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turning gas off over night? - 11/4/2005 2:16:37 AM

Destinmatt

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Just wondering, are you supposed to turn the gas to off over night or can you leave it on main w/o loosing much gas?

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RE: turning gas off over night? - 11/4/2005 2:51:24 AM

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Overnight theres probs leaving it on

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RE: turning gas off over night? - 11/4/2005 5:15:03 AM

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I`m sure he ment No probs,

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RE: turning gas off over night? - 11/4/2005 5:20:16 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Anubis

I`m sure he ment No probs,

Oops, thats exactly what I meant

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RE: turning gas off over night? - 11/4/2005 9:06:04 AM

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ok thanks, I'm not getting great milage exactly and I just wanted to rule that out.

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RE: turning gas off over night? - 11/4/2005 12:16:03 PM

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Mileage can be effected by many things, tyre pressure, old air filter, bad air/fuel ratio and just hard riding.

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RE: turning gas off over night? - 11/4/2005 11:41:33 PM

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I LEAVE MINE ON EVERY NIGHT...NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM...UNLESS FLOATS ARE STUCK OPEN HARD TO GET FUEL THROUGH ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP

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RE: turning gas off over night? - 11/4/2005 11:53:09 PM

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I have a 93 f2.

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RE: turning gas off over night? - 11/6/2005 10:42:56 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Destinmatt

Just wondering, are you supposed to turn the gas to off over night or can you leave it on main w/o loosing much gas?

Matt, is your bike leaking gas? Just wasn't sure if I understood the question correctly?

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RE: turning gas off over night? - 11/6/2005 3:04:59 PM

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I was just wondering if the amount of gas (if I understand how everything works correctly) that is lost through evaporation in the carbs is worth turning the gas off overnight.

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RE: turning gas off over night? - 11/6/2005 5:13:48 PM

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If I understand how the carburetors work the only fuel to speak of in your carbs are in the bowls and will remain at the same volume whether you turn off the fuel petcock or not. As long as the floats are working properly that is. If they are then the floats should hinge up as the fuel is filled into each bowl up to the point when the plunger in each bowl stops the gas flow prohibiting the bowl to over flow. As long as this system is working correctly the gas in the bowls should not evaporate any faster then the gas in the main tank so it shouldn't matter if you leave the fuel petcock on or not.

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