Closing Petcock for Storage
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If the float sticks, it would drain on the floor. You would have to stand there and work the accelerator pump (open/close the throttle repeatedly) for it to end up in the crankcase.
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I was thinking the same thing. Now, if the drain hose plugged, would that cause fuel to go into the cylinders, or, would it pour out of the air cleaner?
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Probably the air cleaner...but the bike does lean to the left when parked. It still has to go through the intake, heads, weep past the valves (which may be open, partially open, or closed depending on the engine rotation when it last stopped), and then leak past the rings to get all the way to the crankcase.
If you find gas in the crankcase, you very likely have problems other than just a sticky float.
If you find gas in the crankcase, you very likely have problems other than just a sticky float.
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WHY YOU!!@#$%^&*()(*#$@!#~@!$#%^&*(&
I FIXED that problem by parking on a J&S jack..........
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If it's in the crankcase, look at the valves, guides, seals, and rings.
Traildog...you can move your kickstand mount to the other side, but then you'll have to park with the Sprints (he-heh).
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I probably shouldn't ask, but, what in the heck is s "Sprint?"
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It's a close relative to your Yamasukiha! 
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Hey, if you're gonna insult my Japper, please use the correct spelling.
It's Yamakasuki.............AND, it leans the SAME WAY my HARLEY does.......
It's Yamakasuki.............AND, it leans the SAME WAY my HARLEY does.......
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Not sure what kind of messed-up carburetor would do that. It still has to travel the same path, and leak through the same obstacles to get there.. My Evo (CV carb) and my Shovel (S&S carb) both have stuck the float on a rare occasion, and both leaked to the floor, not the crankcase.
It can also leak into the carb throat and run down the intake tract, filling the cylinder/s with fuel, which will go around the rings and fill the crankcase.
It has nothing to do with the condition of the valves, guides, seals and rings.