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[brucstoudt]

Originally Posted by ChinCactus

I was always told to turn them off to prevent carb leakage from washing down the cylinders. Probably urban legend.

I did have the Hugger carb float stick once and unload it's tank onto some nice fresh asphalt on a hot sunny day. Next time I went by that area there was a patch in the street there.

when this happens it's possible to dilute your oil with gas to the point it ruins your roller bearings.not an urban legend.

[Steve9]

Yeh
I always turn off my '03, as the carb float misbehaves. My '81 has given me no reason...yet

It's a good thing to do though, I should probably do it with both bikes

[wedge]

Originally Posted by brucstoudt

that's probably fine for fuel injection models.not so fine for carb models.i only see an '05 listed in your profile above.refering to wedges post.ChinCactus and i posted at the same time.

Yep, I have two 05's. A Roadster and a Custom that is evolving into a Roadster with big front wheel.

So far no gas in the oil. I know for certain what that looks like from being a VW mechanic. When the diaphragm in the fuel pump cracks they dump fuel into the oil. It was very common.

[brucstoudt]

i have a custom model myself,that 21''x3'' chopper wheel is getting replaced on mine also with 19''x3-1/2 factory wheel from the period. i have a matching rear wheel also to replace the fat boy wheel.

[Highly-Dangerous]

Welcome from Spain!