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Tilting Up Gas Tank?

Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:26 am
by throttle
As I was putting some taller bars on my TRX today, I got to the point where I needed to re-route the throttle cables. I removed the front tank bolts and the tank tilted up about 15 degrees before the hose between the petcock and the pump ended the fun.

How do you guys stop gas from leaking everywhere when you want to tilt the tank back? Or do I need to empty the tank prior to servicing the bike?

I thought of this picture when I was trying to tilt the tank, but now I can see that the fuel lines are disconnected.

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Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 11:23 am
by cheesie
if you take of hosses they will not leak, or the should,nt only a little amount that is in the hose will come out

Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:49 pm
by phuk72
Wot he said ^^^^^

Or you could fit longer fuel and breather hoses so that the tank can be flipped back without disconnecting anything