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Originally Posted by Ken M1
If "trusting a gauge" is a valid arguement...than one should not trust a "warning light" as well (which it DOES have). IF it affected the imissions system than so too would it affect it when the "warning light" comes on. .... There is NO getting around that this was a lack of foresight on Triumphs part. Triumph deserves the heat for this and hopefully they will LEARN (but that won't happen by making escuses for them).
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Oh, c'mon, Ken. That's a very absolutist argument.
There is no "if" to the emission thing--catalytic converters in motorcycle exhausts are smaller and not as robust as on cars. It's a lot easier to overheat and damage them by running out of fuel. The thing about the warning light is, you have some miles before you run out but you don't know exactly how many. So, if you're smart, you stop for fuel before you end up walking, and the desired side effect (from the regulatory point of view) is that you don't trash your emission controls in the process. Conversely, the temptation with a gauge is to see just how far you can absolutely go...hey, it's in the red but not all the way down to "E" yet...and the only way you'll find out for sure is by running out.
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there is NO excuse to not have a fuel guage on a modern bike (and yes...my past 4 bikes have not had one as well..but they also did not calculate average or instant mpg, top speed, lap times, etc, EITHER)
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Sounds like a case of "If you give me extra toppings for my hamburger, I'll criticize you for not giving me steak."
Let's bear in mind that the MPG readings are only guesses based on throttle position, not actual calculations based on fuel flow. They're normally way off. Top speed depends on the accuracy of the speedometer, and we know they have to err on the conservative side with those for regulatory reasons too. The consequences of the inevitable errors and approximations don't matter a whole lot in these instances, and it costs nothing (fiscally or regulatorily) to include them. That's the only reason they're there.
If Triumph was shortsighted, maybe it was in failing to realize they'd be fostering unrealistic expectations in some percentage of customers by adding a few nice extra touches to an inexpensive bike.
