cv carb cough . . .

Man, the weather has been fantastic for this time of year. Yesterday it made 80. I rode 60 miles or so and bought a leather vest. On the way there, after being bogged down in city traffic, the bike just dies while I was waiting at a light. Got off, kicked it over and went on my way. That has never happened before. Hmmm . . .

Gas fart? Hmmm . . . .

Thanks for clarifying that. I know vapor lock. My old Chevy step van did that sometimes in southern California in the summer. Only solution, I was told, was to wait for a while and try to start it up again. Sometimes I had to wait a long time. What can be done to make that not happen again on my scooter?

On cars, we used to put some old style clothes pins on the fuel line in front of the carb to help dissapate heat from the line. Maybe route your fuel line away from the motor. Tin foil would also work for heat problems. I know it sounds silly,but it works.

I have official fuel line, but it is running between the cyclinders, maybe an 1/8" clearance from touching either one. It's covered with some braided high temp stuff made especially for fuel and oil lines. But I am getting another gas tank soon that has a fuel outlet bung on the carb side. That should the gas farts .

The gas line is rubber covered with a black braided looking material (not metal)that's supposed to protect the rubber lines from contacting hot surfaces.

I just read somewhere that tin foil works in a pinch, but it wouldn't look too hot on a bike. Don't think I've ever seen foil on a bike fuel line before. I'll be ordering a new 2.4 gallon "custom" Mustang gas tank from Paughco on Wednesday. It's a bit more streamlined than the tank I have now, 1 1/2" longer, more rounded at the front and narrower at the back end. But the trade off in cool is that I am losing about a gallon capacity .

It has a bit more capacity than my old Sporty 2.2 gallon tank. Can't believe I rode cross country with that itty-bitty tank - several times. Only ran out of gas once crossing the southwest . . . gas stations were few and far between in those days.