The IMS tank comes in about a dozen colors. I'm assuming bmwhd and nobrakes chose the white so they can see the fuel level. They chose function over form so to speak.

What do you mean by getting the fuel out of the lower section? Are you talking about the last bit of gas at the very bottom? Those you can tilt the bike around but just with any tank, you are never going to get the last bit of drop out.
If you are implying that the bottom portion of the fuel tank is slightly lower than the carb, that is not a problem as gravity along with the vacuum will easily push the gas into the hose into the carb.

 

I'm talking about the front portion of the tank that drops below the petcock. For the sake of arguement lets say it holds 1/2 a gallon of gas on either side. With my deep knowledge of high school physics, gasoline does not travel uphill. Maybe you are right, vacuum may be the answer.

Now, to further complicate matters, how does the gas on the right get to the left?

 

I have the IMS tank, not the Acerbis, but I would guess that just normal sloshing about gets the gas where it needs to be. I doubt you need to do this:

 

Brian, thanks for the response. I guess what you say makes the most sense. It better than anything I can come up with. I would like to try the up side down method, but I think it would be the last thing I tried.

 

I know you said its easy but lets hear the install procedure.

Jim

 

Nevermind, just throw away the directions and install is a can a corn. I had some confusion how I was going to use the original petcock. As a paperweight as it turns out.

Jim

 

Marty, did you solve the choke problem?

What about replacing the choke "rod" with a longer one and putting the pull handle on the other side of the rubber hose?

tim

 

Tim,

Thanks for your input. Actually I kind of inadvertantly solved the choke problem.

I went to a #40 pilot jet - choke? "We don't need no steekin' chokes!"

Living in a warm climate kind of takes away the need now.

However great minds think alike. I was going to do that, or shorten it. Shortening it might make a bit of sense. When something is made longer, it is also normally made more vulnerable!

 

Switching to the #40 pilot jet you really don't need the choke when its warm out. How hard is the choke lever to operate with the acerbis? Up here in PA its gets cold sometimes and I need to use the choke.

 

I can still work the choke as it is. The fuel line is soft enough to deflect and let you open the choke.