I really wouldn't worry about not having a fuel gauge. They fit them on the Tenere and they're next to useless (like almost all bike fuel gauges); they only give you a very approximate idea of fuel level... like whether it's full or empty! So you might as well just have a warning light.
No matter what I've ridden, I've always relied on the age old technique of working from the odometer reading. This method has never let me down in the last thirty years.