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I will never again trust any system where the warning light default is "off=OK". Guess who ran out of fuel today? Not a blink from the fuel low warning light. Thank Gawd there was a pub on the way as I walked home to get the car. I was ready for a cool pint.

Which bike? I assume you have checked it works??? My low fuel light on my EFI goes on when I still have quite a lot of fuel in the tank... but then I do mostly town and city riding soe start and stop a lot, sloshing fuel aruond. Did you try putting the pint in the tank too... that probably wont help your economy

That's a real bummer Jim, spoilt the day good and proper i expect..

There has been a few problems with the level sensor, usually sticking with the light staying on all the time..

Afraid there is no substitute for sticking your nose in the tank before you set off, like checking the tyre pressures and lights.

I know where's the fun in that.. At least with the reserve tap on old Ernie i get another 40 odd miles to find a station...

Sometimes this modern technology is not as user helpful as it might be.. Think fly by wire.....No maybe best not...

Nearly did the same thing on the way to catch the ferry; no warning light but as I'd done about 300 kms I thought I'd better fill up and managed to put in 14 litres, almost empty! On long journeys I try and remember the mileage when I fill up and then calculate how far I can go before filling up again, just in case the light doesn't work. (Seems to be working fine at the moment.) Unfortunately you can't see in to the tank on the EFI so I resort to tapping the side of the tank with my knuckle to find the dead spot where the fuel level is. A bit hit and miss but it works.

Ran out of juice on my Guzzi Stelvio the other day. Injected, so no reserve tap, fuel light came on so I thought I had about 30 miles to go, bloody coughed and cut out at about 13 miles! Had to push it about 1/2 mile to garage, some up hill in 27 deg heat. Not one person or driver offered help. Even a "clever" kid walking past as I was resting in my personal sauna, asked if it was warm enough for me. And carried on past. Tw#t!

Ray

On Tornado, I have the reserve tap. That is so useful, but on my Thunderbolt, my EFI, the light does work, but if I am going to be travelling any distance, it's open the fuel cap and rock bike sideways to judge roughly how much I have.



Years old, but it works!

The bike's a 500 efi Michael. Better it should come on and stay on, only going out on low fuel. That way if the bulb blows you are aware of the problem. You're right Gwilly, there's no substitute for opening the tank. I've got lazy with technology, I never had a bike with a fuel warning system before and I've never run out of petrol because of that. With the old Bonnie I could see the level in the tank quite well. It's not to easy on the Bullet as the filler is over the frame tunnel.

I really think a useful feature missing on the Enfields is a trip meter.My Kawa ER6 even has two of the things.At least you then know how many miles you have done on a tankful if you remember to re-set it!

My EFI low level fuel light comes on pretty much under any braking quite soon after filling up but at least i know the light is working.

I know you can fit a cycle computer with a re-settable trip meter but having tried this on my Electra it was more trouble than it was worth as the thing stopped working at the drop of a hat

If there is a store nearby, a bottle of Shellite will get you to the nearest petrol station.