Reserve sensor with ligth

[DesertFox]

Hi....gasoline taps can be a pain in the arse when you have to change it to reserve when you're passing a truck in the middle of the pirineus....and helps your fuel pump to die!!

African Queens has this deal:

(Babel fish translation)

Gasoline cock kit with reserve indicating light by this measure is not it any more necessary for the gasoline cock to constantly look lasts to the travel our system switching to reserve excludes there the cock either openly or too is there. The light, which is built in the original indicator light unit, takes over the reserve message. A further advantage is not the care of the electrical Benzinbumpe in normal case during switching procedure on reserve these to "death" pumps itself it a fuel gets there and thus faster burns through!

Ref: BH010

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Does anyone has one? What are your impressions about this?

cheers

[lootch67]

Good idea this? How much?

[robelst]

Gasoline cock kit with reserve indicating light

Are you sure you weren't on some obscure XXX-rated fetish website when you read that?

Sounds good, I absolutely hate that tricky searching fot the partly hidden fuel-tap while loosing speed, esp with winter-gloves on, so I always go the the petrol station far too early, never really using the full capacity of the fuel-tank.

I always appreciated the two fuel lights on my RD03 (I believe the RD04 still has one?), although one of them died soon after I got the bike. Which is of course the main disadvantage (LED would be better). I think this product was mentioned before on this website. I can't find it anymore but I am quite stupid at using the search facility Maybe it had some more details / experiences attached to it?

[Cie]

Well I've had a search on the site, and this is all I could find. It has the same product code, and it's 40 Euros!

[africatijn]

I always appreciated the two fuel lights on my RD03 (I believe the RD04 still has one?), although one of them died soon after I got the bike.

RD04 have two as well. But... mine are b*ggered as well. Not the lights, no they are fine, switching on the bike, the light go on for about two seconds (check circuit), but I think the sensors in the tank are broken. Bit funny though, should think they are normally closed contacts....

So after about 300km's, I just go and fuel up... And away is the advantage of a big tank.

T.

[DesertFox]

not a xxx rated site....it's the Babel fish translations don't you just love them??

About the rd3/4 ligths......they're not closed contacts....a friend of mine had one ligth not functioning....he opened the tank and one of the contacts was loose. He just weld it like the other was!!! (strange thing for me...electric contacts don't mix with fuel....)

i was thinking on adapting one of those RD3 sensors in my rd07 but no way.... found this...and it looks like a floating device that trigers an electric device at some point....but the electric stuff is not IN the tank!!

its priced at almost 50€.....talked with them and they make 5% discount in a batch order....I'm not in the UK but we can get this sorted out and make a group order....what about it?

[robelst]

I'm not in the UK but we can get this sorted out and make a group order....what about it?

Yes, I'd be interested.
That makes 2 then?

How many more do we need for 5% you think?


BTW! It is fascinating that in these modern days where "health and safety" is king and queen, bike-hemets carry so many safety approval labels there is hardly room left to stick your head in them, but motorbikes are still allowed to have fuel-taps that can lead to really tricky situations in heavy traffic whenever you need to operate them.
Ah well, at least not everything has been regulated by our beloved governments

[KTiM]

I had the AQ set up on AT, worked well - recommended.

[DesertFox]

i told them i had 6 friends interested...and they gave me the 5% off discount!

let's start a list!

Fuel tap with sensor:

1 - DesertFox
2 - Robelst
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