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Scooters - 125 to 300 => People s200 => Topic started by: 08087 on February 28, 2014, 09:13:49 PM
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My tank reads empty anytime after I burn 1 gal. I always stop after 80 miles of riding to fill up as a just in case.
I'm worried that maybe my tank isn't the 1.8 gals that Kymco says it is, what's the most fuel you've taken in 1 fill up at any point in time?
The most I've hit was 1.4 gals
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5 liters when gas ran out because I thought I still 1 liter left....
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..1.2 gal, from my best memory.....1.3 gallon tank...lol...
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Thanks guys, really just looking for replies on my particular scoot so I know for sure the 1.8 gal tank is 1.8 gal. Don't want to be like Vivo and run out. No COPS around here to tow me to a road side red bottled gas station.
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..alright then...
::)
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I've wondered about this same thing! It reads VERY empty when it is at 90 miles. And when I fill up, the most it has ever taken is just over 1.5 gallons. One of these days, I'm gonna ride it until it sputters to a halt just to see if it will REALLY hold 1.8 gallons. Of course, I'll have a small gas can with me to check!
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Yeah my gf has pushed her s200 WAY past E a few times when we were riding in the countryside. If i remember she got about 1.7 gals back in. We were both on E (at the time I was riding my TGB laser) and about 15 miles away from the closest gas station. I was sure both or one of us were going to run out, but both made it. Never measured but when you're on e the s200 has at lest 20 miles left in it, at 60mpg (conservative estimate) you still have 1/3rd gallon left. I always like to take a bike that's new to me to bone dry to see how far you can go, it's useful later on if you get stuck far from a station! Not a good practice on efi bikes or two stroke.
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I normally fill up my 200s at the 80 mile mark and she will take between 1.2 and 1.3 gals, for me it's mostly a city commute and on city highways/truck routes, half my riding is at or near top spoeed, the other half waiting for a light or weaving past cars doing 35.
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)8, You can easily pull out the float/sender from the tank, and bend the coat hanger type wire that supports the float. It's just like the old school toilet floats
Since it reads empty too soon you have to bend the wire so the float goes further down. That will make it float higher in relation to the wiper contact it works thru., I'd try bending it about 1/2" lower when the mount plate is held level.
Same set up on all kymcos.
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)8, You can easily pull out the float/sender from the tank, and bend the coat hanger type wire that supports the float. It's just like the old school toilet floats
Since it reads empty too soon you have to bend the wire so the float goes further down. That will make it float higher in relation to the wiper contact it works thru., I'd try bending it about 1/2" lower when the mount plate is held level.
Same set up on all kymcos.
If I could see the float from the fill hole I'd gladly give it a shot, however I don't think I can, so I'll just leave it be and go by milage, if I get to 100 miles on 1 tank I know I'm running low. Thanks, always appreciate the help.
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1.26 Gal on 1.3 Gal tank on my Agility (it had been knocked over and the tank drained)!
Driving, 1.21 gal, sweating every mile
Tim
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Something else I found... I have to shake my 4t bike to judge the fuel level. I have run out several times. Soooo leaning the bike way to the left (where the petcock is) I can get another 5 miles or so. It looks funny as hell but it got me home .
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Something else I found... I have to shake my 4t bike to judge the fuel level. I have run out several times. Soooo leaning the bike way to the left (where the petcock is) I can get another 5 miles or so. It looks funny as hell but it got me home .
No all you need to do is roate the tank 90 degrees counter clockwise and you can do a wheelie all the way home!
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My "medications" have an adverse effect on my balance. Wheelies are out but my new natural lean to the left is a huge bonus. Kinda make me look like a badass walking around town too.
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This was typical of the S200. You'll fill her-up, then after so many miles she would dip damn near zero. It has a true 1.8 tank no question. My Super 8 (150cc) use to do the same thing.
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So it seem to be normal for the s200
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OBARK: Yes...It's normal. Even when it dips to damn near empty she still has plenty of fuel before a fill-up.
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I guess you have to get use to a mileage count
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I guess you have to get use to a mileage count
I try and fill up every 80 miles just to be safe.
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I ran mine to almost empty and when I open the gas cap and shook it, I had about a cup of fuel left in it. I did fill up 1.39 of fuel at $3.95