Need to remove ful tank to send it away for new paint-jobbie,
Is this a job for an amatuer of should i get someone more competent than me???

Have heard you can get air-locks in fuel system

 

It's a pretty easy job and you shouldn't have problems with air in the system...

 

cool...just had another look at it seems the pet-**** may be the only prob ..how do i stop the fuel coming out?

 

Biggest Pain in the A$$...is getting out as much of the gas as possible...other than that, fairly easy job!!

 

Naaahh.. Piece of cake. I would invest in a maintainence manual, since it has pics and exact procedure on how this should be done. I'm sure others have posted procedure also.

Basically:
- remove fuel pump fuse
- crank bike over a couple of secs. Purges any high pressure in gas line.
- remove quick-disconnect.
- "disconnect" negative side of battery in the event of sparks.
- drain tank. Gotta be quick doing this OR you'll have gas spilling out. Extra hand will help, but not necessary. You need to remove the crossover hose to remove tank. Can do this in 2 ways. One with the least amount of gas spillage is use 2 clamps. Clamp each end towards the middle of crossover, and then cut crossover. Then, just get a hose larger size O.D. than the crossover, and place over either side of the crossover. Other end of the larger hose goes into a container to hold the gas you are draining. Remove the clamp and drain. Another way is to use one clamp. Clamp crossover either side, then other side from tank nipple, and quickly replace with either same size diameter hose or larger size O.D. Other end of the larger hose goes into a container to hold the gas you are draining. Wait until gas is drained.
- Once drained, remove front and rear tank bolts.
- Lift front of tank enough to get your fingers until the fuel gauge connector. Should be on left side running along the front part of mainframe backbone.
- Now you can just lift off.
- If you cut the Crossover line (option 1), replace. I replaced mine with a nice stainless crossover. Otherwise reconnect original crossover. Just make sure hose conforms back to original shape, since clamps were used.

good luck, take your time and just be careful. Playing around with fuel so have rags and adequate ventillation. Any spills on floor clean up good and even wash the bike down afterwards. I'm really cautious so I always start up the bike in a different location (usually outside since I do my work in the garage) from the work area until I'm sure I cleaned the area.

 

Yep, shop manual........ then just ride around the block until you run out of gas.

 

fantastic advice guys just saved all advice to "favourites " until job done.
Cant believe i was nearly outof gas yesterday pulled into a petrol station filled up then thought....oh boll8x!
Will have to drain and stick it in thelawn mower

 

Got one of those chain hoists?!?

You could remove the fuel filler cap and then turn the bike upside down.

 

It's gonna be one kick *** lawn mower with premium in it!!

 

crawdadAZ, I like that idea. Just tell the ol'lady I'll be back in a few hours..