All:
My apologies if this has been covered before, I did a search and did not find any specific information.
After a ride of about 45 minutes or so yesterday at highway speeds, when we pulled into the garage, there was a strong gas fume odor. Using my old mark 1 smeller (ancient nose) the smell seemed to be coming up from around the top triple tree. I could not detect the odor from around the fuel cap, though when I raised the cap, it seemed as though it might have had a slight vacuum. That might just be my over-active imagination, though.
This seems to happen when the bike sits in the hot sun for a while as well.
I intend to do a start valve sync as soon as the snow flies and the riding is curtailed for a few days, so that would seem to be the best time to trace this down and solve the problem. Has anyone out there seen the same thing? Are there any obvious places to start tracing the problem?
Thanks in advance...I know there are some very knowledgable folks on this forum that can point me in the right direction!
My apologies if this has been covered before, I did a search and did not find any specific information.
After a ride of about 45 minutes or so yesterday at highway speeds, when we pulled into the garage, there was a strong gas fume odor. Using my old mark 1 smeller (ancient nose) the smell seemed to be coming up from around the top triple tree. I could not detect the odor from around the fuel cap, though when I raised the cap, it seemed as though it might have had a slight vacuum. That might just be my over-active imagination, though.
This seems to happen when the bike sits in the hot sun for a while as well.
I intend to do a start valve sync as soon as the snow flies and the riding is curtailed for a few days, so that would seem to be the best time to trace this down and solve the problem. Has anyone out there seen the same thing? Are there any obvious places to start tracing the problem?
Thanks in advance...I know there are some very knowledgable folks on this forum that can point me in the right direction!