Getting one fitted on Thursday will i have to do anything to the front suspension because of the extra weight of a full tank?
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I would try it out before doing anything. If you're a sturdy unit yourself and are planning some loaded up touring you might need more than the ESA 2+luggage setting.
Bendy toy
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Have fun. The system to extract fuel from the right hand side is variable at least. The level gauge is rubbish and there is no reserve tap.
what a fecking doom merchant you are ffs,you are getting so fucking boring droning on and on all the bloody time
Bendy toy
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But sadly I'm right. The fuel tank system is crap and nobody has the any workable solutions.
(Setting the trip wont cut it just in case thats the one in mind)
With regard to "extracting from the right hand side, and no reserve".....
It will extract from the right if the fuel pump is ok; if not, then you have a 5 litre reserve... Quite simply get off the bike, lean it to the left, jump back on, restart, and off you go!
(you may have to repeat every 6 miles... But hey.. It's a good reserve
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It will extract from the right if the fuel pump is ok; if not, then you have a 5 litre reserve... Quite simply get off the bike, lean it to the left, jump back on, restart, and off you go!
(you may have to repeat every 6 miles... But hey.. It's a good reserve
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not met gs john then,sturdy unit indeed[/
I have a fine figure for a man my age I'll have you know.
Bendy toy
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With regard to "extracting from the right hand side, and no reserve".....
It will extract from the right if the fuel pump is ok; if not, then you have a 5 litre reserve... Quite simply get off the bike, lean it to the left, jump back on, restart, and off you go!
(you may have to repeat every 6 miles... But hey.. It's a good reserve
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I suspect my ejector pump pipe has shifted. But I'm not happy to lean 1/4 tonne of bike over. Apart from messing up the cylinder head cover its ****ing heavy to lift. Been there done that on another occasion and it was bone dry. It could have been dry this time. No way to know.
My fix will be to block off the ejector pump and fit link pipe under the tank with a fuel tap to transfer the reserve fuel to the working side of the tank. I might even fit another level gauge on the right. Short pole float gauges are under £30. IMO, accurate reserve fuel level is more important than knowing the main tank contents.
A more complicated but maybe better option would be a transfer pump. Something intended for a carb fed bike should be more than good enough.
Can't you just fix the sucker jet pump where it should be? It's a nice and simple system, with few moving parts to go wrong. Surely better than extra pumps, taps and pipes....... All waiting to leak petrol on a hot engine!
These bikes are easy to lean over a long way. Even picking them up isn't that bad! You just need to learn the proper technique...... And that isn't with your back to the bike as is often touted.
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These bikes are easy to lean over a long way. Even picking them up isn't that bad! You just need to learn the proper technique...... And that isn't with your back to the bike as is often touted.
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The way i get fuel across the tank is side stand down. Leave it in gear. Turn handlebars as if your going to turn right. Then hold the bars that way an pull.
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Bendy toy
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All well and good until the bike runs dry in the middle of a busy traffic island. Regardless of what Arnie says, these bikes are very heavy and the cylinder head covers will get marked.
Ive been deliberately running mine dry to suss out the fuel system and you get virtually no warning when the tank is about to go dry. You know its low but have no idea exactly when it will stop. The engine just cuts and you stop. The last time I was on a narrow road with no suitable place to tip the bike over and no reason the believe it had any fuel in the tank. The time before I was on a slip road to a busy traffic island. Had it stopped 100 yards later, I would have been in real trouble.
All that was entirely my risk as I was carrying spare fuel and as said deliberately running it dry. However the very last time it happened there was at least 5 litres in the tank so the ejector system is not as reliable as BMW like us to think.
A secondary pump is probably overkill so I will begin with a link pipe and fuel tap. But low pressure pumps cost very little and the one on my Yamaha is now nearly 20 years old and still doing fine.
I used to get plenty of subtle warnings when it was running out: throttle response for one. It felt like my hand was slipping on the throttle.
If yours runs out so abruptly, are you really going to have time to faff with a fuel tap?!
You'll be on here in six months saying, "I forgot it was on reserve... and I ran out" or "the tap leaked, it caught fire, I've bought a Honda!"
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If yours runs out so abruptly, are you really going to have time to faff with a fuel tap?!
You'll be on here in six months saying, "I forgot it was on reserve... and I ran out" or "the tap leaked, it caught fire, I've bought a Honda!"
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Bendy toy
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I would rather have it stop and turn a tap to get going again than have to faff about for 5 minutes with a fuel can. Every other bike Ive owned had fuel tap with reserve option. I never ran out of fuel and never had a fuel leak**. At under £30, a second fuel gauge could also be handy.
**That's lie my Pre Unit Triumph 500 pissed everything on the floor. Usually oil but not always.
**That's lie my Pre Unit Triumph 500 pissed everything on the floor. Usually oil but not always.
Well the tank is fitted and the fuel strip is working (at the mo) put in 20 ltr gauge is showing just over half.
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