1 Fuel Tank Cleaning Sun Sep 28, 2014 8:06 pm
Hairball
active member
So...I've had my 1985 K100 for exactly one week. I've noticed the following items:
It has twice as many cylinders as my '63 R60.
It has twice as many volts as well.
It has brakes.
These items are intimidating to be sure, but I can read a manual as well as the next neanderthal, and I haven't found a decent description of how to clean out the fuel tank.
Have you looked in one of these things??? It's not just a curvacious bucket with a threaded thingy at the lowest bit...there's all kinds of plumbing, tubing and what not in there! Not only that, but I found (since the bike had been sitting since 1996) the most atrocious mung in the crevices and corners of the damn thing. This stuff is as black, gritty and gummy as the stuff that lives in the hearts of investment bankers (sorry if you're an investment banker, but...c'mon, you know what I'm sayin;).
My question for you that have gone before me is this; How can you effectively clean a K-bike tank without defiling the environment, setting yourself on fire, or having your sweetheart insist that you strip down on the front stoop because you stink of gas gone bad?
Hairball
It has twice as many cylinders as my '63 R60.
It has twice as many volts as well.
It has brakes.
These items are intimidating to be sure, but I can read a manual as well as the next neanderthal, and I haven't found a decent description of how to clean out the fuel tank.
Have you looked in one of these things??? It's not just a curvacious bucket with a threaded thingy at the lowest bit...there's all kinds of plumbing, tubing and what not in there! Not only that, but I found (since the bike had been sitting since 1996) the most atrocious mung in the crevices and corners of the damn thing. This stuff is as black, gritty and gummy as the stuff that lives in the hearts of investment bankers (sorry if you're an investment banker, but...c'mon, you know what I'm sayin;).
My question for you that have gone before me is this; How can you effectively clean a K-bike tank without defiling the environment, setting yourself on fire, or having your sweetheart insist that you strip down on the front stoop because you stink of gas gone bad?
Hairball