<Still Responding to Old e-mails>
My 450 has had since I got the replacement carbs on it a seep from one
carb. Therefore I got into the habit of turning my fuel petcock off at
the end of my street and riding home on the carbs. (about 1/4 of a
mile) this would actually drain the carb without running the engine
too lean and the amount of fuel dripping was reduced.
Now, with the vacuum powered petcock on my Suzuki - I completely
forget that I even have a petcock until I go to kick in reserve.
Regarding the kill switch - the MSF course I took also taught
the kill switch then ignition routine - however, my Dad doesn't use
that as that isn't how he was taught 30+ years ago. I've screwed him
up with the kill switch before.
-Joey
On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 2:46 PM, James O'Gorman <[email protected]> wrote:
> They told us at my MSF course this summer that you should turn it off in
> case your carbs are malfunctioning. If the float gets stuck open, then fuel
> will overflow, and it could even go down the intake into the engine.
> Every time we got off the bikes, it was kill switch, ignition, fuel petcock;
> and we had to turn them on again when we got back on the bikes.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 11:32 AM, in8design <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> I have only ever turned off my fuel when I put the bike in long-term
>> winter storage, is there another reason I should turn off the petcock
>> when parking the bike for a couple of days?
>>
>> Nate
>>
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