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Yes, they fit. The hole is larger for a larger amount volume to fuel pump. That's all.
I misunderstood..When I read the title, I thought it was about pets...
Thanks for the answer You would think someone went to the trouble to make a manual petcock, they would make one with a reserve.
rodekyll, so you are saying it can't be made?That explains why someone hasn't come up with one.Thanks for your input, I figured there must be a reason.Have the manual one now, PITA to turn it when my hand is cold, maybe carpal tunnel, IDK
You have a light for reserve. I did not design it.
OOOps. I posted a bad reply here -- thought it was the other fuel topic. Yes, I'm saying that given the single petcock on your tank you need to stay with the large diameter, single position petcock. I prefer the manual petcock in that it doesn't leak when off (makes taking the tank off easier). However, I'm not real thrilled with the thumbwheel valve. It tends to bind.
The fuel flowing through the pump cools and lubes it. If you put on a tap with a reserve, and run it dry and switch to reserve, you will eventually toast the pump.
This is not really an issue. Every time you start to run out of fuel on your injected bike do you worry about the fuel pump being run dry? So with a manual tap and a fuel pump when you start to run out of fuel the engine starts to cough and splutter and in the time it would take you to switch to reserve you're not going to damage the pump. If you run your bike out of fuel repeatedly same, same. As soon as the engine stops rotating the pump also stops. The whole fuel cooling and lubricating the pump and motor thing is a bit exaggerated in reality. Modern EFI engines don't use fuel taps in the main because they just aren't considered necessary anymore. The electric solenoid tap along with the vacuum operated tap were originally implemented for US DOT regulations that required the fuel feed system be fail safe shut in the event of an accident where the fuel tank was separated from the bike there wouldn't be fuel being expelled from an open fuel tap. Now with integral pumps and regs they are obsolete. The only time I ever operate the manual fuel tap on my V11 Sport is when I remove the tank, otherwise it's open all the time. Ciao
So what happens when an electric petcock fails?
I think the way they fail is the wires break off where they exit the body, strapping the wires to the valve body with a ty-wrap will prevent that.If the Valve fails you can pull it apart and remove the valve poppet.I must admit i'm a fan of the electric valve, I would never swap it out for a mechanical one that you might leave closed.The Low fuel light gives lots of warning.
When I had my VII Sport it just had the electric petcock on the left and the pressure relief valve on the right returning the fuel to a significant wasted volume on the right side of the hump.If you ran low you could tilt the bike over and access the fuel on the right but the pump just chucked it back again.I puzzled over that for a long time then I hit on a solution, I added an internal pipe to the relief valve return that directed the fuel over the hump to the left side.I'm not sure how effective this was because I sold the bike shortly after but it made me feel better LOL
I spent quite a lot of time looking at doing this using my spare tank and fittings I have but couldn't figure a way of doing it without having a foot long or more section of pipe unsupported inside the tank which I figured after a while being subjected to fuel sloshing around and vibration would eventually break. Flex hosing wasn't an option for much the same reason, trying to keep it positioned in the tank plus the return fuel is generally aerated and I didn't want to dump it straight back to the pump inlet. I gave up on the effort/reward ratio and decided to keep closer attention to my fuel quantity via the warning light and mileage indication.Ciao
I think it was less than 6", just has to be higher than the centre of the tank, i used a piece of instrument tubing or brake line, I can't recall the details now.
Minor thread hijack...If you are going to install manual on/off/ reserve in place of electric petcocks on a carbureted bike (Sport 1100), note that the fuel tank was designed with Reserve... Effective range on Reserve is about 10 miles.
I started this thread in hopes that someone made, or knew of a petcock from another bike would work.Never have run out, I keep track on my odometer. Places I ride seem like gas stations are closed down, or limited hours.So now I'll just carry these, especially on holidays when gas stations are closed.https://twistedthrottle.com/shop/luggage/fuel-bottles-and-mounts/msr-30oz-fuel-bottle/
Why? what's wrong with the manual version that's already available? No reserve? jamming? (which can be rectified) The manual screw tap is actually a good design just needs a little fettling.I think you could use any 5/16 outlet tap personally but you would need an adaptor to go from the 5/16 tap outlet to the 12mm pump inlet. Ciao