Fuel Tank Failure & Briggs 61102 Upgrades

[Minimichael]

UPDATE: I don't recommend using aluminum fittings anymore. They can fail and melt.

 

[Harquebus]

..I might need Photoshop to clean up some of these pics.

Yeah you've certainly cluttered up the once clean lines of the engine and bike with a cornucopia of fuel tubing, couplers, hose clamps, more tubing, cables and more hardware... Keeping your local hardware store in business eh?

So you've gotten better performance and responsiveness than what you had with the old tank mounted Vacu-Jet carburetor? It IS a vacu-jet right? It gives me great joy that it's just a little, old Briggs.

I'm way late to the party but this is a great build thread--love the ingenuity. That melted aluminum exhaust is unreal.

 

[sparkwizard]

Nice bike. What is the frame?

 

[Minimichael]

Nice bike. What is the frame?

Thanks! I've never figured it out. It's been chopped and welded in several places. Can't believe it hasn't fallen apart yet.

 

[Minimichael]

Yeah you've certainly cluttered up the once clean lines of the engine and bike with a cornucopia of fuel tubing, couplers, hose clamps, more tubing, cables and more hardware... Keeping your local hardware store in business eh?

So you've gotten better performance and responsiveness than what you had with the old tank mounted Vacu-Jet carburetor? It IS a vacu-jet right? It gives me great joy that it's just a little, old Briggs.

I'm way late to the party but this is a great build thread--love the ingenuity. That melted aluminum exhaust is unreal.

Definitely have a weakness for hardware stores here. Yes way more performance from this old girl. However I plan to replace the Nibbi carb with a more ordinary slide carb soon. This bike also gives me problems when the weather changes, and despite my appetite for bells and whistles I just want them to start when summoned.