Fuel tank capacity question?

[GlynH]

Hi there,

Working my way through the menus there are some settings as follows;

Indicator auto off time  10 s
Indicator auto off distance  210 m
Rear wheel circumference  1903 mm
Speed sensor  48 tooth sensor
Fuel tank capacity

Clicking on the dialogue box adjacent to Fuel tank capacity shows the following settings to choose from;

8L
9L
10L
13L
15L
16L
19L
20L
37L

I was wondering exactly what effect selecting any of these capacities might have?

Reason I ask is mine is set to 8L by default and yet I have a 24L tank which is not even selectable from the dropdown.

Haven't got round to measuring the Rear wheel circumference or counting the teeth on the speed sensor yet...

Thanks & kind regards,
-=Glyn=-

[botus]

is it not supposed to be the low fuel light illumination level...

but I agree at that rate 37 would be an odd one - the light on an air cooled GSA would be perm on ?

or... a post on a GS forum just posed the point after he fitted the big 37 litre tank from its original 20 litre one, his range is now all wrong.  And I guess because he has fitted the big tank, the bikes trip computer needs to know to do its maths on a larger volume of fuel... so maybe the settings you found is for that - but if you have a 24 litre tank why don't you have that setting ?

I checked the user manual for the K1300GT - you are correct it says

Usable fuel level approx 24 litre
Reserve level 4 litre