I removed my charcoal canister and I can tell you that the results were outstanding. My idle is normalized and my running is significantly improved. Most importantly, my fuel tank no longer pressurizes when it is in the sunlight.
***Words to the wise - I provide this for your information to use at your own discretion, and you alone are responsible for anything you decide to do to your own motorcycle. I STRONGLY suggest that you have a large table/working surface in order to lay out each part and it's associated nuts and bolts in a logical order which you can understand in order to reassemble it when you are done removing the canister. If you are foolish enough to simply just put the nuts and bolts all willy-nilly in a pile, please don't blame me if you cannot get it back together. Also, if you are not confident to decide how tight to tighten nuts and bolts based upon what they are holding, then DON'T DO THIS as you will probably crack fairing parts. Still confident you can do this? Fair enough... Good, let's begin.
***Note: As you will be removing the tank during this adventure, the less fuel you have in the tank for this procedure, the better. I would not do this on a full 8.5 gallon fuel tank!
***Words to the wise - I provide this for your information to use at your own discretion, and you alone are responsible for anything you decide to do to your own motorcycle. I STRONGLY suggest that you have a large table/working surface in order to lay out each part and it's associated nuts and bolts in a logical order which you can understand in order to reassemble it when you are done removing the canister. If you are foolish enough to simply just put the nuts and bolts all willy-nilly in a pile, please don't blame me if you cannot get it back together. Also, if you are not confident to decide how tight to tighten nuts and bolts based upon what they are holding, then DON'T DO THIS as you will probably crack fairing parts. Still confident you can do this? Fair enough... Good, let's begin.
***Note: As you will be removing the tank during this adventure, the less fuel you have in the tank for this procedure, the better. I would not do this on a full 8.5 gallon fuel tank!