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Fuel Tank Nastiness

Started by Ronr, August 21, 2008, 03:02:38 PM

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RichD

Quote from: Ronr on September 05, 2008, 03:42:35 PM
Sounds great!!  What do you have in mind?  :-*

I did a little test loop through southeast Lancaster, out to the airport and back.  I can't find anything missing yet, so that's a good sign.  It ran pretty good and the brakes stopped me okay.  The forks felt good.  I lowered the front end 1.0 mm when I installed the forks just to play with the handling, and that felt pretty good so far for a leisurely ride.

One thing that was weird.  I filled up the tank before I left (not completely but close) and rolled it into the driveway to start it.  After a few minutes, while I was getting my gear on, gas started pouring out the internal tank vent drain tube.  I opened the tank cap and it kept flowing.  It finally stopped for some reason.  Never had that happen with this bike, hope it doesn't become a habit.

Some bikes, (my SS is one of them) the vent tube runs through the tank.
If the hose splits, it'll drain the tank to thak level...
DFW-MFer!

Bonwilder


Ronr

Quote from: SUPER DUKE! on September 05, 2008, 04:06:48 PM
Some bikes, (my SS is one of them) the vent tube runs through the tank.
If the hose splits, it'll drain the tank to thak level...


Maybe my tank repair kit dissolved a beneficial bit of tubing.  I need to get me a small mirror on a stick so I can peer inside the tank.  Should be fixable if that's all it is.