Strange fuel problem....

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Ian522 · #1 Unread post by **Ian522** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 5:38 am

Ive been having this bizarre problem with my bike.

For some reason the bike cuts out after riding 40-50 miles on a full tank. I pulled over and tried to get her started again, but nothing worked until I switched to reserve, and then it fired right up again and ran fine. Today was the second time it happened, the same exact thing happened last weekend.

I know im not running out of gas, I can still see it in the tank and when I went to top it off after the incident it only took about a gallon. Meaning there is still plenty of gas in there.

Im not really sure what to make of it...im thinking maybe a problem with the petcock? Carbs?

Sev · #2 Unread post by **Sev** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 6:07 am

Clogged fuel filter. Take it out and clean it.

beardking · #3 Unread post by **beardking** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 5:05 pm

Have you checked to see if the vents in the fuel cap are clogged? Could be that they are clogged and after a while of riding you've got enough vacuum built up in the tank that it's not allowing fuel to flow anymore.

Ian522 · #4 Unread post by **Ian522** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:40 am

Ive drained the tank and carbs, gonna tank off the tank and petcock today and see if anything is clogged with any crud. Then I guess install a new fuel line and filter and hope it fixes it.