What is a decent replacement, and where can I get it?
Most every bike shop should have fuel line. I prefer Motion Pro.
Make the lines a little longer than stock so you have more to work with when you need to lift up the tank.
But don't make them too long, or your chain will eat through them right before your weekend trip that you've been planning for a year. Murphy's Law.
Quote from: JAS6377 on March 04, 2014, 10:32:25 AM
But don't make them too long, or your chain will eat through them right before your weekend trip that you've been planning for a year. Murphy's Law.
That happens if you route the lines wrong.
They go above the thick round frame cross member, not below it. They will never hit the chain routed that way.
As you can see here:
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Oops... I'll have to scoot them around, then.
Edit: To contribute more to this thread, you can also grab fuel lines from your local auto parts store. I get mine from Advance. It also may not be a bad idea to replace the stock clamps with band clamps. Or I might just be paranoid lol.
Another tip:
* When putting fuel lines on the tank, do the short nipple first.
* In the future, remove fuel lines from the frame petcock rather than the tank one when you remove the tank. Much much easier. We clamp the fuel line at the frame petcock. Pull it off. Shove a rubber nipple in to keep fuel from coming out.(We also turn off the tank petcock)
* You can unbolt the frame petcock to make work easier.
Lowes Home Improvment around here has bulk fuel line that you can by 10' its clear but it works great and allows you to replace it often. I replaced mine over the summer due to cracking. Also they have bulk hose clamps. Make sure that it is fuel rated hose.
If i was replacing my fuel lines just out of curiosity i would research Stainless Steel.
I've never seen any stainless that did not have a rubber core, at the cost of bulk fuel line it would be hard to justify stainless steel. It might look sweet though, on second though though I wouldn't think there would be enough room to connect it to the tank.
Stainless fuel lines are a HUGE PITA to work with. I switched back to standard rubber lines after one season. They look sweet, but they're stiff and tend to fray at the ends, and then poke your fingers if you need to do any kind of work on them. If you're thinking about them for looks, I have a few pics I could post.
Quote from: JAS6377 on March 04, 2014, 07:55:40 PM
Stainless fuel lines are a HUGE PITA to work with. I switched back to standard rubber lines after one season. They look sweet, but they're stiff and tend to fray at the ends, and then poke your fingers if you need to do any kind of work on them. If you're thinking about them for looks, I have a few pics I could post.
Tempting if u could buy purpose-made factory lines,but i havn't seen any.