Keeping the fuel fresh

The seat came out awesome!! Before:...

Today we do a fuel filter, spark plugs, and service the steering stem bearing. Don't know exactly what this crap was in my fuel tank, but it's not in there anymore....

You can replace the pump for $30, if your real, real careful with disassembly. Just hope that 1. it works & 2 it fixes the cutting out problemo. Otherwise its orf to the dealer for him to rape &am...

Always a good feeling! Wish they stayed this pretty....

This bike had an Ewarts dual push-pull petcock that combined the main and reserve valves into a single unit. It had been leaking badly when I last rode it 30 years ago, and I'm sure whatever fuel was...

I'm getting ready to paint the tank and fenders. To ramp up to this there is all the standard sheet metal prep work, but before that, I wanted to make sure the tank was in good enough shape to use....

Now it is just rust to deal with. There are a lot of ways to remove rust from steel. One way is acids. Strong ones like muriatic (hydrochloric), or weaker ones like phosphoric, acetic (vinegar), ci...

The only other oriface in the tank is for the fuel petcock. To eliminate as many external sources of leaks as possible, I decided not to use the petcock, but use a simple hose barb adaptor instead....

The leak was where the rear mounting tab was welded to the tank. It looked like an incompete weld, or a weld may have pulled loose or cracked. This would likely be a high stress area, and it's possi...

After I posted the above, I got a couple of messages that I had overlooked one potential source of leaks. The way I plugged the filler neck with an expanding stopper put the filler neck joint outside...

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Get out and ride!...

Had a nice day at Fuel Cleveland....