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The one thing that Mr. Pie Emeritus has not disclosed yet is how does he define "out of fuel". He does mention this...
However, the manual does state the following...
When the fuel reserve sensor is turned on, the travel computer detects a signal from the fuel level sensor, and calculates possible travel distance, based on the amount of fuel remaining and the fuel consumption for 20 minutes immediately prior to the fuel reserve sensor turning on. When this happens, the fuel level meter begins to blink the final segment.
So if I had to guess based on what the manual just stated I'd go along with Sennister and say that there is something different about the fuel level sensor that you changed last year. Other possibilities, one: did you ever remove the cable bundle that attaches to your dash? Two: something has changed with the lower tanks fuel reserve sensor (unlikely)
FYI. The manual shows that when the final segment starts to blink that there will be 4.2 litres of gas remaining (1.11 gallons US) which means that you should be putting in roughly 6.3 gallons when you fill up assuming you refuel at that time. [This value will be different depending on how you fuel your bike: sidestand vs center, which "bar" you use as the top off point (I see two), etc]
Enough blabbing for now... :
So I will assume that he waits until the display is showing one flashing bar. The diagram in the service manual on page 24-7 (2003 edition) shows the point at which the display transitions over to the flashing last bar. Which, in my interpretation, would indicate when the level in the lower tank reaches the point where the thermocouple (which Honda calls the fuel reserve sensor) has just become exposed and I would think that the position of the fuel level sensor in the upper tank would have been in its lowest position for some long period of time, i.e., should not have any bearing in the determination as to when the computer decides to indicate the flashing bar (have I lost you yet?).Or, is the fuel indicator blinking earlier due to a new angle, but I actually have more fuel than would normally trigger the blinky last light?
However, the manual does state the following...
When the fuel reserve sensor is turned on, the travel computer detects a signal from the fuel level sensor, and calculates possible travel distance, based on the amount of fuel remaining and the fuel consumption for 20 minutes immediately prior to the fuel reserve sensor turning on. When this happens, the fuel level meter begins to blink the final segment.
So if I had to guess based on what the manual just stated I'd go along with Sennister and say that there is something different about the fuel level sensor that you changed last year. Other possibilities, one: did you ever remove the cable bundle that attaches to your dash? Two: something has changed with the lower tanks fuel reserve sensor (unlikely)
FYI. The manual shows that when the final segment starts to blink that there will be 4.2 litres of gas remaining (1.11 gallons US) which means that you should be putting in roughly 6.3 gallons when you fill up assuming you refuel at that time. [This value will be different depending on how you fuel your bike: sidestand vs center, which "bar" you use as the top off point (I see two), etc]
Enough blabbing for now... :