24 litre tank mod

[grog]

did this a while back, thanks Speedy. impressed with how fast i can fill her up. just had two warnings flashing, fitted 22 litres in. i reckon thats 23.5 in tank. around another 30ks tank range. unreal. my warning is, if you fill to top, only do when about to go at least 30/40ks before stopping/parking.20 to 25 miles in uk distance. otherwise extra will end up out overflow. ask me how i know.

[seth]

 

[Speedy1959]

Totaly agree grog..
I only fill to the brim if im about to go on a long run.
The point is that now we have the choice.

Glad you found the mod useful mate.

S.

[Mick_J]

did this a while back, thanks Speedy. impressed with how fast i can fill her up. just had two warnings flashing, fitted 22 litres in. i reckon thats 23.5 in tank. around another 30ks tank range. unreal. my warning is, if you fill to top, only do when about to go at least 30/40ks before stopping/parking.20 to 25 miles in uk distance. otherwise extra will end up out overflow. ask me how i know.

Okay, I'll fall for it.  How do you know? 

[KiwiCol]

Just a re-cap on this mod, filled up today just after the last bar came on & the fuel symbol was there flashing.  Book says there's 6L left at this point (On K5 - K7) I got 20.21L in it, this is the 2nd time I've got 20L in at the first sign of the last bar.  Reckon I can get 26L in mine, so I can calculate fuel usage on max of 24L, giving me a range of 420 - 450k if I ride nice.  Otherwise it drops off to around 350 - 380k depending on how manic the throttle movement is. 

[Tony Nitrous]

[VladTepes]

So what's the right way to make said hole ?

[Andre]

Certainly one that doesn't leave metal shavings in your tank!

[grog]

No.2 phillips, a decent whack with hammer. Job done.

[Tony Nitrous]

I shoved a rag into the tank, and used a large bent nail to start it off, I put the bend in the nail, (the tiny breather hole is hard to get at with a screwdriver) then went medium Philips then large Philips screwdrivers.

[Speedy1959]

Well done Tony..
I wodged some foam into the filler hole just in case I created a spark...
A very good mod that doesnt really do any harm.. (Even if I do say so myself)..

[Tony Nitrous]

I normally get serious about fuel around 300ks.

Now I've done the mod for a while I thought I'd see how far I could stretch it.

Told the Mrs to keep here phone to hand and took my RACQ card just in case!

Filling the tank a fraction over my new hole punched in the neck (too far / high really but it was cool at 6am and I was about to hit the highway at 100kph) I didn't fill up again on this mornings run.

I just pulled into the drive with the last fuel bar on my KOSO dash flashing like crazy.

Trip metre says 381k's / 236 miles.

Some highway cruising but an equal amount of mountain and country roads.

[KiwiCol]

380K is great Tony - I assume it was a fairly spirited ride (as usual for you!) and not an 'economy' run?   Just thinking if it was all normal highway riding, you'd easily get past 400k

[Tony Nitrous]

380K is great Tony - I assume it was a fairly spirited ride (as usual for you!) and not an 'economy' run?   Just thinking if it was all normal highway riding, you'd easily get past 400k

It was pretty average.

On the longer open sections I was sitting at a bit over the 100k speed limit, but I did have a few revs on / lower gears around the twisty sections / mountains. I was a bit surprised, I was expecting 320 to 340, although I did over fill it a bit and was using premium 98 fuel that it's been mapped for.

Not sure it's 100% accurate but it's an improvement and I'm happy.

[grog]

Filled mine last thursday. Reckon i had 3 litres left and 20.2 went in easily. Didnt try to brim it. Works well that trick.