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Hi Mag
I know what you are going though, I have a 1981 Goldwing Interstate 1100 with 13000 miles in her, it was a hand me down from my dad
He had kept it up pretty good, ran like a champ for him,but I did the same thing, :shock:ran till I was on the reserve, then it all happen, It pulled (the fuel pump)a lot of unknown rust though the filter (packed it so full it riped it ) the stock little one in my case and filled the lines and carbs and bowl and seats with rust, needed a complete carb rebuild (times four:? ) That set me back about $595.00 and still have rust in my tank so I opt to install another fuel filter in line with the production one, right out of the tank I put a Fram filter # G-2 a lot bigger and more see though, then the stock one and I can see it when it gets full of rust and thenI canreplaced it before the damage starts. I plan on removing the tank and cleaning it but I was missing out on some good riding time/weather,
Gearhead is right you can get good deals on E-Bay but be careful, I got a tank for mine, the guy said it had a little rust in the neck other than that it was good? Well it did have rust in the neck just like he said, but when I dried it out ( Removed all the old gas ) I got about 1/3 cup of rust out of it and still more to come. I would have to say it is in worst shape them mine is. And the out side is not as nice as mine is looks wise.
Have a safe day
Baja65/Fred
Hi Mag
I know what you are going though, I have a 1981 Goldwing Interstate 1100 with 13000 miles in her, it was a hand me down from my dad
He had kept it up pretty good, ran like a champ for him,but I did the same thing, :shock:ran till I was on the reserve, then it all happen, It pulled (the fuel pump)a lot of unknown rust though the filter (packed it so full it riped it ) the stock little one in my case and filled the lines and carbs and bowl and seats with rust, needed a complete carb rebuild (times four:? ) That set me back about $595.00 and still have rust in my tank so I opt to install another fuel filter in line with the production one, right out of the tank I put a Fram filter # G-2 a lot bigger and more see though, then the stock one and I can see it when it gets full of rust and thenI canreplaced it before the damage starts. I plan on removing the tank and cleaning it but I was missing out on some good riding time/weather, Gearhead is right you can get good deals on E-Bay but be careful, I got a tank for mine, the guy said it had a little rust in the neck other than that it was good? Well it did have rust in the neck just like he said, but when I dried it out ( Removed all the old gas ) I got about 1/3 cup of rust out of it and still more to come. I would have to say it is in worst shape them mine is. And the out side is not as nice as mine is looks wise.
Have a safe day
Baja65/Fred
