[Gas Man]

So I have been trying to get in the habbit of doing a few things with the nwe bike. One of them being..using my disk lock.. the other (and concerning this thread) is turning my petcock to off when I park the bike at home for the day.

How many others do this?

 

[jeeps84]

I really have a problem with this myself. Went in the garage one day and smelt gas strong. Then I noticed a puddle under the chopper. I forgot to turn off the gas.

 

[dnyce]

i turn mine off when im done for the day, but if i go somewhere at 11am, park it, and i know ima be back on it even if its at 7pm later that day, i leave it on. i used to turn it off everytime i stopped somewhere, but id forget to turn it back on sometimes and look like a newb.:bonk: my bike dont seem to care either way, ive left it on for 2-3 days b4, and only turned it off bcuz i walked by it and noticed i 4got to turn it off. i guess it dont matter if it dont leak.

 

[Gas Man]

Yeah I forgot to turn mine back on the other day when I went out to ride and I was pissed when the bike wouldn't stay running... oh well...

 

[KillerTiller]

lol.........don't know ya that long chris but that actually suits ya...........LOL

 

[JK_DILLA]

i did on my '74 CL350.

 

[Gas Man]

lol.........don't know ya that long chris but that actually suits ya...........LOL

Not sure if I'm offended or not.. it only took me a min to figure out :wtf: I DIDN'T do or turn back on! Its all :lol: now!

 

[jeeps84]

I guess I should have added that the bike had set for over three weeks before I found the puddle.

 

[R1up0n1]

nope, i don't have one so F.I.

 

[No Worries]

Mine is vacuum-operated. The manual says it only has to be turned off when you are taking the tank off the bike. Anyway, it's not supposed to leak when left on. Just don't run out of gas or forget to switch to reserve. Takes a good five minutes of cranking to get gas into the carbs again.

 

[dnyce]

mines not vacuum, i heard those are hard to rebuild if they do leak... takes mine a minute or so of just sitting to fill up the bowls again

 

[DLIT]

Thank you, FI. You know my buddy's '02 R6 is carbed but he still doesn't have to turn it on/off. It's automatic.

 

[2FURYUS]

Don't have shut off on the street bikes, but I always shut off the gas on the dirt bikes.

 

[JoeDirt]

I take my tank off whenever i'm done riding just to be safe even though mine's F.I.


better safe than sorry.:dthumb:

 

[jappysRR]

Even when I was still carbed, I never did... whats the point?!

 

[fatburg]

I have FI now, but never did on my cruiser either.

 

[AUR6]

On my old gn125 and gn400 bikes i alwayse turned it off. if i didnt i could go out not 30 min later and the garage would would be very potent.

Those guys stay in the garage pretty much now, my dad will ride the 400 once in a while, but down here away from home with my R6 i dont have to worry about it anymore.

 

[Als-Repsol]

Whats a petcock :bonk:

While im very attached to mine............. i would not call it a pet :lol:

 

[EIDROEDYR]

I typically turn my petcock off when I know the bike will sit for an extended period of time (couple days or more). I get more religious (daily) with it as the season progresses. Otherwise, I'll have that audible explosion to look forward to due to my rich condition. The first time it happened (last season), it scared the sh!t out of me :yikes: .

 

[oldetymebiker]

EFI bikes don't have 'em....pressurized fuel system doesn't need 'em. Most carbed streetbikes built in the last ten years have vacuum valves that open when you crank the bike over....but.... they are usually operated with a small neoprene diaphram, and they have a tendancy to leak after a while. I put away an '88 Gixxer with a full tank of fuel one winter. That spring I went out crank her up....chuckata chuckata chuckata chuckata.....nothing. Chuckata chuckata chuckata...my goodness, I smell gas and my shoe is wet...oh my!

The diaphram perforated, letting gas into the carbs, and one of the carbs had a leaking float seat......gas ran into the cylinder, down the cylinders walls, into the crankcase, overfilling it. When I cranked it over, the excess crankcase pressure pumped out about a gallon of the gas/oil mix through the breather and onto my shoe and the garage floor. I was lucky it didn't start.

(Boom):yikes: