I want a fuel gauge. It's probably the cabin fever effect of lockdown but it seems like a good idea. In theory it's simple. Measure the pressure head and use a single chip CPU to translate into litres to drive a display. (By a table of course as the tank shape is hardly linear.) But I need access to gravity only pressure fuel... Not having anything more than pictures I can't tell but maybe one of you knows. Is there space on the inside that plastic fuel pump housing thing to take a 10.2mm hole drilled from below and a slim nut? That lets me directly fit a pressure transducer. I want the nut because the plastic looks a bit soft to just tap it. Basically is it worth buying one to modify or do I need a different idea? Specifically for a 2015 bike.
No help here but, you pay all that money for a bike and they do not fit a gauge, I am sure Honda would be able to fit one into the display for a couple of pounds, I am very interested as I would also like a gauge.
<shrug> It's got all sorts of clever systems to warn you you're on reserve and count miles since the fill but I like simple minded. Something I can glance at and mentally say I'm good or Oh shit.
0.0-0.5 = I'm good 0.5 and above = Oh shit! I'm OK with travelling 25 miles in reserve, ran out out on the M4 to work this out!
Right. I found a relatively inexpensive fuel pump assembly on Ebay so I've ordered it to investigate drilling the right hole. This project is under way. Now I need to decide on a display style...
Not really. I need to strip things down a long way to be sure that my choice of pressure sensor and mounting point won't foul anything. and I'm feeling particularly lazy atm.
No worries, good luck with a cure for the laziness. I have been struggling with that one but always seem to find energy when I should be heading off to bed, then end up staying up way too late and the cycle begins again next day.... Look forward to seeing a working prototype
