Fuel Gauge?

There isn't any cheap or easy one on the market yet. This seems to get talked about every 6 months. Some I have seen are inline bottles with the petcock or nipples welded to the tank with a hose connecting them to see what's up.



The one think I have always wondered was the kawasaki bayou has a simple float setup like an external boat gas tank. And I have been wondering about mounting one up but I believe the nut goes on the inside so it would be a trick to put in without an access plate.

I have been working on a way to pua fuel gauge on my bike, but even though I have several ways of doing it, they all require welding a fitting to the tank. For this reason I have put off the project until I can get a couple of old custom tanks and cut them apart to make a super tank like Blindstitch has



I am going to use a "removable" tube section that is similar to the petcock tube, but bigger. Going to use a hall effect sensor array to monitor a floating magnet. I plan on constructing the tube ( actually a tube inside a sealed tube) in such a way as to dampen any fast actions. Tank fluid may swish and change levels all over the place, but the tube will prevent any fast changes in its level. The beauty of using this method is;



- the electronic sensors are isolated from the gas, no possibility of sparks

- entire unit can screw out incase replacement is needed

- can be made to drive regular gauges and electronic ones (like the custom one Im putting in my custom tach)



I figure its better to do the install in a "second" tank so i can keep my original and still ride, and after for a just in case or new project.