baz
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Beware of shearing the threads on these tapsI had a look, the threads on the left one in the picture aren't cut down enough to allow the nut to back off and give enough threads to grip in the tank. The one on the right backs off to where it bottoms out on the ridge and was fine. They have different lettering on the 'On, Off, Reserve' so they don't match in that way either. I got them from Walridge. I cheaped out on these, they are probably the least expensive ones I could find. The metal is soft, so combined with lack of threads holding it in, it shredded them after a couple times snugging them up.
I like the original style and figure if they leak it would probably be due to a lot of lever on/off, since it's a metal seal, will see how they go. I just leave one on and one off, and shouldn't have to lever it much.
The rest of the bike has been so good, so I won't beat myself up over missing this. I am rigging up my tach gearbox so I can get back to riding. My tach cable and tachometer will be non-functional fore a while, they should last a long time that way!
I've done it a couple of times