THOMASPIN
Airhead
I use braided cloth covered fuel line on my R90/6 and came across this handy tip in a decade old posting on the Adventure Rider forum.
A short length of heat shrink tubing is installed over the end of the line - I find that the fuel hose connection to the gas tank is the first to fray as that gets most on/off action as the gas tank has to be removed to access the brake fluid reservoir for periodic maintenance.
Here's how my frayed end looks (top) along with a length of heat shrink tubing, available in your choice of color on https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=heat+shrink+tubing:
The outside diameter of the braided fuel line is 0.46" (12mm) so you want tubing with an inside diameter slightly larger.
With the fuel line removed from the bike for safety, a few seconds with a heat gun does the trick. Probably best to avoid open flame heat sources for the sake of safety; a hair dryer should also do the trick:
Here's the fuel hose installed on the bike - it makes for a neat look:
At the time the original post was written on the Adventure Rider site, the poster stated he had had 5 years trouble free use from this fix.
A short length of heat shrink tubing is installed over the end of the line - I find that the fuel hose connection to the gas tank is the first to fray as that gets most on/off action as the gas tank has to be removed to access the brake fluid reservoir for periodic maintenance.
Here's how my frayed end looks (top) along with a length of heat shrink tubing, available in your choice of color on https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=heat+shrink+tubing:
The outside diameter of the braided fuel line is 0.46" (12mm) so you want tubing with an inside diameter slightly larger.
With the fuel line removed from the bike for safety, a few seconds with a heat gun does the trick. Probably best to avoid open flame heat sources for the sake of safety; a hair dryer should also do the trick:
Here's the fuel hose installed on the bike - it makes for a neat look:
At the time the original post was written on the Adventure Rider site, the poster stated he had had 5 years trouble free use from this fix.