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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
whats the correct gas tap type
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<blockquote data-quote="indianken" data-source="post: 10265" data-attributes="member: 648"><p>Roy, </p><p></p><p>That reminds me of a time I was riding home on "PIP" one afternoon in fast traffic, on a single lane in each direction, road. I was running on the left side tap and using the right side tap as reserve. As luck would have it, she started to run dry going over a fairly long bridge. So I pulled out the right tap for reserve. And I mean, I pulled it out! It seems that the stop screw had backed out on me and was no longer doing its job. </p><p></p><p> So here I was, going up a grade, on a bridge, with no place to pull over, in</p><p>traffic with my petcock in my throttle hand as I watched my reserve fuel poring out on my right boot and exhaust pipe, to the sound of my</p><p>carburetors backfiring from lack of fuel. To prove the old bromide about God looking out for fools, I was able to put the the cork carrier back in the petcock on just the second try, (I was wearing winter weight gloves at the time), and still had enough fuel to make it over the bridge and to pull over and empty my boot of the excess fuel it was now holding.</p><p></p><p> So to my fellow Vincent owners, don't try to top this. Please check those petcocks and think about an upgrade. ( I did, and I also put a little extra $ in the plate, the next Sunday). </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ken Smith ( Phil. Pa. USA )</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="indianken, post: 10265, member: 648"] Roy, That reminds me of a time I was riding home on "PIP" one afternoon in fast traffic, on a single lane in each direction, road. I was running on the left side tap and using the right side tap as reserve. As luck would have it, she started to run dry going over a fairly long bridge. So I pulled out the right tap for reserve. And I mean, I pulled it out! It seems that the stop screw had backed out on me and was no longer doing its job. So here I was, going up a grade, on a bridge, with no place to pull over, in traffic with my petcock in my throttle hand as I watched my reserve fuel poring out on my right boot and exhaust pipe, to the sound of my carburetors backfiring from lack of fuel. To prove the old bromide about God looking out for fools, I was able to put the the cork carrier back in the petcock on just the second try, (I was wearing winter weight gloves at the time), and still had enough fuel to make it over the bridge and to pull over and empty my boot of the excess fuel it was now holding. So to my fellow Vincent owners, don't try to top this. Please check those petcocks and think about an upgrade. ( I did, and I also put a little extra $ in the plate, the next Sunday). Ken Smith ( Phil. Pa. USA ) [/QUOTE]
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