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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Reserve fuel tap
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<blockquote data-quote="wmg73141" data-source="post: 35718" data-attributes="member: 167"><p>On my Comet with a reserve tap I found it useful to extend the height of the reserve tube inside the tank because although there might seem to be plenty of fuel remaining when the main supply was empty on a static test, on the road the petrol seems quite capable of climbing over the upper frame member and into the non-reserve side leaving an indefinite but less than 10 miles worth of gas! </p><p></p><p>Later on I got another Comet, (£35.00 plus 1/2 a gallon of petrol to get it home). I bought it for spares but in the end never did have the heart to break it up, that one didn't have a push-me-pull-you-with-reserve type tap so I raised the pick-up tube on one side and ran it without any fuel starvation problems on just the one side. Unless you are a speed freak I don’t think it’ll bother a Rapide either if the fuel lines are good. </p><p></p><p>All that was fifty odd years ago but even then pushing a dry bike to the nearest petrol station was no fun even if I did happen to have the 3/9d for a gallon of petrol . . . </p><p></p><p>Back then eking out an apprentice’s pay packet was a very serious matter, now it’s eking out a state pension, nuffink much changes! I developed into a fine art the trick of turning off the fuel so that I would arrive home/work on the last drop in the carburettor to save on drips and evaporation!</p><p></p><p>'Appy days!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wmg73141, post: 35718, member: 167"] On my Comet with a reserve tap I found it useful to extend the height of the reserve tube inside the tank because although there might seem to be plenty of fuel remaining when the main supply was empty on a static test, on the road the petrol seems quite capable of climbing over the upper frame member and into the non-reserve side leaving an indefinite but less than 10 miles worth of gas! Later on I got another Comet, (£35.00 plus 1/2 a gallon of petrol to get it home). I bought it for spares but in the end never did have the heart to break it up, that one didn't have a push-me-pull-you-with-reserve type tap so I raised the pick-up tube on one side and ran it without any fuel starvation problems on just the one side. Unless you are a speed freak I don’t think it’ll bother a Rapide either if the fuel lines are good. All that was fifty odd years ago but even then pushing a dry bike to the nearest petrol station was no fun even if I did happen to have the 3/9d for a gallon of petrol . . . Back then eking out an apprentice’s pay packet was a very serious matter, now it’s eking out a state pension, nuffink much changes! I developed into a fine art the trick of turning off the fuel so that I would arrive home/work on the last drop in the carburettor to save on drips and evaporation! 'Appy days! [/QUOTE]
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