Jack_650
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When I put my tour tank on the back I took the front fuel fitting in to get a hose to match. Remember that you need to get a two-to-one "T" fitting to get both both gas lines into the carb. And, and this is a big AND, you want to put an inline shut-off valve in the line from the extra tank. Mine is under the back of the left side of my seat so I can reach it when going down the road. Our bikes sip the gas so a small hose isn't really an issue, but it's still best to go as big as you can.
You need the cut-off valve because if you fill both tanks and start down the road, the tank that's highest (in my case the aux. tank on the back) will gravity feed into the lower tank. Nothing quite like getting your leg soaked with gasoline coming out around your main tank filler cap on a hot August day while stuck in traffic.
Get an angled fitting to come out of your tank instead of one that comes straight out. Also get an in line fuel filter for the back tank. Mine is a metal screw together that lets me take out the filter element for cleaning/replacement.
Around town the way I work it is I fill both tanks, shut off the back tank and run on the front tank to lower it's contents before the tank heats up and expands the fuel. After I get it down a half gallon or so, I shut off the front tank and open up the valve for the back tank. Gravity feeds the fuel to the carb and I go down the road until it sputters. Then I switch back to the front tank.
On long trips I do things differently. I'll run on the front tank until it gets fairly low. Then I switch back to the extra tank and run it dry, switching back to the main where I know there's still some gas AND the reserve. Then it's really time to start looking for a station. But since I have a five gallon Harley tank on the front and a four gallon tank on the back, my bottom tells me to get off the bike long before I run the risk of walking.
Jack
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