Tapping fuel from a 30 litre Adv tank: simple!

[MiGSel]

I was about to start doing the Henry-trick to get fuel from my 30 liter Adventure tank. To fill a fuel bottle for a camp stove, to help a friend on the road to some fuel, to empty the tank before removing it, ...

Handyman Henry has invented a cool trick for that, as you can see on his site (Aux fuelpump switch, empty the tank easy).

But with the big Adventure-tank it can be done a lot simpler : there is a fuel hose between the left and the right "cheek" of the tank.
* undo the quick connector on this hose (the white one)
* pull the hose from under the tank to the left hand side (goes past the edge of the left cilinder nicely)
* stick a piece of plastic hose with an outer diameter of 11mm into the quick connector as far as possible
* the fuel starts to flow

A fairly rigid hose with an outer diameter of 11mm fits nicely. A smaller hose will work too, but it gets kinda messy because the fuel passes between the connector and the tube. The hose needs to be rigid enough to apply some pressure to the shut off mechanism inside the connector.

I suppose this will work with the Touratech quick connectors too? But I think the inner diameter of those is smaller.

I now have a piece of hose under my seat. Maybe other riders find this a useful tip.

Michel

 

[ricardo kuhn]

great idea

how about if you get a spare connector,and mounted on the extra hose,that way the sistem is close and is no risk of spiling anything

NOTE +/-WARNING:
BE CAREFULL WITH THOSE O-RINGS the have the tendensy to fail,,lubricate them ,,saliva works but vaseline is better.

 

[AdamZ]

Re: great idea

NOTE +/-WARNING:
BE CAREFULL WITH THOSE O-RINGS the have the tendensy to fail,,lubricate them ,,saliva works but vaseline is better.

Hmmmm, cannot think of a clean reply....

Seriously tho it is a effing pain. You put the bike on the sidestand with three bar showing and when you get to start the bloody fuel pump works like a trojan. There has gotta be a better way.

Also, is there a side stand extension available???? I don't like the crazy angle....

 

[MikeO]

Re: Re: great idea

Hmmmm, cannot think of a clean reply....

Seriously tho it is a effing pain. You put the bike on the sidestand with three bar showing and when you get to start the bloody fuel pump works like a trojan. There has gotta be a better way.

Also, is there a side stand extension available???? I don't like the crazy angle....

Adam,

do you have an Adv? If so, I've fitted a non-return valve in the balance pipe (which connects the two 'lobes' of the fule tank). This allows fuel to flow from the left lobe to the right, but not from the right to the left. This saves the problem of the fuel pooling in the left lobe, away from the pump, when leaving the bike on the sidestand.
I also use a Wunderlich sidestand foot extender, which increases the 'footprint' of the stand, as well as increasing the length of the sidestand slightly, easing the lean angle. If you need more length (ph'narr, ph'narr), have a look here at Al Jesse's site, he makes a sidestand extension kit....

MikeO

 

[Mush]

Re: great idea

how about if you get a spare connector,and mounted on the extra hose,that way the sistem is close and is no risk of spiling anything

NOTE +/-WARNING:
BE CAREFULL WITH THOSE O-RINGS the have the tendensy to fail,,lubricate them ,,saliva works but vaseline is better.

I thought of this after I had to drain my tank , coss the drain on the filler was blocked . And water in filler neck got in my tank.

Wasnt much but thought I would drain it anyway.

they are quite pricey £20 -£25 ish I think.

Bit dodgy fuel/ hot cylinder heads etc

 

[AdamZ]

Re: Re: Re: great idea

Adam,

do you have an Adv? If so, I've fitted a non-return valve in the balance pipe (which connects the two 'lobes' of the fule tank). This allows fuel to flow from the left lobe to the right, but not from the right to the left. This saves the problem of the fuel pooling in the left lobe, away from the pump, when leaving the bike on the sidestand.
I also use a Wunderlich sidestand foot extender, which increases the 'footprint' of the stand, as well as increasing the length of the sidestand slightly, easing the lean angle. If you need more length (ph'narr, ph'narr), have a look here at Al Jesse's site, he makes a sidestand extension kit....

MikeO

Yes, I will look into both the non return valve and the sidestand extender when I return from Spain.

The lean angle is the thing that worries me the most but I need the swide stand cause when I am loaded I have difficulty getting my leg over....