Hose clamp position warning
While we are on this topic, let me relay something I recently discovered.
The first time I pulled my fuel tank off I rotated the three hose clamps so that I could more easily get to them. At the time, I wondered why Honda mounted them the way they did, with the screws on the bottom, and I wondered if they were afraid that the clamps would rub through the bottom of the gas tank.
Well, about 5K miles later, I pulled my tank again and inspected the bottom of it. I found marks where the edges of the hose clamps had indeed been rubbing the tank. I ended up putting a piece of hard rubber over the top of the hose clamps to protect the bottom of the tank. So be warned, if you have rotated your hose clamps, you might want to rethink it. Having a hole in the bottom of your tank 100 miles from Tiimbuktu would not be fun. It also could potentially cause a fire if it began to leak on the hot engine.