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Old Jul 21, 2012 | 06:25 PM
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Yesterday I took the tank trim off the bike. I let it sit in the sun for a while and tried to use dental floss, but it kept on breaking, so I used some fishing line and made sure to pull away from the bike. I used some 3M adhesive remover to get the excess tape and glue off and the paint underneath looked great.

I knew the stock gas cap stuck up too high, so I went to the local dealer to look around since they had a sale going on this weekend. Turns out they make a flush mount gas cap for the Sportsters and I bought it.

The tank definitely looks bigger without the trim, not that it's a bad thing. That flush mount caps cleans everything up nicely too.
 

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Old Jul 21, 2012 | 08:47 PM
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I'm using the flush mount cap too ( geez I gotta update my pic) and yoy're right, it makes the tank look SO much different! Good for you!!
 
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Old Jul 21, 2012 | 09:32 PM
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sounds cool...do u have any pics of it afterwards....can u see any seam or anything?....ryan
 
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Old Jul 22, 2012 | 01:01 AM
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I knew I forgot something!

 
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