Where is the fuel? Lifted fuel tank.

Originally Posted by lammypie

Im going to take pity on him.. i believe he was trying to say that he expected the fuel tank to be more box like in shape (instead of curving around the airbox) and that his suprise is that the fuel tank appears from the outside to be much larger than it is. its that shape to stop the fuel sloshing around so much that it unbalances the bike. besides if the whole space for the airbox was fuel tank i think it would have about a 1000 miles between fills giving the fuel time to go off (kinda clutching at straws)

think im gunna go try youtube some automotive hillbilly bodge jobs. fingers crossed for tesco bag fuel tank

This is exactly what I mean. Thank you, for once, someone with sense. And you Owenski I saw your picture in the end, thing is, you are missing the aluminium bag I was going on about.

Originally Posted by 5150

I was in the same boat the first time I lifted my tank to run the wiring for my heated grips, too.

"What the.... where does the fuel go?" Not knowing much about bike internals, I was expecting a more or less flat bottom to the tank - certainly not a dirty great airbox.

Everyone has to start somewhere, innit.

And again...thank you.

[yorkie_chris]

Only material point is you looked and did not see what is really happening.

Pretty sure you wrote "the fuel tank is just a lid".

You cannot ask a question about throttle bodies being a place of magic in your OP and then tell me that I am ridiculous for explaining to you how the fuel system actually works rather than calling you an idiot.
Well, you could, but you'd come across as a bit of a wazzock.

Originally Posted by BoomBoomBox

This is exactly what I mean. Thank you, for once, someone with sense. And you Owenski I saw your picture in the end, thing is, you are missing the aluminium bag I was going on about.

That "aluminium bag" is heat shield which is clipped to underside of fuel tank... so you can't see it in his pic

i never noticed you write anything reffering to an alloy, so its this;

As has been pointed out this is the heat sheild.

Generally speaking if something makes you say "WTF this cant be right" its prob that you've got it wrong and may be best if you look into a bit more before you post on here.
As others have said, you're not the first to think its a little odd, but you were the first to post it on here before figuring it out.

You'll get a lot of help from most people on here, but you've got to show you're willing to help yourself first. You took a crack at the hot grips which is mroe than some people are willing to do so you're on the right track, just try not to alienate people from here along the way.

[punyXpress]

Go to shop
Buy grapefruit
Cut in half
Eat the middle of one half
The bit that's left is your tank - even yellow

Originally Posted by punyXpress

Go to shop
Buy grapefruit
Cut in half
Eat the middle of one half
The bit that's left is your tank - even yellow

Just one, or loads? How many Miles-per-Grapefruit?

[punyXpress]

Originally Posted by boot

Just one, or loads? How many Miles-per-Grapefruit?

If BIKE can run a Daytona on apples . . .

[Biker Biggles]

I had a Laverda 750S.When I first rode it I went to fill up and noticed there was no fuel cap on the tank.Took me a while to discover the "tank" wasnt a tank at all,and the fuel cap was under the pillion seat.The "tank" was actually under the riders seat.
Everything is not always what it seems.

[yorkie_chris]

But you looked, applied logic, and saw how it was built...

Maybe this motor sickle does not run on fuel and is indeed magic , still waiting on pics of magic bag.