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Red1125r
Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2010 - 09:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

So I ran my overflow tube out by the license plate and of course the fuel drips on the tire. That won't damage the tire will it? Probably a dumb question but I wanted to make sure.
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Rpm4x4
Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2010 - 10:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Why is your overflow tube by your license plate? It should be on the passenger foot peg left side. Gas on the tire is probably not something I would make a habit of.
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Syonyk
Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2010 - 10:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Gas on the tire sounds like something to avoid to me as well - it could potentially soften the rubber (in a bad way), and if you were to do a burnout with gas on the tire, it'd probably light a whole lot easier.

I'd reroute it somewhere else.
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Tbenson
Posted on Sunday, March 21, 2010 - 10:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Agreed, probably not the best place to route it.
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Nillaice
Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 03:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

if you ask them, pirelli will tell you to stop riding on that tire and get a new set immediately. gasoline, for a short period of time, on the rear tire : personally, i would not worry. especially if it was in the center. solvents, oils, and especially brake fluid would cause more concern. the longer the exposure, the more.
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Greenflash
Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 11:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

RPM, if you remove the passenger peg brackets, the overflow tube has to be rerouted.
On mine, I couldn't see a way to route it down the left side without contacting the countershaft sprocket, so I snaked it down the right side, exiting near the footpeg, secured with some plastic ties. There can be drips on the exhaust, but this is a cooler part of the exhaust far from the headers. I could also attach a small extension to get the end below the exhaust. I may do the CA carbon can in the near future.
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Sparropie
Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 12:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I just keep a small ignighter by the tip. Makes a cool afterburner...
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Hogzilla
Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 03:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Could get a little slippery.
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Avalaugh
Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 04:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Do a search, there are loads of people that have rerouted the fuel vapour line, mine goes down the middle of the bike to the ground, cant even see it unless you look really hard.
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Red1125r
Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 05:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thanks for the info, I'll figure out a different place to run it.
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Red1125r
Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 08:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

So I ran it down along the left side of the frame and tied it to the oil cooler line. It won't get on the bike at all from the looks of it and as long as that line doesn't get to hot I'm set.

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