hi

Managed to get the rad out without taking the take off...i realised that if i take the plastic brackets off that bolt to the under side of the tank...you can slide the rad up and out.

cleaned it all up and was fitting it when my eye glanced the filler cap...i thought "ive still got to take the sodding tank of till fill it up!!". Thought i had got away with out having to take it off

so took it off as per instruction from you helpful bunch..thanks!Getting the fuel connections undo is a ******, ive sliced my hand doing it. I think Uberthumper is right....taking the bars off and tipping the tank from the front rather than the back would be easier.

Forgot to buy an new coolant drain plug washer though.....i was only in my dealer yesterday

Gas_Up_Lets_Go - cant believe i never saw that search button . whoops, thanks for the info though.

Mort - im addicted now to trying to make the dam thing lighter, was just stood there for ages earlier starring at it...thinking "what can go?!"