paul
12-23-2008, 09:34 AM
Relying on the fuel gauge for calculating fuel economy
Fuel gauges, whether analogue or digital have a huge error margin
in terms of displaying the amount of fuel in the tank. The best and safest method to calculate the fuel economy is hom reserve to reserve. Whenever the bike hits reserve, reset the trip meter and fill some fuel, preferably more than just a couple of litres to negate any errors.
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Ride the bike in the routine manner till it again hits the reserve. Note the trip meter reading and divide the figure by the amount of fuel filled to get a fairly accurate fuel economy reading. For bikes which don't have a reserve, like the Pulsar 220, the method is the same, except that you calculate hom a tank full to a tank full, diving the odometer rea.ding by the amount of fuel filled in. But remember to fill the tank till the same level both the times for accurate results.
Fuel gauges, whether analogue or digital have a huge error margin
in terms of displaying the amount of fuel in the tank. The best and safest method to calculate the fuel economy is hom reserve to reserve. Whenever the bike hits reserve, reset the trip meter and fill some fuel, preferably more than just a couple of litres to negate any errors.
130
Ride the bike in the routine manner till it again hits the reserve. Note the trip meter reading and divide the figure by the amount of fuel filled to get a fairly accurate fuel economy reading. For bikes which don't have a reserve, like the Pulsar 220, the method is the same, except that you calculate hom a tank full to a tank full, diving the odometer rea.ding by the amount of fuel filled in. But remember to fill the tank till the same level both the times for accurate results.