How to Drain the Fuel Tank

[BigEasy]

I need to pull my tank for a repaint after I gouged the left side by not paying attention to the bracket clearance for my Barkbusters. I have about a gallon of gas in the tank, how does one go about draining it? Thanks Keith

[ka5ysy]

Pull the tank (watch for the wiring harness and tank disconnects), and dump it. The bolt holding it in the mount is on the left side of the bike (port side!) under the plastic trim on that side. Remove the trim on the right (starboard) side too.

[boxermoose]

You can take a 1/2 of a quick disconnect with a length of hose and use the fuel pump to get most of it

[BigEasy]

Thanks guys. I've mellowed over my overreaction to immediately paint the tank. When I did it it was under a canopy at night and it appeared to have gone down to bare metal. Upon further inspection in the sunlight it just chipped the black down to the white primer. I may just live with it so I don't have to worry about keeping it pristine.

[sky_sailor]

Place large funnel into gas tank on lawn mower. Remove tank from bike. Invert open tank over large funnel.

[lewellen]

Thanks guys. I've mellowed over my overreaction to immediately paint the tank. When I did it it was under a canopy at night and it appeared to have gone down to bare metal. Upon further inspection in the sunlight it just chipped the black down to the white primer. I may just live with it so I don't have to worry about keeping it pristine.

If you keep it that way, make sure you wash, dry and wax it regularly.

You might not have gone down to bare metal, but the exposed surface still isn't meant to be seeing the elements 24/7. Keeping a good coat of wax on there is cheap insurance.

Good roads,

- Lewellen

[BigEasy]

Thanks for the heads up Lewellen. But I am aware of what you're saying. I had heard in the past that primers can be (uuuhhhh, can't think of the $0.25 word right now, hydro somthing) very susceptible to wicking water. At a minimum I'll get a bottle of touch up paint to dob on it. But I'm afraid that the more I look at it the more it'll bug me and it'll get painted over the winter.

[djskriff]

Hygroscopic I think is the word you're looking for.

(and yes, I just dropped my pocket protector, chemistry geek edition...)