Marsha, marsha, marsha!
Yeah the petcock lever thing is what i'm thinking, cutting it down like that, but then you cant get a hand on it to turn it, so i'm going to cut a slot in a piece of aluminum and use that to reach up there and turn it. I made a little mockup out of cardboard and played with it and it looks like it will work but triggering the reserve probably won't be possible while riding. And if I forget the 'key'
I had guests visit this weekend so mostly
and no work on the bike.
I did sneak off in between grilling shish-kabobs on the grill for a hot minute and try out the petcock-tabby-switch-thing to see if it would work, and take a flap wheel to that huge hunk of bondo on the back of the tank.
Probably should have left it alone, it looks like a huge grody rusty dent that may or may not have jb weld holding back a leak somewhere near the bottom of the bondo. I'm going to have to weld those holes up from the fairing bolts going into the tank, so i suppose now is the time to fix it permanently, grind it all down and not have to worry about it.