I'm off to Italy with two Sportsters (1200 C and a Nightster) - anybody know how I can drain the gas out of the tanks - short of turning the bikes upside down and emptying them. They can't be shipped with any gas in the tanks.... advice... help...??? Thanks English Bulldog

 

Go for a 175 mile ride? No better excuse to go, eh.

 

use a plunger type hand pump and or remove the fuel line on the bottom of tank! Then purge the tank with constant flow of fresh air... at least that's how we did it to defuel aircraft drop tanks prior to shipping-

 

Thanks guys - how difficult is it to take the fuel line off the bottom of the tank?

 

Not very. That's what I would do.

 

siphoning always works