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Nov 30, 2011 | 07:49 PM

RollingBurn

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Gas Caps

New to the forum here and I have a question about gas caps on my softail custom.

I am looking to get a new set and see in the J&P cycles mag the sets only have the right side vented. Do both need to be vented caps or is one vented side fine?

Thanks in advanced.

Nov 30, 2011 | 08:24 PM

driv3rx

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no,tanks are vented to each other with vent tube under dash

Nov 30, 2011 | 08:31 PM

watchluvr4ever

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Sorry but I may be ignorant about the model bike you have but isn't one side where your fuel gauge is at or does that not apply to your bike?

Nov 30, 2011 | 11:15 PM

Fatbob usmc EOD

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I think I might know what you are getting at. You might be wondering what to do with the gas gauge side of the bike since it doesn't have a screw in fitting. I was wanting to put on a set of matching caps from RSD on my bike. I was stuck but RSD recently came out with matching gas gauge side caps that press in like the fuel gauge. The question I have now is will my miles remaining counter still work without a fuel gauge attached to it.

http://www.rolandsands.com/products/...-Cap-Black-Ops

Nov 30, 2011 | 11:28 PM

UT-rckr

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Miles to empty should still work as it goes off of sending unit, not gas gauge I believe

Nov 30, 2011 | 11:47 PM

Fatbob usmc EOD

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Cool. Thanks for the reply. I might have to bump that mod up the list then. I like most of RSD's stuff but the caps are one of the few things that are actually affordable for me.

Dec 1, 2011 | 07:15 AM

Misbehaven

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I have been looking at the RSD caps as well. I will probably go with the RSD gear black ops caps for my Lo. I think that their contrast cut caps are just a bit to much silver showing for my bike.

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Dec 1, 2011 | 01:14 PM

Rocker_Dan

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Originally Posted by Fatbob usmc EOD

I have just found that it won't work if you just remove the guage and put the dummy in its place

I had to remove the guage part from the original one & conect it back up. Then you can drop it into the space before putting the dummy cap over it

Hope this helps

Dec 4, 2011 | 09:15 AM

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dansax

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From: Pt. Jeff Sta. L.I., N.Y.

I took the gas gauge off and made my own compression fitting. It works great. The only thing is the miles to empty function won't work. I use the trip meter and fill up every 150 miles or so. I think if I find the right resistance module I can get it to work. Oh yeah, your low fuel icon stays on all the time. I thinks it's worth it to get rid of the foul looking gas caps they put on.

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