I ****ing Hate Motorcycles.....
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 3,727
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From: Brighton, MI
Only about half the time...
I use these, pretty handy to have:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/oe...FQ-oaQodyugHIw
I use these, pretty handy to have:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/oe...FQ-oaQodyugHIw
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 2,358
Likes: 34
As much as I hate to see anyone else suffer, it does feel good to see I'm not the only one that goes through this love hate relationship with the bike.
Road Master
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 856
Likes: 9
From: North Carolina
I bought something like this:
https://kiwavmotors.com/en/hand-tool...-4-inch-detail
Works great and saves time. Check fuel line size. I can't remember which size I ordered. Worth the investment.
Yea, be super careful with gas. I worked with a guy that was using av-gas to wash grime off of his hands. Some how, I think a cigarette lit that stuff off and he was so badly burned that he died in a few miserable days. Gasoline has a serious bite. Yea, he pulled the fuel hose off of the float bowl, had someone in the test cell turn the fuel pump on, was washing his hands with gas, it lit off, the fuel pump was till on, it was really bad. Could have been a just a spark from static on a cold day. I don't remember how it lit off. Just that gas is safe till it kills you.
https://kiwavmotors.com/en/hand-tool...-4-inch-detail
Works great and saves time. Check fuel line size. I can't remember which size I ordered. Worth the investment.
Yea, be super careful with gas. I worked with a guy that was using av-gas to wash grime off of his hands. Some how, I think a cigarette lit that stuff off and he was so badly burned that he died in a few miserable days. Gasoline has a serious bite. Yea, he pulled the fuel hose off of the float bowl, had someone in the test cell turn the fuel pump on, was washing his hands with gas, it lit off, the fuel pump was till on, it was really bad. Could have been a just a spark from static on a cold day. I don't remember how it lit off. Just that gas is safe till it kills you.
Last edited by falconbrother; Apr 15, 2016 at 10:53 AM.
Club Member
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 45,429
Likes: 2,898
From: Bedford UK
I bought something like this:
https://kiwavmotors.com/en/hand-tool...-4-inch-detail
Works great and saves time.
https://kiwavmotors.com/en/hand-tool...-4-inch-detail
Works great and saves time.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 1,276
Likes: 8
From: Minneapolis Area, MN
I bought something like this:
https://kiwavmotors.com/en/hand-tool...-4-inch-detail
Works great and saves time. Check fuel line size. I can't remember which size I ordered. Worth the investment.
Yea, be super careful with gas. I worked with a guy that was using av-gas to wash grime off of his hands. Some how, I think a cigarette lit that stuff off and he was so badly burned that he died in a few miserable days. Gasoline has a serious bite. Yea, he pulled the fuel hose off of the float bowl, had someone in the test cell turn the fuel pump on, was washing his hands with gas, it lit off, the fuel pump was till on, it was really bad. Could have been a just a spark from static on a cold day. I don't remember how it lit off. Just that gas is safe till it kills you.
https://kiwavmotors.com/en/hand-tool...-4-inch-detail
Works great and saves time. Check fuel line size. I can't remember which size I ordered. Worth the investment.
Yea, be super careful with gas. I worked with a guy that was using av-gas to wash grime off of his hands. Some how, I think a cigarette lit that stuff off and he was so badly burned that he died in a few miserable days. Gasoline has a serious bite. Yea, he pulled the fuel hose off of the float bowl, had someone in the test cell turn the fuel pump on, was washing his hands with gas, it lit off, the fuel pump was till on, it was really bad. Could have been a just a spark from static on a cold day. I don't remember how it lit off. Just that gas is safe till it kills you.
FYI...Doing some quick Googling shows that ABS is NOT SAFE for use with gasoline. You may want to see what the manufacturer has to say about that. Maybe they use some proprietary blend of plastic that they just call ABS.
For now, I'll just pinch it off and buy extra fuel line.
Stellar HDF Member
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 2,721
Likes: 103
From: St. Louis, MO
And you have to be careful with battery chargers as well. My friend didn't know the trick of unplugging the battery charger before unhooking it to the battery.... of course batteries make hydrogen when they charge and the charger may spark if you unhook the charger while it's still plugged in. My friend was charging his motorcycle battery and hydrogen built up in the battery box and when he unhooked the charger the battery blew up and got acid all over him.
He's fine but luckily for him he wears glasses or it wouldn't have been such a decent outcome.
Another little tip there for what it's worth, unplug the battery charger before hooking it up or taking it off the battery.
He's fine but luckily for him he wears glasses or it wouldn't have been such a decent outcome.
Another little tip there for what it's worth, unplug the battery charger before hooking it up or taking it off the battery.
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Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 10,238
Likes: 799
From: Indiana
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