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Remove the seat. Passenger seat can stay on.
Remove the 2 bolts holding on the left hand side (drive shaft side) side cover
The arrows show the pieces we want to remove so we can slide the gas tank out this side. Not shown in the picture is the "mud guard" that sits in front of your rear tire. There is 2 bolts (I think) that holds it to the gas tank. You will want to remove these too.
Remove these 4 bolts ...
and this upper bolt.
Pull the complete assembly off. It may be tight as there is a "peg" on the frame side that fits into this assembly and is usually rusted.
As a side note, here is rectifier/regulator (R/R). My bike is an 88 but I have a later model R/R on it. You can tell by the cooling fins and there is a ground wire from the R/R. Those with early model R/Rs, do not have a ground wire. The only ground connection for the R/R is through this mount to the "peg" (blue arrow). This is a major problem for charging issues.
The "peg" I keep referring to. Although it is also a positioning peg, I found with the earlier R/Rs, that when it was rusty my charging voltage was crap and would only improve when I cleaned this off.
Back to the tank removal! Remove your gas cap and slide the rubber splash guard off.
---- NOTE --- The top of your tank will look different. Mine was set up for EFI, so you will not have the round plate
with a fitting on it!!
Remove the 2 bolts holding the top of the tank to the frame.
We now have good access to the tank.
The gas tank has 2 "feet" on the bottom that sort of snaps in around the bottom frame piece. You have to lift the tank up to break it free from this and then slide it out towards you. This can be awkward and it is still fairly tight. There is a rubber insulator on the other side of the tank that wedges up against the other frame rail. It sometimes helps to remove that rubber piece to give you a bit more room to wiggle the tank out.
Last minute add ins:
--> Remove rear fender. Someone with a stock bike please send pics
--> Remove rear left shock
Items I missed! :bang head:
There is a connector under the seat that goes to the Low Fuel light. I have to dig up the picture for that. You have to disconnect that.
Also I forgot to show/tell you to disconnect the fuel lines! I will update with pictures if people think that will help.
Remove the 2 bolts holding on the left hand side (drive shaft side) side cover
![step1.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/8e4/8e48a5f0b3d6836b29313206360a8e7d.jpg)
The arrows show the pieces we want to remove so we can slide the gas tank out this side. Not shown in the picture is the "mud guard" that sits in front of your rear tire. There is 2 bolts (I think) that holds it to the gas tank. You will want to remove these too.
![step2.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/9a1/9a13222ce46773b6f30b714e616eafdb.jpg)
Remove these 4 bolts ...
![step3.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/0da/0da6c0f3b7bfd2058554f4f0609e7dba.jpg)
and this upper bolt.
![step4.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/180/18083b8498ab282a227813c4341a9982.jpg)
Pull the complete assembly off. It may be tight as there is a "peg" on the frame side that fits into this assembly and is usually rusted.
![step5.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/2ee/2ee5f11f92353f6c94cf1095b086cdd2.jpg)
As a side note, here is rectifier/regulator (R/R). My bike is an 88 but I have a later model R/R on it. You can tell by the cooling fins and there is a ground wire from the R/R. Those with early model R/Rs, do not have a ground wire. The only ground connection for the R/R is through this mount to the "peg" (blue arrow). This is a major problem for charging issues.
![step5a.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/0b9/0b934fe8635d9058269327c762619b55.jpg)
The "peg" I keep referring to. Although it is also a positioning peg, I found with the earlier R/Rs, that when it was rusty my charging voltage was crap and would only improve when I cleaned this off.
![step5b.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/d11/d1173019476fd17e391049fa016e684f.jpg)
Back to the tank removal! Remove your gas cap and slide the rubber splash guard off.
---- NOTE --- The top of your tank will look different. Mine was set up for EFI, so you will not have the round plate
with a fitting on it!!
![step6.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/cf7/cf72642eb8712160a823c234b30ee6d6.jpg)
Remove the 2 bolts holding the top of the tank to the frame.
![step7.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b28/b281a30fe90bc0589977cff60dcf5dfe.jpg)
We now have good access to the tank.
![step8.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/40b/40b50640842b44ed227df1e4ce9d852b.jpg)
The gas tank has 2 "feet" on the bottom that sort of snaps in around the bottom frame piece. You have to lift the tank up to break it free from this and then slide it out towards you. This can be awkward and it is still fairly tight. There is a rubber insulator on the other side of the tank that wedges up against the other frame rail. It sometimes helps to remove that rubber piece to give you a bit more room to wiggle the tank out.
Last minute add ins:
--> Remove rear fender. Someone with a stock bike please send pics
--> Remove rear left shock
Items I missed! :bang head:
There is a connector under the seat that goes to the Low Fuel light. I have to dig up the picture for that. You have to disconnect that.
Also I forgot to show/tell you to disconnect the fuel lines! I will update with pictures if people think that will help.
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