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Hawk
11th April 2010, 20:20
I am planning on installing (top install) an acewell fuel sender to my fuel tank connect to a acwell fuel gauge. this will invlove making an incession in the tank fitting and sealing and of course the cosmtic bit respray. On researching ive come up to be want seems conflicting information

any modifaction made to fuel tank need to be certified
here the conflict
only time certifaction is requried is when fuel type is changed structional chages have been made to the bike is want I proposed condisered structional.

only exptemtion emergency vehicles

ive got an email into an lvv cert'

CookMySock
11th April 2010, 22:01
I think you are making things hard for yourself. Talk to your bike shop and ask them if they will WOF the proposed mods. If they will - problem solved.

It's easy to be too honest and make things much harder than they are.

Steve

Hawk
12th April 2010, 00:18
yep onto that one, just doing a bit of premptive research theres some very knowledgeable folk here

thanks