What should I do?

[arcane12]

There'll be a wee arrow cast or stamped into the tap.

I had to figure that one out pretty quick on my bike - after 160-170kms I have to switch it over on my wee little 10l tank. I can do it on the roll now, I'm so proud

[neels]

If I mess with the calibration now it will likely make the speedometer out, which seems to be reading just fine if the signs that tell you how fast you're going are anything to go by

If I remember correctly from what I read in the owners manual, the calibration only adjusts the odometer not the speedo.

Now it's going to bug me until I get home and read the manual to check.

[bosslady]

Here's another one:

http://www.supermotojunkie.com/showt...-stuck-in-km-h

Press select button for 3 seconds apparently? Or do what this guy did (accidentally) and remove the battery. That assumes it will default back to kms not miles...

Nah that's to adjust the speedometer from mph to kph or vice versa.

There'll be a wee arrow cast or stamped into the tap.

I know how to change it silly, I kind of meant I didn't know how to do it while I was still rolling, easy enough to tell once you've stopped of course. Bike dies pretty damn quickly once it's running out of fuel, less than 20 seconds I'd say.

[bosslady]

If I remember correctly from what I read in the owners manual, the calibration only adjusts the odometer not the speedo.

Now it's going to bug me until I get home and read the manual to check.

No idea, probably I don't want to mess with the calibration any way I guess!

[Crasherfromwayback]

I know how to change it silly, I kind of meant I didn't know how to do it while I was still rolling, easy enough to tell once you've stopped of course. Bike dies pretty damn quickly once it's running out of fuel, less than 20 seconds I'd say.

Lol. I see! Sorry Dear!

[bosslady]

Lol. I see! Sorry Dear!

Managed to do it this morning while I was still rolling on the south side of the Harbour bridge in the bloody fog..

[mulletman]

First check, make sure it isn't already on reserve...

Best advice for new riders this.

[neels]

Found the adjustment I was thinking of, seems it adjusts the trip meter, no mention of the odometer or speedo though.

[bosslady]

Found the adjustment I was thinking of, seems it adjusts the trip meter, no mention of the odometer or speedo though.

Speedo is fine, just trip meter and odometer. That is interesting reading in any case hmm... I still don't know that it would help me though, convert miles to km.

[arcane12]

Speedo is fine, just trip meter and odometer. That is interesting reading in any case hmm... I still don't know that it would help me though, convert miles to km.

If you could set the trip meter to be km or something close you'd at least have a good way to judge remaining mileage in your tank. The best I can do is try to remember how many km's were on the clock when I last refilled (if I remember to check).

[MarkW]

The odometer and trip meters both record distance travelled and present this as a number - other than for servicing intervals the number doesn't matter a huge amount. Fill the tank to the top, set trip meter to zero. Ride motorcycle until it hits reserve, make a note of trip meter reading and then fill up at the next petrol station noting actual litres to refill and total number on trip meter. Reset the trip meter to zero. Repeat this process a number of times and a pattern will emerge - the need to turn onto reserve will happen around a certain number on the trip meter and the amount of fuel required at this point will also be roughly similar.

Whether the trip meter number is in km, miles, nautical miles, or something else isn't actually that important. If you normally hit reserve at 88 whatevers and the current reading is 44 whatevers then you have about half a tank left before you hit reserve. If you normally hit reserve at 88 whatevers and you have just past 100 whatevers then you have probably forgotten to take the bike off reserve last time you filled it up. Better get some more gas pretty quickly.

If your 400's speedo is the same as the one on my DRZ250 it is completely recalibrateable as far as distance travelled goes. Get hold of the correct owners manual for your motorcycle and follow the steps that are in it to do this.

[iranana]

Just multiply by 1.6? Most phones have a little calculator on them and if your phone doesn't, multiplying by 1.5 isn't particularly hard. You'll get a fairly good idea of how far you've gone... you can also just figure out how much gas is in your tank by the feel of things. Slosh it round, feel the weight.

[bosslady]

The odometer and trip meters both record distance travelled and present this as a number - other than for servicing intervals the number doesn't matter a huge amount. Fill the tank to the top, set trip meter to zero. Ride motorcycle until it hits reserve, make a note of trip meter reading and then fill up at the next petrol station noting actual litres to refill and total number on trip meter. Reset the trip meter to zero. Repeat this process a number of times and a pattern will emerge - the need to turn onto reserve will happen around a certain number on the trip meter and the amount of fuel required at this point will also be roughly similar.

Whether the trip meter number is in km, miles, nautical miles, or something else isn't actually that important. If you normally hit reserve at 88 whatevers and the current reading is 44 whatevers then you have about half a tank left before you hit reserve. If you normally hit reserve at 88 whatevers and you have just past 100 whatevers then you have probably forgotten to take the bike off reserve last time you filled it up. Better get some more gas pretty quickly.

If your 400's speedo is the same as the one on my DRZ250 it is completely recalibrateable as far as distance travelled goes. Get hold of the correct owners manual for your motorcycle and follow the steps that are in it to do this.

Just multiply by 1.6? Most phones have a little calculator on them and if your phone doesn't, multiplying by 1.5 isn't particularly hard. You'll get a fairly good idea of how far you've gone... you can also just figure out how much gas is in your tank by the feel of things. Slosh it round, feel the weight.

It's true that I can obviously know my tank will run out in x amount of miles before I hit reserve (have been told about 110 miles thereabouts) it's also trying to figure out how far between destinations. I am pretty f*cking piss poor at maths. NOT the end of the world though and I WILL get used to it, just going to mind f*ck me for awhile.

[Mom]

Fill the tank to the top, set trip meter to zero. Ride motorcycle until it hits reserve, make a note of trip meter reading and then fill up at the next petrol station noting actual litres to refill and total number on trip meter. Reset the trip meter to zero.

I have one of them fancy pants fuel gauges, but I STILL use this method for working out if I need gas or not. Old habits die hard eh?

[bogan]

I have one of them fancy pants feul gauges, but I STILL use this method for working out if I need gas or not. Old habits die hard eh?

The decadence. With a 10L tank and a thirsty v-twin my rule of thumb is stop at any gas stations I pass unless I'm sure I don't need to.

I think palmy to hamilton was a 4 or 5 fuel stop trip last time...