| Author | Message | ||
     Italialaw |
Hello all, I stopped for approximately 30 min. during my bike ride today. My bike was parked on an incline, in first gear, the front of the bike was at the steepest point of the incline, and I forgot to shut my fuel valve off. When I went to start the bike (in neutral), it would not fire. Figuring it was flooded, I pulled the float bowl plug on my mikuni, let the fuel dump, plugged it back up, and the bike fired up. Does this sound like my carb flooded? If so, did the fact that I parked on an incline contribute to the flooding? I've left my fuel valve on when the bike has been parked on an even surface and have never had this issue. Any help would be appreciated and thanks in advance. | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
I does sound that your bike was flooded. I always shut off my carbed bikes since my 1977 RM125 would dribble  just a habit now. | ||
| Buellistic |
To be SAFE, there are two times when to turn gas off: When not riding and when you trailer it !!! | ||
| Jon960 |
My 01 Cyclone will flood in the time it takes to fill up with gas at a gas station, pay the bill and go to restart it, I learnt real quick that the moment you turn the key off you immediately turn the fuel tap off | ||
| Djkaplan |
"I always shut off my carbed bikes since my 1977 RM125 would dribble" I had a 1976 RM125A. It was badass bike back in the day. If ever a bike defined my existence, it was when I was 14 and racing that RM. I never had a dribbling problem... | ||
| Buellfighter |
Hey Dj, I also had a 1976 RM 125A and yes they were badass. Pretty much made the TM's obsolete immediately. Having mostly dirt bike all my life has taught me to turn the gas off when the engine is off. Plus, having gas run out the overflow tube while parked in the garage with a gas hot water heater is not an option. | ||
| Cyclonemick |
I have owned my Cyclone for 8 years and have close to 50k on the clock and have never turned my gas off! No problems here! | ||
| Eshardball |
Pull the bowl off the carb and replace the part that seals the bowl when the float goes up. If that is working and does not have a grain of dirt under it, your bike should not flood. Its still a good idea to turn the fuel off anyway. | ||
| Djkaplan |
"I have owned my Cyclone for 8 years and have close to 50k on the clock and have never turned my gas off! No problems here!" I've had my bike for that long and never turn the petcock off. I've only had a problem once, when I got my plastics repainted and some trash must have gotten inside the tank and made its way to the fuel cut-off valve. It flooded a cylinder and kept me from starting the bike. I tried to turn it off each time after that but kept forgetting to turn it back on. Now I just keep it turned on... but you never know. |
