First drop...And then there was the gas leak.

monkeykat · Post by **monkeykat** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 12:58 am

Had to happen sometime I guess--I dropped my bike. It had been precipitating a bit, I was on a perpendicular incline trying to park and my foot slipped when I tried to pull it up on the center stand. Not a big deal, no scratches whatsoever!

Went to do my daily stuff, came out to go home and it wouldn't start. I knew it was lowish on gas. I had been having a problem with it starting easily when it was low on gas, so I thought I'd go get a 1/2 gallon from the gas station. When I got back to my scooter, gas was dribbling out. A lot.

Scooter shop is closed, so I called a friend who works on motorcycles. He said to put the gas in anyway and try again. Still no starting and gas was pouring out. I was told it is probably the carburetor float stuck.

Has anyone had experience with this? I even tried moving the scooter around to see if it would start at a different angle. I will call the shop tomorrow, but I'm hoping there's an easier way to check this besides having it towed downtown.

supermach · Post by **supermach** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 2:45 am

Take a look at the gas filter.

viney266 · Post by **viney266** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 6:37 am

You could have torn the fuel line ...Does it leak all the time or just when you crank it? where is it dripping?

And if the float stuck, uprighting the bike should fix it...usually

desmolicious · Post by **desmolicious** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 9:21 pm

Take off the right cowl cover and see where the gas leak is coming from.
Then go from there.

monkeykat · Post by **monkeykat** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:25 am

Thanks for the responses...it turned out that the best thing for me to do with my schedule last week was have it towed (yay free roadside!)

Believe me, I would rather not be so helpless in situations like this. I plan to learn, but even that needs a little more free time (and resources) that I don't have right now. Any book recommendations from anyone?

The shop clean out the carb, but it still wasn't running right. It ends up that they needed to replace the carb needle and float, which they assure me had nothing to do with the drop (yay warranty!) It's interesting how differently it drives now...it feels a little peppier and more consistent when throttling.