Ok just a quick note for people after an 'experience' i had today ....
(my apologies if its been brought up before, ive not searched it ...)
After re-fitting my carb this morning i went for a ride to make sure everything was sweet before 'summer' starts. Rode to petrol station round corner and as i pulled up i looked down and saw something squirting out of the side of my bike. leant over and saw it was coming from the petrol line so quickly shut petrol taps and wheeled it off the forecourt as it was going all over the exhaust. It was coming from that 180deg bend of pipe that feeds carb from t piece.
long story short i ended up fitting a replacement piece of hose (that wasnt pre-formed which im guessing the standard one is) so it has quite a tight bend which i was concerned about but after a 2hr ride is all ok.
Just wanting to say check the condition of your petrol hoses whenever possible, especially if the bike is an older one. check for cracks, splits, frayed ends,brittleness etc. I replaced all my hoses this winter bar this one (sods law) which i thought i would have to buy specially and obviously decided not to check it for that reason ... !!?
go figure ...
apart from the small hitch i had an awesome ride out leaving my mates down the back roads and cursing it on the straights haha.
In case anyones interested who has a road going berg, i dropped to a 15t front sprocket now but think i may have lost a bit too much top end to live with, and the front just wont stay down in the first 3 gears so gonna go back to 16 / 42 i think.
happy riding !
(my apologies if its been brought up before, ive not searched it ...)
After re-fitting my carb this morning i went for a ride to make sure everything was sweet before 'summer' starts. Rode to petrol station round corner and as i pulled up i looked down and saw something squirting out of the side of my bike. leant over and saw it was coming from the petrol line so quickly shut petrol taps and wheeled it off the forecourt as it was going all over the exhaust. It was coming from that 180deg bend of pipe that feeds carb from t piece.
long story short i ended up fitting a replacement piece of hose (that wasnt pre-formed which im guessing the standard one is) so it has quite a tight bend which i was concerned about but after a 2hr ride is all ok.
Just wanting to say check the condition of your petrol hoses whenever possible, especially if the bike is an older one. check for cracks, splits, frayed ends,brittleness etc. I replaced all my hoses this winter bar this one (sods law) which i thought i would have to buy specially and obviously decided not to check it for that reason ... !!?
go figure ...
apart from the small hitch i had an awesome ride out leaving my mates down the back roads and cursing it on the straights haha.
In case anyones interested who has a road going berg, i dropped to a 15t front sprocket now but think i may have lost a bit too much top end to live with, and the front just wont stay down in the first 3 gears so gonna go back to 16 / 42 i think.
happy riding !
