How to, remove the fuel tank and change spark plugs ,air filter etc.

Maintenanceman
By Maintenanceman in Servicing & Technical Questions.,
Easy job, if you have some tools and dont have your thumb in the middle of the palm :laugh: Tools required: - Bike key to remove the seat - 12mm wrench to remove the fuel tank - Long nose pliers, will help you a lot - Two clamp pliers to plug the fuel lines, feed line, and return line - 17mm wrench to remove the fuel hose from fuel rail - 10mm key, to take away coils - Fuel line seals, in case you need them, they are bacically aluminium washers - "Philips head" screwdriver, to remove the airbox lid and airbox from throttle bodies - Clean airfilter, you may want to change it at the same time - Sparkplug wrench, that what may be in your bikes tool kit will do also - New plugs Here are the photos and How to. Take of your seat, and remove these bolts to get the fuel tank loose. Disconnect fuelpump connector, its on the left side of the bike, on the side. Lift the tank from the back of it so that you can reach the fuel line connectors, breather hoses, returnline and that fuel rail connection on the left side. This is the return line, longnose pliers will help you. Clamp the hose Clamp the fuel feed hose, and open the connector with 17mm key, there will be some fuel coming out, be careful. Dont loose the seals, you may use them again. These are the breather hoses, attached to the bottom of the tank, may be tight, just twiggle them and they will come out, no clamps here. Now you can take away the tank, pull it littlebit backwards and lift from the front, put it somewhere safe. Then you see the airbox, take away these coils, 10mm key, dont loose these "nuts". Unplug the intake temp and pressure sensor, you see also the screws ("philips head") that holds the airbox lid, open them, dont drop any. Then take away the lid. Take away the aircleaner, i have a K&N, it was dirty so i washed it (and oiled) Take away these "cones" three philips head screws each, DONT drop any, they shouldnt if the setup is original.
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