Possibly, but I kind of doubt it. Raise your tank and check the electrical connector that comes off your tank and make sure it's plugged in fully and correctly. It's a triangular plug. But I suspect though that you managed to tweak the internal sensor somehow.

 

Very strange. If MisterTee's suggestion does not work, I'd pull the fuel pump and play with the float switch to diagnose.

 

I lifted the tank and couldn't find any loose plugs or damaged wires. Can I just unbolt the fuel pump from the bottom of the tank and refit it when I'm finished checking it out? It won't leak or anything like that?

 

Ok, thanks guys. I'll have a look.

 

Ok, thanks.

 

Well, I removed the fuel pump and couldn't see anything wrong, apart from the float arm stopper being bent which allowed the float to go higher than usual and past the sensor area. I'm not sure if this would make any difference to the fuel light, but it looks like it's been going past the sensor area for a while 'cause I can see the where it's been rubbing.
It was a good chance to clean the little bits of crud out of the tank anyway.
I guess I'll just put it back together now and hope that the float arm stopper was the problem, although I'm not feeling lucky about that!

 

She's back together now but I can't say whether I've fixed the problem or not. I put the nine litres back into the tank(the light had already flashed and turned off while riding it before), but of course the low fuel light won't come on with that amount of fuel in the tank!!!:damn: I'm going to go and syphon some back out now!

 

I haven't been for a ride yet, but after emptying and refilling the tank a couple of times, the fuel light seems to be working properly now. The only thing is that the reserve trip meter hasn't reset itself yet. I'll have to wait until I go for a ride to see if it's fixed for real or not.

 

I have my fingers crossed for you.

 

Thanks. That should help 'cause it'd be hard for me to ride with my fingers crossed!:thumbup: I still haven't been for a ride yet, World Superbikes at Philip Island are live on tv now!!!

 

I'm glad to report that I'm pretty sure it's fixed!!! I filled the tank up last night, the light didn't come on, and the reserve trip meter reset itself to -- when I got down the road a bit. It seems crazy to think that it was just because of a bent float stop, but as far as I know, that's what the problem was.

Thanks for the help.:thumbup:

 

I'll take my e-beer now, thank you. Slurp, mmmm.