Mudplug
HELP.....!!!!!!!
CAN ANYONE GIVE ME SOME TIPS ON THE BEST WAY TO MOVE THE PETROL TANK ON MY AFRICA TWIN?
I'VE UNDONE THE FUEL LINE FROM THE FILTER (ALSO BROKE THE PLASTIC "Y" PIECE ON THE BREATHER PIPE "DAM IT NO RIDING THIS WEEKEND" ANYONE NO THE PART NUMBER FOR THIS ITEM???
HOW DO I GET THE FUEL TAP OFF AS THIS IS GIVING THE PROBLEM.
THANKS FOR ANY TIPS YOU CAN GIVE ME
Generalissimo Tea Boy
Get a long phillips screwdriver and undo the screw inside the hollow centre of the tap (I assume you are talking about a later model Africa twin). Make sure that before you remove the tap you turn it off. Then undo the airfilter housing lid on top of the tank (four crosshead screws).
Next undo the four screws that hold the fairing to the tank. You should now be able to lift the tank slightly at the rear/seat end. Remove the fuel pipe from the bottom of the tap and the two breather pipes hanging underneath the tank.
Now the fuel pipe is off the tap, you should just (it's a tight fit, jiggle a little) be able to lift the tap clear of the frame and then pull the tank backwards and off the front frame mounts.
3 Africa Twins/280,000 miles. If it's happened to one of mine, it's gonna happen to one of yours.....eventually.
1 Varadero/17,000 miles ridden (of 40,000 miles on the bike), it's all still new to me!
Senior Member
I did the same. I bought a spare one £10 from Mr Honda .. in the end, it just hands there, so you may beable to get away with it as it is.Originally Posted by wet willy
ignore the vain
Shout scream and bend things
Generalissimo Tea Boy
No, you're thinking of what happens when you find out the price of a new plastic choke body, ask if that's for both plus the cable and get a negative response. Didn't get me any money off though.Shout scream and bend things
3 Africa Twins/280,000 miles. If it's happened to one of mine, it's gonna happen to one of yours.....eventually.
1 Varadero/17,000 miles ridden (of 40,000 miles on the bike), it's all still new to me!
Mudplug
just one more question. Where do the small pipes go to and from the "y"connector????
Senior Member
one goes to the breather on the tank, one goes down through the bike to the bottom, and the third seems to hang there doing nothing !..
Mudplug
the third one was giving me the headache.
thanks for the info
off to buy the poxy "y" part
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