Forums
New posts
Search forums
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Everything Dirt Bike
General Dirt Bike
Turning off the gas during breaks
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="530ktm" data-source="post: 105234" data-attributes="member: 586"><p>My experience is I never turn my gas off unless I put the bike away for the night or longer. Also, I have a screw in the bottom of the carb which drains the bowl. Both the Honda and the KTM have this and I thought it would be clever to drain the gas out of both of the bikes once so they would not gum up as they were going to sit for a while. When I went to ride my bike and turned the gas on it just kept coming out of the over flow as the float was stuck. When the little Honda got turned on it leaked around the gasket of the bowl. Seemed the gasket shrunk up by not having the gas in the bowl to keep it moist. <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/noidea.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":noidea:" title="Noidea :noidea:" data-shortname=":noidea:" /> I never did anything to it other than turn the gas on and let him ride it and it never leaked again. My bike stopped with the over flow leaking when I tapped on it and it has never leaked again. Moral to the story - not sure. But I will never drain my float bowl again. I will go out and start the bike every other week or so just to keep the gas moving through the jets, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="530ktm, post: 105234, member: 586"] My experience is I never turn my gas off unless I put the bike away for the night or longer. Also, I have a screw in the bottom of the carb which drains the bowl. Both the Honda and the KTM have this and I thought it would be clever to drain the gas out of both of the bikes once so they would not gum up as they were going to sit for a while. When I went to ride my bike and turned the gas on it just kept coming out of the over flow as the float was stuck. When the little Honda got turned on it leaked around the gasket of the bowl. Seemed the gasket shrunk up by not having the gas in the bowl to keep it moist. :noidea: I never did anything to it other than turn the gas on and let him ride it and it never leaked again. My bike stopped with the over flow leaking when I tapped on it and it has never leaked again. Moral to the story - not sure. But I will never drain my float bowl again. I will go out and start the bike every other week or so just to keep the gas moving through the jets, etc. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Everything Dirt Bike
General Dirt Bike
Turning off the gas during breaks
Top