Re: Cerulean Cycle, 1982 cb750

Posted by seestheday on Feb 07, 2013; 2:04pm
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Cerulean-Cycle-1982-cb750-tp4036226p4036252.html

If you're as fastidious as I am about keeping the carbs clean then turning off the fuel petcock is really personal preference IMO.

If I have a small fuel leak after leaving the fuel petcock on while it's not running then I know I need to pull and clean the carbs.

I haven't yet walked in a large puddle.  I'll see how this goes, but for now I'm assuming I'll see a small small leak rather than a large one.  I do have faith that large chunks aren't going to come out of my gas tank liner and get through my fuel filter though as I've been running the bike for 2 years now.

For what it's worth I ran a full year turning off that fuel petcock when I stopped before I got this confident (I've also rebuilt the carbs twice in that time, the first was just to generally clean then, and the second time I was really thorough).