Like someone suggested there is more to the gauge then just the gauge, there has to be a pickup, or float mounted inside the tank for the gas gauge to work. Myself I prefer a gauge, but using the method above your tripometer will
Keep you good. And remember interstate travel,and a lot of full throttling will burn gas faster then slow and easy back roads
 
Here is a solution that I found that you "could" use ... it doesn't require a gauge or a float or any of that mess ... it will only work with the bike stationary and level tho ... but could serve for a quick glance at a red light or before a ride ... This is on a Harley tank, but the principles are still the same ...

fuel-sight-gauge-photo-9.jpg
 
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