typ181r90
Superkraut
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up on my experience with the Bing Ethanol Resistant Fuel Lines, because it really hasn't been good. Doing a quick search of this forum it seems like others may have had the same experiences.
Around June last year I replaced my rubber lines with the Bing stuff, there wasn't anything wrong with the rubber lines, but they were getting a little old. First thing I noticed was that the Bing lines had thinner walls, but being a different material than the rubber, I didn't think it'd be an issue, particularly since the lines weren't going to rubbing against anything or in contact with any engine parts. At the end of July of last year I had one line burst on me, but at the time I attributed it to vandalism as the bike was parked in a public place. In that case, I rode the bike for about 15 miles with no issues or leaks, parked it for about 3 hours and when I turned the petcock on there was a flood coming out of the line below the crossover that goes into the carb. There was a gash about 3/4 of the way around the line that looked like a clean cut and why I thought maybe someone cut the line or pulled on it or something. I replaced that line and moved on.
Fast forward to 2 days ago. I rode the bike to work (a gated, pretty high security facility) which was about 12 miles away and parked it. Again, no leaking, nothing wrong with the lines. Went back out to the bike after an hour and again turned on the petcock and got a flood of gas. This time it was on the left side of the bike and the line that goes from the petcock to the crossover tube. Again, about 1/2-3/4 of the line was open, looking as if someone cut it, but I was able to check video footage and no one touched the bike. This time I replaced the that section of line with traditional Continental rubber line and headed home to replace the rest of the sections when back in my garage. I replaced the remaining lines on the left side with no issues, but while replacing all the ones on the right side, I just touched the line I had replaced 9 months ago and it broke apart just above where it secures to the carb inlet. I'm thankful I was able to fix everything both times while the bike was parked and not having one burst while riding.
Looking at the fuel lines that broke, there was a yellow-whitish sediment coating the interior of the lines around the points where they broke, I couldn't see this sediment deeper in the lines. I don't know if this was the hose breaking down from the inside or just sediment from the fuel. Since our airheads are gravity fed, I can't think of any reason for the lines to burst other than maybe thermal expansion (remember that both times the lines burst after a ride) combined with interior wear. I really don't know, but I'm back to regular rubber lines from now on.
I'm not telling anyone what to use, just giving warning as to what my experiences were with fuel lines that were less than a year old.
Around June last year I replaced my rubber lines with the Bing stuff, there wasn't anything wrong with the rubber lines, but they were getting a little old. First thing I noticed was that the Bing lines had thinner walls, but being a different material than the rubber, I didn't think it'd be an issue, particularly since the lines weren't going to rubbing against anything or in contact with any engine parts. At the end of July of last year I had one line burst on me, but at the time I attributed it to vandalism as the bike was parked in a public place. In that case, I rode the bike for about 15 miles with no issues or leaks, parked it for about 3 hours and when I turned the petcock on there was a flood coming out of the line below the crossover that goes into the carb. There was a gash about 3/4 of the way around the line that looked like a clean cut and why I thought maybe someone cut the line or pulled on it or something. I replaced that line and moved on.
Fast forward to 2 days ago. I rode the bike to work (a gated, pretty high security facility) which was about 12 miles away and parked it. Again, no leaking, nothing wrong with the lines. Went back out to the bike after an hour and again turned on the petcock and got a flood of gas. This time it was on the left side of the bike and the line that goes from the petcock to the crossover tube. Again, about 1/2-3/4 of the line was open, looking as if someone cut it, but I was able to check video footage and no one touched the bike. This time I replaced the that section of line with traditional Continental rubber line and headed home to replace the rest of the sections when back in my garage. I replaced the remaining lines on the left side with no issues, but while replacing all the ones on the right side, I just touched the line I had replaced 9 months ago and it broke apart just above where it secures to the carb inlet. I'm thankful I was able to fix everything both times while the bike was parked and not having one burst while riding.
Looking at the fuel lines that broke, there was a yellow-whitish sediment coating the interior of the lines around the points where they broke, I couldn't see this sediment deeper in the lines. I don't know if this was the hose breaking down from the inside or just sediment from the fuel. Since our airheads are gravity fed, I can't think of any reason for the lines to burst other than maybe thermal expansion (remember that both times the lines burst after a ride) combined with interior wear. I really don't know, but I'm back to regular rubber lines from now on.
I'm not telling anyone what to use, just giving warning as to what my experiences were with fuel lines that were less than a year old.
