Keith Broughton
Tuned and Synch'ed
So I removed the gas tank on my 2009 V7C (7500 km)to do some cleaning and checking.
When I went to re-install it I was having no end of trouble.
The tank is designed with insets for the tank to slide onto the rubber mounts connected to the frame.
Turns out, the rubber mounts were about 25mm too narrow, measured from side to side, and the tank could slop from side to side as a result.
Put some spacers in the rubber mounts and got the lateral fit corrected.
Now I can't get the tail bolt back in as it's about 10mm offset,to the rear, from the nut!
WTF!!!
Had to shave some rubber off the mounts to allow the tank to go forward enough to allow the tail bolt to line up.
Also, there are 2 rubber hoses that fit onto 2 nipples on the tank that are so short I could barely get my fingers in to push them back on the nipples.
ARE YOU FKN KIDDING ME!?!?!?!?
What a sloppy assembly job on the tank! The tank and mounts were clearly way off and l can't believe someone at the factory let this go out the door.
I have worked on a LOT of bikes and have seen some "interesting" fittments but nothing like this.
This, and other factory problems I have read about, are pushing me to just sell the bike.
It's a nice bike, but not my only bike, and certainly not worth this kind of B/S.
Not all bad news today...Buffed up the rocker covers on a polishing wheel and they look nice now
When I went to re-install it I was having no end of trouble.
The tank is designed with insets for the tank to slide onto the rubber mounts connected to the frame.
Turns out, the rubber mounts were about 25mm too narrow, measured from side to side, and the tank could slop from side to side as a result.
Put some spacers in the rubber mounts and got the lateral fit corrected.
Now I can't get the tail bolt back in as it's about 10mm offset,to the rear, from the nut!
WTF!!!
Had to shave some rubber off the mounts to allow the tank to go forward enough to allow the tail bolt to line up.
Also, there are 2 rubber hoses that fit onto 2 nipples on the tank that are so short I could barely get my fingers in to push them back on the nipples.
ARE YOU FKN KIDDING ME!?!?!?!?
What a sloppy assembly job on the tank! The tank and mounts were clearly way off and l can't believe someone at the factory let this go out the door.
I have worked on a LOT of bikes and have seen some "interesting" fittments but nothing like this.
This, and other factory problems I have read about, are pushing me to just sell the bike.
It's a nice bike, but not my only bike, and certainly not worth this kind of B/S.
Not all bad news today...Buffed up the rocker covers on a polishing wheel and they look nice now