Fuel filters

Had to use the reserve fuel tap for the first time recently which resulted in a while lot of rusty crap from the bottom of the tank getting into one of the carbs.

The result was the float valve getting stuck open and fuel pissing out of the overflow all over the hot exhaust and my boot. As it happened I was at a busy junction in heavy traffic at the time, so the potential fireball would have made the news!

Will get the tank sorted in due course, but in the interim have decided to fit some inline filters.

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