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FUEL TANK OPENING

Thread starter kep-up
Start date Apr 18, 2015

PistonBlown

Active member

Apr 23, 2015

Suggest you look at the tip by "Tip from Luke (Blue Dog) RT" near the bottom of the following page of Martins site in Australia:
http://spyderryders.net.au/index.html

He got someone to drill a 3/16 hole in the bit you're planning to remove and this was enough to allow him to fill the tank. This seems a safer bet than removing it completely though you'd still need to watch for sparks etc.

As Martin said my worry would be the venting canister you could do a canisterectomy as well (good article on this in the DIY section)

Disclaimer - I'm not recommending you do it I'm just mentioning it as an option