[Starpeve]

FWIW the tank on my 535 CGT is listed as 14.5 litres but I rarely get more than 10in there when the gauge starts flashing. I'm guessing that's the same as the 650 GT tank.

Pretty close by my reckoning.

[twocoolgliders]

In one of our planes, we had a wooden paint stirrer stick, marked off in gallons with a sharpie!

Works!


Cookie

You could always get your old wooden school ruler and use it as a dip stick through the filler. Check level before you ride, store it under the seat.

[Starpeve]

In one of our planes, we had a wooden paint stirrer stick, marked off in gallons with a sharpie!

Works!


Cookie

Fuck me!! What were you flying, Sopwith Camels? Just how vintage are the planes you’re talking about?

[twocoolgliders]

1946 Aeronca Champion, Piper Cubs circa 1940's, Baby Ace (1920's design), Homebuilt Biplane vintage style...

The "Champ" actually had a rudimentary fuel gauge, it was a "Ford" model A gauge installed into the instrument panel.  but you can't trust it!

They all have the gas tank in basically the same place....just above your knees....filler neck is just in front of the windshield.  Safe?  Nobody thought about that shite back then!




Cookie

Fuck me!! What were you flying, Sopwith Camels? Just how vintage are the planes you’re talking about?

[Richard230]

You could always get your old wooden school ruler and use it as a dip stick through the filler. Check level before you ride, store it under the seat.

Speaking of that reminded my that my first motorcycle was a 250cc 1963 Yamaha YD-3 (not S) touring bike. It had a fiber dip stick stuck in the gas tank. You could remove the fuel cap and next to the wire debris screen was this handle that could be pulled out and you could see the depth of the fuel on the fiber stick, like you would when checking the oil with a dip stick.  Frankly, it was not all that useful. 

[ceekay]

In one of our planes, we had a wooden paint stirrer stick, marked off in gallons with a sharpie!

Works!


Cookie

good ideas are copied. the new improved (plastic) version for the cessna 152...

[twocoolgliders]

Also common on old airplanes...


Cookie

[ceekay]

Also common on old airplanes...


Cookie

love it! also shows your rate of consumption...sort of.

[Richard230]

I wish I had one of those gauges on my Bullet, but it would probably leak once it got a taste of our smog gas. 

[olhogrider]

In the late 60s early 70s Ducati had a plastic tank. They left a vertical panel unpainted. You could see the gas through the translucent yellowish panel. Years later when they made the nostalgic cafe bikes they painted that panel onto the steel tank to make it look like the old bikes. Hard to see the fuel through painted steel.

[NVDucati]

In the late 60s early 70s Ducati had a plastic tank. They left a vertical panel unpainted. You could see the gas through the translucent yellowish panel. Years later when they made the nostalgic cafe bikes they painted that panel onto the steel tank to make it look like the old bikes. Hard to see the fuel through painted steel.

Yeah, those fiberglass tanks ... they were very cute. Nobody completely agrees why they did it. Some said it was for the enduro road racer crew. The take away was leaking tanks and a problem for collector displays. I met a guy who had one on static display. The tank had no fuel in it, of course, and he slipped a translucent decal inside so as to demonstrate how it worked. I sorta recall Ossa and Bultaco having "windows", maybe. [resins have come a long way since then]

[Starpeve]

Wasn’t that translucent tank an original Ducati Imola tank?

[Starpeve]

Also common on old airplanes...


Cookie

I’ve seen a clear line level gauge on a bike long ago but I’m buggered if I can remember what! Might have been my first bike, a late 60’s Suzi 2 stroke.

[Dacvulcan]

I just passed 1800 miles on my Interceptor and average 60mpg. I fill the tank while sitting on the bike and the most fuel it has taken is 2.3 gallons for a 140 mile ride.

[VirginiaArnold]

Has it increased fuel consumption? It's normal for the first 10,000 to 15,000 kilometers while parts are still running in. According to my observations, the fuel consumption of new cars is always slightly higher than usual. I always use https://cararac.com/fuel_tank_size/. As a rule, after the first oil change, the fuel consumption decreases as for complaints about discrepancies between figures in the passport data and accurate statistics: everything depends on conditions of use and driving style.  Very often, owners of new cars are guided by readings of the onboard computer. But in the urban cycle, its lessons are very relative: it usually overestimates the data. This only applies to the city cycle.