Lengthening the Fuel Line

[snakemeister]

 I just replaced original the fuel lines on my '97 Tourer.While I was at it I I made the line that connects to the tank longer. It makes it so much easier to remove the tank.The worse part is you have to remove the airbox to replace the fuel lines.

[BradValk48237]

You might want to be careful....

If you have too long a line it may kink at the bend once it gets warm.

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[John Schmidt]

You may have created a problem for yourself with a longer fuel line. When it gets warm from engine heat it will tend to sag and create a low spot. That in turn often causes fuel starvation when the tank gets below half full. Since these are gravity fed engines, everything has to run "downhill" at all times from the petcock on forward. Hope this doesn't give you trouble but keep an eye on it as the tank gets low. The weight of the fuel in the tank gets low enough that it won't overcome the slight sag in the line.

[snakemeister]

 I made sure the loop was above the carbs and below the tank.After I got the tank back on I rode seven miles out to a place that has ethanol free gas and it held four gallons.I had just put a new petcock on along with the fuel lines so I was really watching how it ran. It ran just great.

[John Schmidt]

Let the tank run down almost to the point of needing to be on Reserve. That's where you'll start having trouble if it's going to act up.

[Tropic traveler]

I made mine about 1/2" longer than stock. No problems & it does make it easier to reassemble.