I've had my 1300 for a month or so now and I am loving the thing.
Except for one problem, when she's idling I can hear a loud rattle / vibration coming from the gas tank, it goes away when the revs lift above idle, but it's a pain in the arse sitting at lights on a bike sounding like a tin of bolts in a paint shaker. If I thump the tank the rattle changes pitch
So I whip the gas tank off today, empty the gas and give er' a shake. Sure enough its a giant fucking maraca!
So I take out the fuel level sender (biggest opening on the tank) and spend the next hour rotating the bugger about until I catch a glimpse of the offending bloody thing! It looks like a flattened Hershey's kiss! I used my spring claw part grabber to fish it out and sure enough it's a lead slug shaped like a fat bird's nipple around 15mm in diameter. I do some more shaking and I end up getting another one out!
So what the hell are two lead nipples doing in my gas tank?
My first idea is some misguided soul thought that the lead would work as a sacrificial anode to prevent rust inside the tank?
Perhaps some 'snake oil' gas saving tomfoolery?
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