I am going to try to bend it back. I was just wondering how much of a gap there should be between the tank and the loop? The steering loop is smashed so tight against the gas tank I can't even get the vent hose from the tank out from between the two. I don't know how much of a gap there should be so I was hoping someone would have an idea. I would just use the plastic to tell but I tried to bend the tabs to make the plastic fit before I noticed I bent the whole steering loop. So if someone could give me a measurement that would at least give me a place to bend the steering loop back then I could bend the tabs for the plastic to fit. Thanks