Dont’ Trust Your Gas Gauge
by migs
Vespa lesson #who’s counting?…
Your gas gauge is not a representative of how much gas you really have. I filled up today with my tank nearly on empty and to my surprise only filled up a little over a gallons worth of gas in my 2.4 gallon tank. Meaning, I had about 1 gallon left. Meaning, I got 70 miles in 1 gallon last week. Meaning, hell to the yes!
Here is what someone said about their gas gauge on Modern Vespa:
Mine operates the same way. I have a ‘08 LX150 and my guage works the same way. It will go from full to empty using just a little over a gallon of gas…shows the same position as yours is showing now. The tank will not really be empty until the needle is all the way at the bottom of the gas gauge, even though you look at it the way it is and think it might be almost out of gas. The fuel light will start blinking over bumps and rough road as the fuel gets lower, and then it will come on more steadily as the tank gets lower and lower. You should be able to go 20-30 miles when the yellow fuel light stays on constantly. The gas guage is not spot-on accurate like a car, but don’t worry, you’ll get used to using it!