Fuel Pump relocation

[JR]

I've asked this question before but has anyone moved their fuel pump
from its normal postion to the postion shown in the photo. I only ask as I'm thinking of moving mine but it looks a bit of a squeeze, plus does the
tab on the underside of the seat still fit betweem pump and crossmember?
I dont want to use zip ties.
If anyones got some pictures of this mod please post them. Thanks

[JR]

BUMP
OK looks like not to many listers have moved pump so has anyone installed a vacuum pump (ie Mikuni) or one from a Suzuki VX800.?

[Vtwin650]

I relocated mine, once, and have since relocated it to stock.
I did not know it would fit where you have it pictured, but that does seem
to be a great place for it! Is that where yours is?

[JR]

Well I was going to locate it there but there is a lug underneath the seat
that locates underneath where the tank bolts to.
I 've been looking at the Africa Twin / Transalp forums and they have
had loads of problems with their pumps. They have used Mikuni vacuum pumps , Facet solid state pumps, Pierburg pumps. They do have alot more
choice of where to bolt them.

[SpeedyR]

I think that photo is my old red hawk. I had one of the first left exit exhaust systems made by Jim Davis (aka Hawk connection). I had to move the fuel pump to fit the exhaust...

here's a few other photos:





it was pretty simple. I ran it like that for maybe 20k miles including a year or two of racing and never had any fuel issues.

I would bet that somewhere in the hawkgt.com archives is a listing of what I did...

but yeah it works great there.

Jeff

[JR]

The seat has a lug that locates where the pump is. Did you cut the lug
off or is there enough room for it to fit above the pump?

[SpeedyR]

it fits in there fine. like I said I relocated mine and ran it for a long time with no issues. I had to redo the hoses but other than that I don't remember if being difficult.