'92 1400 Intruder restoration finished-Reserve Tank? - Motorcycle-Journal Forums

mlh155156 · 04-12-2004, 03:40 PM

Well, here it is. 6 months, 14 coats of House of Color, all auminum polished and clear coated, seats, chrome as necessary, bags, windshield, etc. later it is finally finished (well to the degree that a bike is really ever really finished). Hope it brings everybody a smile.

Question to 1400 owners. When I bought this bike the owner cautioned me that it had no reserve what-so-ever (like less than 3 miles). Being brilliant (or so I thought), I assumed that someone had crossed the reserve line with the run line at some point, and my Suzuki manual indicated that this assumption was correct. I naturally followed the manual and ran out of gas after 3 miles on the run line. I switched to the reserve where I had plenty of gas so the manual was incorrect and I switched the lines back to where they were. Easy temporary solution, but the fact remains that I may have only 3 miles on the reserve tank!!! Any ideas as to why. On my old Honda, the manual stated that you had to have the stopcock in the on position to fill the reserve tank. How exactly does a reserve tank work anyway?

vol01jim · 04-12-2004, 09:00 PM

Good looking bike.

mlh155156 · 04-13-2004, 05:49 PM

thank you Jim. Looks like you have a pretty nice looking ride also.

**Uncle Bob** · 04-14-2004, 06:09 PM

Nice

mlh155156 · 04-29-2004, 05:42 PM

Thank you for your compliment Uncle Bob (aka Suzuki Druid).

MadCow · 04-29-2004, 07:04 PM

SWEET!!!!

04-12-2004, 03:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
mlh155156 Newbie Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 12	'92 1400 Intruder restoration finished-Reserve Tank? Well, here it is. 6 months, 14 coats of House of Color, all auminum polished and clear coated, seats, chrome as necessary, bags, windshield, etc. later it is finally finished (well to the degree that a bike is really ever really finished). Hope it brings everybody a smile. Question to 1400 owners. When I bought this bike the owner cautioned me that it had no reserve what-so-ever (like less than 3 miles). Being brilliant (or so I thought), I assumed that someone had crossed the reserve line with the run line at some point, and my Suzuki manual indicated that this assumption was correct. I naturally followed the manual and ran out of gas after 3 miles on the run line. I switched to the reserve where I had plenty of gas so the manual was incorrect and I switched the lines back to where they were. Easy temporary solution, but the fact remains that I may have only 3 miles on the reserve tank!!! Any ideas as to why. On my old Honda, the manual stated that you had to have the stopcock in the on position to fill the reserve tank. How exactly does a reserve tank work anyway?

04-12-2004, 09:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
vol01jim Clunked into first gear Joined: Jan 2004 Location: dallas,tx Posts: 221	Good looking bike. __________________ vol01jim

04-13-2004, 05:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
mlh155156 Newbie Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 12	vol01jim thank you Jim. Looks like you have a pretty nice looking ride also.

04-14-2004, 06:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
Uncle Bob Site Admin & Squeegee Boy Joined: Dec 1969 Bike: 2003 Volusia SE Location: Montréal, Québec, Canada Posts: 107	Nice __________________ Yadda yadda yadda, whatever, they ain't going to listen anyway.

04-29-2004, 05:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
mlh155156 Newbie Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 12	My Intruder Thank you for your compliment Uncle Bob (aka Suzuki Druid).

04-29-2004, 07:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
MadCow Seat Tester Joined: Apr 2004 Location: Waldorf, MD Posts: 67	SWEET!!!! __________________ -Michael 2004 VS1400GL

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