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Title: fuel line disconnects--impressions?
Post by: mac on September 17, 2012, 04:09:27 PM

Has anyone installed fuel line disconnects on their brick?

I was considering a set offered by BeemerBoneyard (http://www.beemerboneyard.com/cpcqkdiscon.html)

Seems like i'm frequently needing to get under the tank. Generally I try to avoid the hassle of disconnecting the lines, which means I can only pull the tank back a few inches, and I have to precariously balance the tank on the frame somewhere. It seems like a disaster waiting to happen.

Title: Re: fuel line disconnects--impressions?
Post by: sh00ter on September 24, 2012, 10:09:42 PM

Bought the very same.  Best mod. No regrets.  Just do it. 

Title: Re: fuel line disconnects--impressions?
Post by: frankenduck on September 24, 2012, 11:46:34 PM

Just something else to fail.  KISS. JMHO.

Title: Re: fuel line disconnects--impressions?
Post by: jsb on September 27, 2012, 11:18:55 PM

I've used these (http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/product/11368/Motorcycle_Jiffy_Tite_Fuel_Line_Disconnects (http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/product/11368/Motorcycle_Jiffy_Tite_Fuel_Line_Disconnects)) on my K1200LT and on my Ural for a couple of years now. Not a drop leaked, even on the Ural, which spends a lot of town bouncing around on dirt roads.

Title: Re: fuel line disconnects--impressions?
Post by: CRASH on September 28, 2012, 10:38:42 AM

Newer bricks (plastic tank bricks) all have quick disconnects, but they are plastic and crap.  Everyone goes with the metal ones from Beemerboneyard and all is right with the world.

Title: Re: fuel line disconnects--impressions?
Post by: Lawrence on September 28, 2012, 02:58:25 PM

I'm solid with the Duck on this issue.  I can't fathom why one should introduce an extra part that potentially will fail if it in not necessary. I'll be the first to admit I've struggled at times to remove the fuel tank on my R100RS; but, in the final analysis a fuel line with two ends seems far better than a fuel line with four.