Pulled the battery out of my bike earlier this weekend. I was having charging problems, partly due to the rear tailight being on constantly because of the rear brake switch, the other problem was the previous owner put the wrong battery in there. So ordered the new battery, and while I had it apart I noticed there was fuel all over part of the carb and leaking down to the engine case. Ripped off the top of the bike and found one of my fuel lines has a pin hole in it. Lucky I caught, otherwise I could have been turned into a two wheel flaming cart of death. So yes my bike tried to kill me.



The fuel line however is a random size ID and OD, of course. But the part only costs 4 bucks. Much better than the 30 bucks I spent for the three inch coolant line on the turbo on the 7. So anyway I ordered a new turn signal stem as well, as mine is broken. So happy days in a week when the parts arrive. Dissapointment though that the bike will be sitting all that time.



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How could the hole have gotten there? Was it dry rotted?

someone ordered a hit for him

when CA switched to alcohol in the fuel all of the BMW's started going thru fuel lines. german rubber isnt equipped to deal with gasoline, or well earths atmosphere

There is a guy who lives down the street from me, he is missing his legs from the knees down. He has fake legs and rides around on a moped all day. We call him two step. I think he may have done it. Honestly the bike sat for 15 years and then was rebuilt before I bought her. I think it's just old and developed, because around the hole it was raised, indicating it had been under pressure for a while. The good thing is I got to clean the top of the frame up pretty well.



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I bought my John Deere lawn tractor new in the Spring of 2003. Earlier this summer, I happened to look down at the deck and I see this drip, drip, dripping from the engine area. I quit mowing and check it out. The fuel line looks like its a million years old and its all crackled, and from one of the crackled areas, its leaking.



Rubber fuel hose that craps out in five years? It's a conspiracy, I tells ya!

It was prolly assembled at the plant not far from my place that just moved its ass to mexico.