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Shep

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Can you simply turn the fuel cap 180 degrees to open to the rear rather than to the front?
This is a question regarding a 1987 K100RS and 1987 K100RT 8V.
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think that might cause probs with :

1.  Tank air (breathing ?? Embarassed  ) hole
2.   Waterdrain hole & pipe


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sidecar paul

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The tank doesn't breath through the cap, Olaf, there's a drain/overflow pipe which exits through the bottom of the tank that acts as the breather.

Turning the cap will cover the water drain hole though.
 If you really must turn it, Shep, then drilling a new drain hole opposite the existing hole should  work.

Paul.


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Swapping the side prop to the opposite side will help too. Wink


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MikeP wrote:Swapping the side prop to the opposite side will help too. Wink
I often wondered about that. I was working on a shopping centre with an Architect and he designed some motorcycle parking bays on the left of the traffic up against a wall. He had trouble understanding that it would not work because one always exits a motorbike on the left and you need space so the bikes would end up out in the traffic lane. He actually thought you could put a stand down either side.


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1984 K100RT 0022575 Brutus Baja Red 578 bought 36,000 now 89,150 miles
1997 K1100LT 0188024 Wotan Mystic Red 689 58,645 now 106,950 miles Deceased.
1983 K100RS 0011157 Fricka 606 Alaska Blue 29,495 miles Damn K Pox Its a Bat outta Hell Now 58,200 miles. 
1996 K1100LT 0233004 Lohengrin Mystic Red 38,000 miles currently 51,800 miles.
1983 K100RS 0004449 Odette R100 colours 58,000 miles. Sprint fairing now 63,390 miles

Past:
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1971 Yamaha 125 YAS-1
1968 Honda 125 SS
1970 Honda CD 175
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sidecar paul

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Quote 92
'He actually thought you could put a stand down on either side'
You can on a Vincent! Fuel Cap Orientation 1987 K100RS/RT 39723


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'51 Vincent (since '67),'72 Montesa Cota (from new), '87 Honda RS125R NF4 (bought 2015) 
....No CARS never ever!
    

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I use to have a little honda 125 trails that had a side stand on both sides, it was designed for hill farmers so you could park easily on hills.


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Thank you

    

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