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Hi TedWatch out for these cheap Chinese filtersThey are generally not good with normal super unleaded and from experience definitely not ethanol proofDue to the fuel tap filter not being in good condition I had some and the first one was attacked and the glue joint failed and for the second one fitted, fuel started over a period of time to dissolve the internals and made the fuel sitting in the filter turn yellow, and I think the dissolved plastic can then wind up in the carbs jets and re hardened when the fuel is not presentIn the end fitted one of these all metal types that obviously are petrol proof for all grades of fuelhttps://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aeroline-Alloy-Fuel-Petrol-Diesel-Inline-Filter-1-4-6mm-For-MOTORCYCLE-SCOOTER-/173734676326?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m2548.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Thanks for the info chaps, although dear, I've ordered the one you suggested which is ethanol proof (apparently) and presumably made of hand beaten gold. :oI wont have cash to eat this week as a result and back on sawdust and wallpaper paste but it should do the do! Thanks all for the heads up.I had a look at those filters Ted for exactly the same reason, as it's a freshly done tank and want to keep my eye on the debris but decided against it due to size. They're for cars and are so big you either end up crimping the fuel line or it hanging out on a long bit of tube to get the required delivery. I get you on the idea for the right angle delivery to allow for a bit more wiggle room, theres not much real estate under there. In the end I went for a tiny, flat, clear one that sits parallel with the bottom of the frame. at 90 deg to the carbs and then it can attach above and direct feed heh union on the carbs. I've mounted it on velco which I buy by the sheet which has carpet tape on the bottom of it, it NEVER comes off and would sooner pull the paint and a chunk of frame with it rather than the adhesion go, its great stuff. I bought it for mounting the battery and associated electrical gubbins under the seat in the tray that turned out only just big enough. It meant I couldnt get any battery straps in with any degree of tidyness so decided to use velcro. Worked a treat. You need two hands to get the battery of the tray now its that good.Top info as ever cheers all
Not for the purest but anybody purists looking at the bike will be moaning about the front and rear disc conversion rather than a position of a fuel filter and how could I carry out this type of wonton vandalism of a classicAye but its vandalism for a reason, whether financial, performance or sheer want, who cares its not their bike I like a period correct bike thats completely OE but sometimes you simply have to......... for what ever reason. I wont do form over function though, thats a silly idea. some of the tyres and running gear they're putting on these "cafe racer/brat/desert sled thingies is incredible. I'm no racer, I can cab on if required when the need appears but some of the awful stuff they're 'gluing' and making fit onto these bikes is simply against physics and ultimately safety. Anway old fart rant over Almost as much of a sin as owning a non matching numbers RD350LC..........However, you ARE showing off now , and besides that one under the covers is not a matching frame so give over, it looks nothing like one, the engine bolt, lock washers and colour of the heads on the bottom yolk clamps are all wrong