I'm half tempted to get a set of quick connects for my GS so that it's a bit simpler to take off the tank. However I'm also a bit of a cheapskate and I balk at the cost of the metal ones (I would prefer metal ones to plastic as I don't want to add a vulnerability).
So this got me thinking... I don't mind if it's not quite as convenient as a quick connect, but I'd like something simpler than using (and carrying in my toolkit) hose clamps to facilitate a tank removal somewhere remote. So what about fitting metal shut offs into the lines coming from the tank and simply closing those, undoing the clips and accepting that you will get a small dribble of fuel leak out. You can get 2x metal valves for about a fiver, so it's a lot cheaper than the almost a hundred notes you need for proper CPC metal ones. You also have the means to decant fuel into another container, perhaps if you have a stove that runs on petrol.
Any thoughts? Pros, cons? If I accepted the above limitations, would I even need 2, could i just valve off the feed, or would then I get considerably more than a "dribble" of petrol from the return?
So this got me thinking... I don't mind if it's not quite as convenient as a quick connect, but I'd like something simpler than using (and carrying in my toolkit) hose clamps to facilitate a tank removal somewhere remote. So what about fitting metal shut offs into the lines coming from the tank and simply closing those, undoing the clips and accepting that you will get a small dribble of fuel leak out. You can get 2x metal valves for about a fiver, so it's a lot cheaper than the almost a hundred notes you need for proper CPC metal ones. You also have the means to decant fuel into another container, perhaps if you have a stove that runs on petrol.
Any thoughts? Pros, cons? If I accepted the above limitations, would I even need 2, could i just valve off the feed, or would then I get considerably more than a "dribble" of petrol from the return?