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BUBBAZANETTI
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so anyway, here's the deal:
i was riding home from MA last week and reserve came on about 8 miles from my appt and i thought "ok, this is a good time to clean the tank, i'll drive it the 30 miles back and forth to teach BRC this weekend then it should be pretty empty"
well, i was right on the money, on the way back from teaching i rode past my garage, about 8 blocks up to come back down "hot girl" street and exactly 8 blocks from the garage the bike started running terribly, like it was running on one cylinder. when i was forced to stop for some people crossing the street, it died. i pulled the tank off, sloshed the remaining gas into the left side of the tank (single petcock tank) and limped the 1/4 mile or so back to the garage. there was sorta murky looking gas/water/varnish in the fuel filter.
aside from cleaning the tank, replacing the filter and maybe sending some carb cleaner through with the first tank of gas, any other recommendations? i don't want to dismantle the carbs right now..........
i was riding home from MA last week and reserve came on about 8 miles from my appt and i thought "ok, this is a good time to clean the tank, i'll drive it the 30 miles back and forth to teach BRC this weekend then it should be pretty empty"
well, i was right on the money, on the way back from teaching i rode past my garage, about 8 blocks up to come back down "hot girl" street and exactly 8 blocks from the garage the bike started running terribly, like it was running on one cylinder. when i was forced to stop for some people crossing the street, it died. i pulled the tank off, sloshed the remaining gas into the left side of the tank (single petcock tank) and limped the 1/4 mile or so back to the garage. there was sorta murky looking gas/water/varnish in the fuel filter.
aside from cleaning the tank, replacing the filter and maybe sending some carb cleaner through with the first tank of gas, any other recommendations? i don't want to dismantle the carbs right now..........