Vaquero intake leaks - Page 6

garvulcan1700 · 09-29-2012, 10:15 PM

I'm also planning on running the tank down till the fuel light comes on. I'm guessing normal for the bike is somewhere between 170 mi and 190 mi before the low fuel light comes on??

**bearbait** · 09-29-2012, 10:23 PM

The low fuel light - another lying sack of $hit - comes on for me around 150 miles. But I always have more than a gallon left in the tank at that point.

bouson · 09-30-2012, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by bearbait

The low fuel light - another lying sack of $hit - comes on for me around 150 miles. But I always have more than a gallon left in the tank at that point.

Same here! Usually around 150 to 160 miles and between 4 and 4.4 gallons.

1oldtimer · 09-30-2012, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by bearbait

The biggest and most salient point about that calculated average mpg is this -- it's almost always wrong.

How can you say this? Mine is and always has been within .1 mpg using actuall miles and gals. Maybe I just got lucky, but mine works like a champ.

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Originally Posted by bouson

Same here! Usually around 150 to 160 miles and between 4 and 4.4 gallons.

That is exactly how mine is. I like knowing that when the light comes on, I have right at a gallon left. Keeps the panic mode in check :)

**bearbait** · 09-30-2012, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by 1oldtimer

How can you say this? Mine is and always has been within .1 mpg using actuall miles and gals. Maybe I just got lucky, but mine works like a champ.

Mine and, except for yours, all others I have heard of are about 2 mpg "optimistic". Either you are lucky or I'm unlucky - and not alone in my misfortune.

This is not a big deal in my opinion.

bouson · 09-30-2012, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by bearbait

Mine and, except for yours, all others I have heard of are about 2 mpg "optimistic". Either you are lucky or I'm unlucky - and not alone in my misfortune.

This is not a big deal in my opinion.

Mine said 39.2 mpg at the last fill up. I had drove 153 miles by the odometer on 4.231 gallons of gas which is 36.16 mpg. Then re-figure the miles drove because of the odometer error 60 miles driven by odometer is actually only 57 miles traveled or a 5% error. So it's actually only 145.35 miles driven divided by 4.231 gallons for an average of 34.35 mpg.

**bearbait** · 10-01-2012, 06:59 AM

The odometer may not be exact, but it won't be far off I think. Last week I rode to a rally with my wife: her odo (Victory Cross Roads) read 315 miles for the trip, mine read 318 miles. Dunno whose was right, of course, but one of 'em musta been off - but not by more than 1%.

garvulcan1700 · 10-01-2012, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by bearbait

The odometer may not be exact, but it won't be far off I think. Last week I rode to a rally with my wife: her odo (Victory Cross Roads) read 315 miles for the trip, mine read 318 miles. Dunno whose was right, of course, but one of 'em musta been off - but not by more than 1%.

Someone was driving in and out of the white dashes on the road---------?

Gar

**jestephens** · 10-01-2012, 07:26 PM

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Someone was driving in and out of the white dashes on the road---------?

Gar

Quite possible. Who's bike got ridden to the store mid-week and may have actually gotten a few extra miles? I bet yours did

**bearbait** · 10-01-2012, 07:46 PM

Two good ideas above (LOL) but the fact is the odos just failed to match up.

yoda · 10-01-2012, 08:42 PM

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Two good ideas above (LOL) but the fact is the odos just failed to match up.

That's funny cause my wife and I joke about that. We can take a Sunday afternoon ride for 100 miles and mine will show 103, hers will show 97 and the GPS wll show 94. Not really a big deal to me, just interesting to compare.

bouson · 10-01-2012, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by bearbait

Two good ideas above (LOL) but the fact is the odos just failed to match up.

Could be both are off by half of a precent.

redjay · 10-02-2012, 06:50 PM

How did they fix the leak ?

1oldtimer · 10-02-2012, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by BC RED VAQ

keven said he could not macine the parts down dose not have a shop but used gasket maker to make the two sides stay togather what ever he did it worked. Thanks keven at Wehrle Bros. in Vandalia IL

Glad to hear they got it together for you. Are you running stock setup?

denturist1 · 05-11-2013, 09:55 AM

2011 vaquero mods hyper charger pro pipe 2-1 power commander V Everything else is cosmetic too much to list. I was so happy with my 2006 nomad. Thought Vaquero would be a great platform to get the look and performance I was looking for. Got it looking great. :) To be quite honest with everyone... I am just about ready to trade mine in for a Harley. I wish I could find someone like Ray up here in Maine. Dealt with dealer time and time again put intake gasket from thunder manufacturing. Made it worse verses better. The backfiring on decel drives me absolutely nuts. Kawasaki tech rep told them temp sensor must be in air flow to work properly. My mpg good 44 still smell unburnt fuel . I know I have vacuum leaks. Not having any luck with the dealership I bought it from. Great guys just knowledge is truly lacking, motivation selling not service. I am going to take it to a performance shop as my next step with the info from this thread and see what they can come up with. More money, more money... This will be my last attempt. I just hope that they can do this work. For all that post should have left it stock. Issues there with it stock. The history from new too long to post. Wish me luck

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bearbait Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Greene County, NY Posts: 143	The low fuel light - another lying sack of $hit - comes on for me around 150 miles. But I always have more than a gallon left in the tank at that point. __________________ VBA #00794 2011 Vaquero (Ebony) replaced 2008 Nomad 1600 (Blue/Silver)
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bearbait Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Greene County, NY Posts: 143	The odometer may not be exact, but it won't be far off I think. Last week I rode to a rally with my wife: her odo (Victory Cross Roads) read 315 miles for the trip, mine read 318 miles. Dunno whose was right, of course, but one of 'em musta been off - but not by more than 1%. __________________ VBA #00794 2011 Vaquero (Ebony) replaced 2008 Nomad 1600 (Blue/Silver)
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bearbait Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Greene County, NY Posts: 143	Two good ideas above (LOL) but the fact is the odos just failed to match up. __________________ VBA #00794 2011 Vaquero (Ebony) replaced 2008 Nomad 1600 (Blue/Silver)
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denturist1 Jr. Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: St. Albans Maine Posts: 14	2011 vaquero mods hyper charger pro pipe 2-1 power commander V Everything else is cosmetic too much to list. I was so happy with my 2006 nomad. Thought Vaquero would be a great platform to get the look and performance I was looking for. Got it looking great. :) To be quite honest with everyone... I am just about ready to trade mine in for a Harley. I wish I could find someone like Ray up here in Maine. Dealt with dealer time and time again put intake gasket from thunder manufacturing. Made it worse verses better. The backfiring on decel drives me absolutely nuts. Kawasaki tech rep told them temp sensor must be in air flow to work properly. My mpg good 44 still smell unburnt fuel . I know I have vacuum leaks. Not having any luck with the dealership I bought it from. Great guys just knowledge is truly lacking, motivation selling not service. I am going to take it to a performance shop as my next step with the info from this thread and see what they can come up with. More money, more money... This will be my last attempt. I just hope that they can do this work. For all that post should have left it stock. Issues there with it stock. The history from new too long to post. Wish me luck
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