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I have an early (circa 1966) Indian 350 bullet which has a 1/4" BSP petrol tap fitting. The reserve position on my present tap no longer works despite copious application of the airlines I would like to replace it as I also snapped of part of the pipe connector so that the fuel pipe is not really secure any more.

Our hosts don't supply a bsp connection tap any more. You have to buy a 1/4basp to 12mm adapter and fit a German made tap which is quite expensive. I have searched the internet and I can find plenty of 1/4" bsp taps but they are only single supply and I have some of those already. Even the Indian sites don't seem to have anything suitable unless anyone can prove me wrong.

The adapter solution does appeal as I have a number of MZ taps (which do have main and reserve supply) which require a 16mm by 1mm pitch male thread. I can find 1/4 bsp to 16mm by 1.5 pitch adapters but so far not a 1/4 bsp to 16mm by 1mm type. Does anyone know if they exist?

last resort is to try and persaude one of my clever friends to actually make me one but I would prefer to avoid that.

I may be reduced to using the single supply tap and carrying a litre of spare fuel in the top box but that does carry a risk I would prefer to avoid.

PeterF

If out hosts no longer have anything suitable THIS might interest you:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-CLAS ... SwTypa7ye2



Could need new cork inserts, though.



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That's odd, l've just bought a 1/4" BSP tap with reserve from Hitchcocks for the Ebay Bullet which is 1955 so l'm confident it is that thread. I will check it later if you want to follow it up? REgards, Mark

Seems like you may have bought the last one. They are now showing as no longer available.

In that case, sorry. But l didn't have a tap at all so you have an advantage! REgards, Mark

They have all manner of 1/4BSP fuel taps. Only one of them seems to be out of stock?



http://accessories.hitchcocksmotorcycle ... l-Tap-Amal



Unless you mean you want that specific one? In which case they still stock 1/8BSP ones in that style and 1/8 to 1/4 BSP adapters are readily available on ebay. For example:



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Airbrush-Hos ... Swc0FUrCpv

Thanks for that URL Stinkwheel, I had not found that page. I was using the spares book pages where they only list one type. Anyway, I found what I wanted and have placed an order.
PeterF

Just to avoid confusion – in the excellent 2018-2019 Bullet catalogue our hosts have just supplied I can see any amount of ¼ BSP/GAS petrol taps – 7 to be precise – with or without reserve. As always if we need it they have it!