I never got around to writing about this, but here it goes.
Over the summer I was riding a 12 mile route; around 5 miles in I noticed something was off. There was a strong wiff of gasoline, even at high speed. No gas was found around the filling cap, fuel valve, or carburetor. "Well, that's odd," I thought. Rode another two miles until I found a cop who was stopping cars in the road (It was a village cop). He asked me if the bike was legal. "Ehh...I don't know." Anyway, we had a conversation about the motor and conversion kits; he thought it was cool. As we were talking, I noticed something dripping at a rapid rate from the bottom of my gas tank. Uh, Oh. I looked down at where it was dripping to. Right onto the cooling fins!
At that point, I just wanted to get out of there. Cop told me to ride safely and we left on a good note.
I made it the rest of the way home only to find a small amount left in the tank. What was happening was gasoline was coming out of the right-rear stud on the tank, moving across the surface of the bike and tank, as well as dripping and sizzling on the cylinder head.
The reason for this happening was an overtightening of the bolts, thus deforming the tank, allowing a crack to form and leak gasoline.
Over the summer I was riding a 12 mile route; around 5 miles in I noticed something was off. There was a strong wiff of gasoline, even at high speed. No gas was found around the filling cap, fuel valve, or carburetor. "Well, that's odd," I thought. Rode another two miles until I found a cop who was stopping cars in the road (It was a village cop). He asked me if the bike was legal. "Ehh...I don't know." Anyway, we had a conversation about the motor and conversion kits; he thought it was cool. As we were talking, I noticed something dripping at a rapid rate from the bottom of my gas tank. Uh, Oh. I looked down at where it was dripping to. Right onto the cooling fins!
At that point, I just wanted to get out of there. Cop told me to ride safely and we left on a good note.
I made it the rest of the way home only to find a small amount left in the tank. What was happening was gasoline was coming out of the right-rear stud on the tank, moving across the surface of the bike and tank, as well as dripping and sizzling on the cylinder head.
The reason for this happening was an overtightening of the bolts, thus deforming the tank, allowing a crack to form and leak gasoline.
