This might have been answered before, but none of the key words I used could find anything of note. So here goes.
It is exceedingly annoying that the bike won't run without the fuel pump connected to the pigtail. However, I understand it.
That said, it is super easy to rig another fuel supply or even run a longer hose off the existing tank to the common lines going to the throttle bodies. But, getting around the fuel pump issue is much more difficult.
Has anyone have a better solution? Is the solution to make your own extended pigtail?
You do realize the injection system needs some significant pressure to operate properly. Simply bypassing the pump isn't going to help the problem. Not sure what you mean by "the pigtail".
You do realize the injection system needs some significant pressure to operate properly. Simply bypassing the pump isn't going to help the problem. Not sure what you mean by "the pigtail".
Ok, I understand that the injection system wants certain pressures. I am not trying to get around that in the sense that I want to run the bike on gravity feed only.
Let's say that you have an XR650R that you need to lift the tank off the bike work on, but you need a fuel supply hooked up still. It is simple in that situation to use a spare fuel tank, run a long hose and move on with life because it is carbed and gravity fed.
With our V-Stroms, we need the fuel pump to be hooked up and running to allow the bike to run. Well, lifting the tank off the bike requires disconnecting the fuel line AND disconnecting the fuel pump "pigtail."
Some people have a work bench that they can set their tank on. So my question is: How do you get around the fuel pump issue? Do you extend the pigtail so you can run the fuel pump and tank remotely?
Or am I the only idiot who wants to have the tank out of the way while still having the bike be able to run?
I guess you can extend the existing tube to a certain length while the pump will still maintain the required pressure. But why do you wish to do that?
As it was said, the only common work you might wish to perform on the motor while it is running is tbs/tps adjustments, but they are perfectly done with the tank bracket inserted under the tank's tail. It raises tank quite enough to get you accesses to adjusting nipples/screws.
BTW, the necessity to put on extensions on vacuum ports/nipples is "slightly" exaggerated.
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