| Author | Message | ||
     Jimustanguitar |
Is there a proper way to drain the fuel in the frame? I'm going to start working on mine and figured it would be easier to pull the frame if it didn't have 4 gallons of gas in it. Is there a line that I should pull, or a drain valve somewhere? Sorry for the obvious question. I don't have my manual in front of me. | ||
| Froggy |
 Just remove the drain plug. | ||
| Jimustanguitar |
Derp. Doesn't get much easier than that, thanks! I can't find the "separate frame from engine" button or the "adjust valve shims" switch in that view... enhance...  | ||
| Froggy |
The second I find that button I'm doing my own valve checks | ||
| Hootowl |
FYI, it is recommended to REPLACE the drain plug if it gets removed. I bought a new one when I drained my XB, but the old one looked fine, so I dabbed some blue locktite on it and reused it. Still have the new one. Old one has not fallen out or leaked. Don't know why the recommendation is what it is. | ||
| Cataract2 |
Froggy, wrong. The drain plug is on the left side of the frame just above the belt. You will have to remove the sprocket cover to get to it. (Message edited by cataract2 on January 07, 2014) | ||
| Froggy |
 There you go, that's what happens when you rush | ||
| Cataract2 |
Funny Frog. You are still wrong with the picture you showed. Here's a cut of the procedure for draining the tank. This includes a picture showing the left side of the tank.  | ||
| Jcjohnson33 |
Nice flipped pic. Cataract2 is correct remove the front drive cover and on the frame on the side at bottom is an silver allen screw with copper washer. That's the drain. | ||
| Hootowl |
Froggy, the drain plug is where your picture shows, but on the XB, not the 1125. | ||
| Jimustanguitar |
The copper washer is probably the part that the manual considers consumable and actually needs to be replaced. | ||
| Cataract2 |
Well Hootowl, actually the fuel pump on the XB is on the left side of the frame and yes, the drain plug is on the fuel pump. Yet, his picture is of the 1125 frame, which would confuse folks as it certainly doesn't look like the XB and is the wrong location for the 1125. | ||
| Hootowl |
That was kinda my point, Ryan. | ||
| Firstbuell |
so where do I drain the fuel from my M2's frame - the middle? | ||
| Reepicheep |
Oh, that's easy. Here is how I did it on my M2. First, it is important that you start with a sloped driveway. Turn off the petcock, remove the tank from the bike, and perch it on a milk crate with the fuel line pointing into a 2 gallon gas can. It's critical this be done on the sloped driveway (for reasons that will be apparent shortly). Turn on the petcock and let the fuel start flowing and go do some other twiddling on the bike. Look over and notice your 2 gallon fuel tank is now overflowing and rush over to stand in a pool of gasoline while turning off the petcock. Don't smoke. Get a second gas can. Start the petcock again, and take the first drooling dripping gas can over to clean up while the tank is draining again. Make sure your back is to the draining M2 tank. As you clean the gas can, the nagging worry that was lurking in your subconcious but that you couldn't identify will rear its ugly head and stare you in the face and say "you realize, don't you, that the center of gravity for an empty M2 tank is probably different than the center of gravity for a full M2 fuel tank, right?" That lets you turn around at *exactly* the moment the now mostly empty M2 tank tips off the milk crate, and goes tumbling down your sloped driveway spraying gasoline and getting all scratched up. Bang, splash, bang, splash. Look around and see if anyone saw you. That was my process anyway. Your mileage may vary.  | ||
| Brother_in_buells |
Reep ,you have a nice sense of humor  | ||
| Firstbuell |
Reep - ouch! | ||
| Nuts4mc |
...Gravity NEVER stops working |
