So the customer says to me.....

[Steptoe]

"Get my bike running, it's stood for a couple of months and now it won't start but was working perfectly before i parked it in the garage" ..



Parked up in a garage for only two months you say, yes sir of course i believe you ...

 

[duckspeed]

Well if they don't own up it won't cost as much

 

[Kenny]

Ouch !!

 

[solidstate100]

I would be intrigued to see whats in the tank.......

 

[Paul G (BHT)]

I would be intrigued to see whats in the tank.......

The sludge remnants of supermarket fuel would be my guess.

 

[ChasF]

Looks like the garage roof needs even more attention than the bike

 

[Steptoe]

I would be intrigued to see whats in the tank.......

Well by the sound of the rattle if you shake it one of those old fuel broquets that people used for unleaded fuel (this bike is a 1977 model) consisting of a wire cage enclosing lead pellets.

Which did nothing to stop the old soft leaded valve seats getting worn, all it succeeded in doing was wearing the tank lining/inner coating away as it rolled around inside the petrol tank leaving bare metal, of which we can now see the consequences..

 

[Captain Black]

Oxtail soup and brown crusty bread with Lurpak butter!

 

[Beemerboff]

It might not be as long as you would think - I rotate road tax between my bikes, usually only three legal at any time, and even after standing three months I can find a mess in the bowls.
It would probably be even worse if I bought supermarket fuel - it seems our Oz stuff is much like yours, and I try to always have a bottle of stabilizer and cleaner around too and run a dose through before I lay a bike up.
When I can I use the very top gas, BP Ultimate / Premium 98 / whatever, that guy has probably been using supermarket E10 .
None of my bikes will run properly on supermarket E10 anyway so I dont have the temptation-------

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Just drain the carbs after each ride, that's what I do with all my carbed bikes

Saves all that hassle?

Not a difficult thing to do, even easier with Bings

 

[Shep]

Just drain the carbs after each ride, that's what I do with all my carbed bikes

Saves all that hassle?

Not a difficult thing to do, even easier with Bings

Some people tried that with outboard motors that were left for a month or so between usage, turned out that repeatedly wetting then drying the carb with fuel meant larger build ups of scale/varnish in the jets and passageways of the carburettors. Ok for winterising perhaps not so good for regular used, worth a thought!

 

[steve hughes]

Just drain the carbs after each ride, that's what I do with all my carbed bikes

Saves all that hassle?

Not a difficult thing to do, even easier with Bings

Not so easy with vacuum tap on my Kawasaki, any ideas how to do it on those?

 

[Nice 'n' Fat]

So the customer says to me.....



"Get my bike running, it's stood for a couple of months and now it won't start but was working perfectly before i parked it in the garage" ..

The customer is always right and never wrong/deluded/a liar *

Delete as applicable

 

[Timolgra]

Not so easy with vacuum tap on my Kawasaki, any ideas how to do it on those?

Fit a QR coupling in the fuel line

 

[JJH]

Not so easy with vacuum tap on my Kawasaki, any ideas how to do it on those?

On my old gt750 the tap had a off position. If I remember correctly. JJH

 

[Steptoe]

Just drain the carbs after each ride, that's what I do with all my carbed bikes

Saves all that hassle?

Not a difficult thing to do, even easier with Bings

I just turn the fuel taps off quarter of a mile before getting home.

 

[steve hughes]

Fit a QR coupling in the fuel line

Good suggestion Tim , it has qr connectors fitted already, i can just take off the side panel and unclick them, then run it mt. Brill.

Ps enjoting Iceland Parts 1 2&3

 

[Tarka]

If you've got a vacuum petrol tap with no off position,just pull the vacuum line off the tap (or manifold if it's easier to reach) to stop the petrol flow.

 

[AberdeenAngus]

I just turn the fuel taps off quarter of a mile before getting home.

Can you judge it so that its just spluttering to a stop as you coast onto your driveway ?

 

[Captain Black]

I just turn the fuel taps off quarter of a mile before getting home.

Me too ... We're clever aren't we.