Gas Gauge Problem

So there I was this morning, riding my 09 R3T in beautiful weather, when without any warning at all, my gas gauge falls to near 0 and my miles to empty falls to 18, with a tank I KNOW has at least 5 gallons in it. I ride another 50 miles or so with the miles to empty and gauge on 0, when I decide to fill up and see if that somehow cures the problem. Nope, and the bike only took 2.1 gallons, so it was nowhere near empty. Then, about 2 hours later, I get on the bile to do an errand and "IT'S A FESTIVUS MIRACLE", everything is A-OK. I perform my errand (a haircut - probably irrelevant) and then on the way home, egads - it falls to 0 again.

I'm stumped, but then again, it doesn't take much to stump me technically. Everything else seems fine, bike performance is awesome as always and there are no other apparent electrical problems. I always use the key to shut down, never the kill switch. I haven't added any electrical accessories and the battery seems fine and turns the engine over with no problem.

To add insult to injury, I rode over to my dealer and he was CLOSED for the holiday. I should have expected it!

So, any ideas? Please help if you can.

And, oh by the way, A HAPPY, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR TO ALL OF MY R3OWNERS,NET FAMILY.

Of little help, but, the fuel gauge is an electrical component. The motorcycle is British.

Ever heard of Joseph Lucas??

Did you have your hair shampooed and styled or just cut?

TO rocket said:

Did you have your hair shampooed and styled or just cut?

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I had numbers 2, 16, 84, 146, 288 and 944 trimmed. The few remaining one just laid there and were missed by the rampaging scissors.

I had a 66 Jaguar XKE 4.2 I found out all about Lucas wiring you would look and smoke coming out of the dashboard then it would quit and you could not figure out why

GPMAZ said:

Of little help, but, the fuel gauge is an electrical component. The motorcycle is British.

Ever heard of Joseph Lucas??

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That's too funny Harry!! Sounds like a tank sender to me. Is the bike still under warranty? An 09 should be. Three years right?

muleskinner said:

That's too funny Harry!! Sounds like a tank sender to me. Is the bike still under warranty? An 09 should be. Three years right?

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Joseph Lucas = The Prince of Darkness.

Know why Brits drink warm beer?
Because Lucas Makes Refrigerators.

I appreciate all of the humor guys, but I'd really like some insight into the problem. Please don't hijack this thread.

Thanks.

ksquared said:

I appreciate all of the humor guys, but I'd really like some insight into the problem. Please don't hijack this thread.

Thanks.

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Dennis just gave you some, check the sender in the fuel tank. That and the electrical connections, and the gauge itself are all that's involved. I'd second the vote for the sender.