04-29-2015, 12:42 AM
The 14 models have a trip computer which tells ( in two modes A& B ) mileage, gas used, average fuel mileage, and amt of gas left. I am continually amazed by the accuracy of this little computer, I mean being an old guy, I have to wonder how it measures the gas I use? Is it by weight? Or does it actually measure the fuel as it's fed thru the 4 throttle bodies? Or is there some other magical thing only young people would understand? Because it amazes me.
At any rate on last nights ride I was down to two bars and passing a station with a fairly good price on gas so I stopped and topped it off. Same procedure as every time, bike on the side stand, filling from downhill side with my left hand as I peer into the neck of the tank, fill until gas comes up into the neck and shut it off. I turned around and hung up the pump handle and the pump said I used 2.5 gals. Close cap, put key back in ignition, put tank bag back on, collect my receipt, fire it up and reach down to reset B mode which I use for the amount of miles on the tank ( A mode is for amount of miles driven daily as I record this figure in my log ). Anyhow B mode says I had driven 137.5 miles, push the button again and it said I had used 2.5 gallons ( exact same amount of gas I had just put back into the tank), push it again and it says I averaged 55 mpg. Same results I get when I plug the numbers into the calculator in my phone. Push the button again until miles on B mode pops up, and push and hold until it zeros, then push it back until I get to odometer. Ready to ride again.
I mean I can remember when we used to see how much gas we had left by opening the gas cap, rocking the bike back and forth between our thighs and listening for the volume of slosh we heard in the tank. Back when the bike would start sputtering and you'd reach down and turn it to reserve, Then when it quit altogether, you'd lay the bike down on it's left side to get the gas trapped on the right side of the tunnel over to the left petcock side. Then stand it back up and fire it up and ride another couple of miles, hopefully finding a gas station before you ran completely out.
Now your bike accurately keeps track of every drop in the tank. Like I said, these computers are simply amazing.
At any rate on last nights ride I was down to two bars and passing a station with a fairly good price on gas so I stopped and topped it off. Same procedure as every time, bike on the side stand, filling from downhill side with my left hand as I peer into the neck of the tank, fill until gas comes up into the neck and shut it off. I turned around and hung up the pump handle and the pump said I used 2.5 gals. Close cap, put key back in ignition, put tank bag back on, collect my receipt, fire it up and reach down to reset B mode which I use for the amount of miles on the tank ( A mode is for amount of miles driven daily as I record this figure in my log ). Anyhow B mode says I had driven 137.5 miles, push the button again and it said I had used 2.5 gallons ( exact same amount of gas I had just put back into the tank), push it again and it says I averaged 55 mpg. Same results I get when I plug the numbers into the calculator in my phone. Push the button again until miles on B mode pops up, and push and hold until it zeros, then push it back until I get to odometer. Ready to ride again.
I mean I can remember when we used to see how much gas we had left by opening the gas cap, rocking the bike back and forth between our thighs and listening for the volume of slosh we heard in the tank. Back when the bike would start sputtering and you'd reach down and turn it to reserve, Then when it quit altogether, you'd lay the bike down on it's left side to get the gas trapped on the right side of the tunnel over to the left petcock side. Then stand it back up and fire it up and ride another couple of miles, hopefully finding a gas station before you ran completely out.
Now your bike accurately keeps track of every drop in the tank. Like I said, these computers are simply amazing.
