Hooli's 14 Mk2...

[KiwiCol]

Great, glad you've warmed to it Hooli. 

From memory, I think the wee fuel sign will (should) come on when there's 6L left and the last bar will (should) start flashing when there's 1.75L left, conservative riding with the last bar flashing will get you up to 30k further down the road. Best ya find a gas station sooner rather than later.

[Hooli]

Great, glad you've warmed to it Hooli. 

From memory, I think the wee fuel sign will (should) come on when there's 6L left and the last bar will (should) start flashing when there's 1.75L left, conservative riding with the last bar flashing will get you up to 30k further down the road. Best ya find a gas station sooner rather than later.

Aye that's about what I think Col, it's coming up with about 10ltrs left. Well you know when it'll flick down to one bar & back to two, that's what I mean. I know where it's doing it now so it's not an issue now. I suspect when I look in the tank one day the sensor arm will be bent as I know he changed the teabag & after everything else he managed to get wrong...

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Great, glad you've warmed to it Hooli. 

From memory, I think the wee fuel sign will (should) come on when there's 6L left and the last bar will (should) start flashing when there's 1.75L left, conservative riding with the last bar flashing will get you up to 30k further down the road. Best ya find a gas station sooner rather than later.

is there a difference in the later models then? On mine, the last bar flashes first with about 6l, then the fuel sign starts flashing when there's less than 2l left. I've nearly run it dry late one night on the freeway and was really glad to see a petrol station, thats how I remember what it does.

[GSXKING]

@Hooli are there different tyres on Mk2 ?
Will you bother restoring MK1 now then ?

[KiwiCol]

Great, glad you've warmed to it Hooli. 

From memory, I think the wee fuel sign will (should) come on when there's 6L left and the last bar will (should) start flashing when there's 1.75L left, conservative riding with the last bar flashing will get you up to 30k further down the road. Best ya find a gas station sooner rather than later.

is there a difference in the later models then? On mine, the last bar flashes first with about 6l, then the fuel sign starts flashing when there's less than 2l left. I've nearly run it dry late one night on the freeway and was really glad to see a petrol station, thats how I remember what it does.

I dunno about earlier versions & the downloaded handbook is slightly different to what my physical handbook for a K6 said, but it's just the quantities that are different for the FE UK edition, they're saying 6L & 3.4L, my old book said 6L & 1.7L, but the light flashing sequence is the same.   Once both are flashing, you're real close to pushing it to the next station.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Cool, maybe I remember it wrong, thanks Col.

[GSXKING]

I open the cap and slosh it around. If there's plenty she's full if there's none it's empty.

[grog]

Mine is 6 L then both flashing 1.5. Always been accurate.

[Hooli]

@Hooli are there different tyres on Mk2 ?

Yup, but my old one has always done it no matter what tyres were on it. I'd always thought it was just me not having confidence in the front end, seems not though.

Will you bother restoring MK1 now then ?

Of course, eventually. It's not going to start tomorrow though. I'm just slowly collecting parts first.

[Hooli]

My webike parcel is due today so I can replace the missing bit in the clutch lever, which should make that smoother to use. I've also ordered a silver oil cooler guard & chain guard. I'll get both polished before fitting once they arrive as I really don't think the black ones suit this bike.

And just so it's recorded somewhere, the first time I rode this bike it had 46,023 miles on the clock.

[Hooli]

Brass wotsit fitted to the clutch lever after work today, unsurprisingly the pivot bolts were dry & slightly rusty on both levers so got greased as did the crusty ends of the pushrod that I also cleaned. The clutch feels lighter & smoother now, which is nice. The nut underneath was also missing so I've put on one.

I've ordered a luggage rack as a just in case as I suspect this might do the odd rally rather than the HD this year. I've also ordered a silver oil cooler guard & chain guard. They'll go for polishing before fitting so they match the rest of it, delivery isn't till nearly May for one though so it won't be done next week.

That'll be pretty much everything done then, except a bit more tidying up of daft bits like the smear of black paint on the rear disc & clutch res window. Oh & finding a place to rebuild the shocks so the tatty pair for my original 14 can go back on there & this one gets clean ones to match the rest of it.

[GSXKING]

Where do you source a chain guard from @Hooli ?

[Hooli]

Where do you source a chain guard from @Hooli ?

Ebay, even if their description pretends the originals are plastic...


https://ebay.us/m/EUxDxD

I've got two broken originals, I should ask my welder mate if he can fix them really. But this seemed easier.

[Hooli]

Oh & I will be trying straighter bars when I get chance, these are too swept back for me. Comfy enough but not right, no rush on that though as I need to replace my mate's ones before I can try her old ones.

[Mr Gee]

Sounds like, there will be two, 14's sleeping in your garage from now, Hooli.      


What rack, have opted for?