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I did (do) think that, though I guess you're about to teach me it doesn't due to force to the outside of the curve or something like that I presume?!?But is that a constant? I mean the ad in acceleration, deceleration, changing the arc etc?You're obviously entering into an area where my physics is weak, but I'm willing to learn.
Ok mate good on you.When you lean the bike over, there is gravity trying to drag it down on it's side, (gravity acts toward the Earth's core) and the opposite to Centripetal force ( erroneously referred to as centrifugal force) trying to throw it out sideways, ( we'll call it centrifugal force, 'cos we all know what we mean).This is the force you feel in a car when going 'round a turn.The sum (or total reaction) of these two forces is the RESULTANT force and it acts directly down through your torso and the contact patch of the tyres.This Kev, has to be the case or the bike would tip toward the "outside" of the turn, like a sidecar rig wants to do in a right hand turn ( in your country).If you want an example of the downward gravitational vector that I first mentioned, go out to one of your bikes and lean it over to the left while stationary, that familiar weight you bear, is gravity trying to throw it on it's side, and the "centrifugal" (sic) force is fighting to pick it up.When they are in balance, the total is down through the centre line.Now in a balanced left turn for instance, the bike is leaning to the left and the force of gravity is trying to keep the surface of the fuel horizontal, and the "centrifugal" force is trying to throw it outward to cause the fuel surface to be vertical. They add up together to balance in the middle.The best example is water in a bucket.Fill it to an inch from the top and hold it with a straight arm, start to spin around, and you'll see that the surface remains parallel to the top lip of the bucket.Same as in your tank.Glad you asked ?Accelerations will throw the fuel mass fore or aft for sure, but only until the change of velocity (acceleration) ceases, then normal service will be resumed.
Lucian , the OP isn't going back to carbs , he is just trying to figure out how to adapt a gas tank from a carbed model to an injected bike . Dusty
I'd never argue that most people who have bikes like a Tuono can't use a fraction of what they are capable of. Nor would I argue that the majority of the folks who own them can be, and often are, a menace to themselves or others. Pete
I concur, but it's still stupid fun.
See my comment above. I replace my f.i. tank with a Lemans 3 tank. The double petcock outlets had the same threads as the stock f.i. tank. I put the original f.i. petcock on the left side and the fuel pressure regulator on the right. I have seen pictures of the set up in reverse. I made up a threaded weld nipple out of a hydraulic hose fitting and welded onto the tank before drilling a hole. After welding the threaded nipple on, I drilled through the tank. I made up a nut fitting with female threads that match the nipple threads out of a female hydraulic hose fitting with matching threads. Slid the stock f.i. fuel level sending unit in, fed the wires through nut, tightened the nut up. No leaks. Reads full brightness with a little over 1 u.s. gallon left in the tank.
Perhaps this topic is over now?
I expect you get some sort of warning when you get low on gas, I don't believe it will harm the pump
I see your point KevM, but I take the opposite view to "All in all, I don't expect it will be fun.[/e]"It will be fun, thats the point. Maybe it will work, maybe it won't. It will be fun to try but! And thats the point also the only way to know is to try! lets put it this way, My first try of making side covers that hinged but had no rivet or bolts on view failed after a short while. The missus said "thats a shame!" I said 'Not really, now I get the fun of trying a different style.And for Kiwi Roy, these are a few weeks ago, It looks even better now,,,, and Im not finished.Best compliment was a great mate who has been away for a month came round, saw the bike and could not believe it was my 'Jackal' Whoo Hoo!Andyweb hosting png
What's not to love about an electric petcock, I've had 3 with never a problem.
I've seen more than a few fail. Wire breaks off, internal fault and it just stops working or the worst one - internal fault causes a short through the tank.
