Every time I shut off my bike, it smells like gas for about 10 minutes. i.e. if I leave the garage door open for ten minutes after I park the bike, no smell, but if I shut the door right away, it smells like gas for hours!
I can not find any leak anywhere. Is this something that carburetor bikes just do?
I will get that sometimes also, but I am sure mine is coming from expansion of the tank. I notice it on warm days and when you park the heat from the motor will cause a small amount of expansion that vents out of the cap. Next time try to take a wiff of air around the cap, and then down arond the carbs, you will probably be getting it from the cap. Good luck. Ride saf all. Greg
Outstanding. I'm glad I don't have anything to worry about. This is the first time I've ever owned a carbureted bike in years, and certainly the first time I've owned one with four!
I had this problem earlier this spring when I first started riding again after winter. My milage was also lower than usual. I was going through a prep. and clean up session while my tires were being mounted and discovered I had a small split in my fuel line right at the petcock. I think it was leaking there while the bike was running and gas was flowing. When I stopped it would quit leaking so it was hard to detect leak but there was still the smell of gas. Might be worth looking at.
Todd
Reply #10
by
YoDoc
on 27 May, 2011 10:25
I'm gonna check on that. What's low? I've only run one tank through, and I got 40.3 mpg.
40.3 isn't bad. if you watch a bunch of guys have added the fuelly link to their posts, anywhere from 37 to 43 is what I'm seeing on most bikes, and depending on how hard I hit the throttle i bounce around in there a lot.