Triumphrat

Fraederichs

Do you folks turn your fuelcock to off when you're not riding your bike? I do If I'm not going to ride it for a week. Should I do more often?

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2004 Bonnie Black
Madison, WI

Ozmarty

I always turn mine off but this may be a hangover from the old days. The old Amal carbies had a tendency to overfill when gravity overcame dodgy needle valves.

Turning it off can't do any harm and may do some good

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If god had wanted us to ride bikes with more than two cylinders he wouldn't have invented the 69 Bonnie

rodburner

Lots of folks here do it every time they park. I operate the valve from on to reserve and back,at every fill-up to keep the o-ring lubed,but only turn it off to remove the tank,so 3 times in 7600 miles.

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" A man is only as old as the women he feels" G Marx

meatwagon

If you touch it more than three times a day,you're playing with it.Stop it or you'll go blind :-D

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TonUp Club San Diego

dazco

LOL ! I had a pet chicken once, but never a petcock. :-D

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2005 Speedmaster, Neon Blue, Thunderbike pipes, snorkel removed, UNI filter, drilled airbox, 130 mains, TBS needles.(2 shims) And speaking of Speedmasters, HERE'S MINE

rodburner

Thank God for laser eye surgery.That should extend play time a few more decades! :hammer:

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" A man is only as old as the women he feels" G Marx

Diego

Ah yes, "dodgy needle valves"...my favorite indy rock group!

Of course, there's no reason to believe modern float valves are infallible either, so I turn my petcock on at the start of the day's first ride, and turn it off after the last ride of the day.

That must be a good compromise. So far, I need nothing more than moderate strength glasses.

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Doc_Hollywood

It is my petcock and my soap and I will wash it as fast as I want to.....

Doc

rodburner

Summer must be over,as I feel the annual KY/Astroglide debate rearing[?] its ugly head. :-D

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" A man is only as old as the women he feels" G Marx

dazco

I turn mine off after every ride. Not because it's necassary, but because i DON'T KNOW for a fact that it isn't !

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2005 Speedmaster, Neon Blue, Thunderbike pipes, snorkel removed, UNI filter, drilled airbox, 130 mains, TBS needles.(2 shims) And speaking of Speedmasters, HERE'S MINE