Never EVER Ignore a Fuel Leak

This is what happend to a friend of mine. He ignored a fuel leak from under his fuel tank. Might have been carb or possibly a fuel line. I told a few of you at the BBQ about a friend that had a Boss Hoss. Well. It's not as pretty as it was a week ago. He told me he had just put 10 gallons in the tank. He pulled away from the pump and made it about 30 feet from the pump. I guess I'll let the pics tell the rest of the story.

Tough way to lower a bike.

Oh my god. And how much did he have tied up in her??

Not sure about a dollar amount. I think it was around 15-18k. Just did a belt conversion for about 5-6k alone.

Is your Friend OK. with something that looks that bad, I hope he wasn't hurt.

Yeah, was my first question....He OK? Wowzers.....

Second question....fully insured I hope...

Burnt his arms. Don't know how bad. But I guess it wasn't too bad. And if I know him as well as I think I do. No insurance.

I'll probably buy the motor and trans with carb

yeah I mean we are talking about a burnt small block and burnt I assume two speed powerglide and a melted carb. so priced accordingly

NO. It has a custom two speed standard. I have not seen it up close. But I will probly be over there within the next two weeks. I'll see how bad it is melted and let you know.

then I probably wont have use for trani

Just let me see how bad it is and I will let you know what is usable and what is not.

10-4

Man I wish I would have seen this post earlier.. Would have been fun for the trike project..

I'm still trying to find out info on mounting the Roots Blower on the GL1000
I think this was your buddy right before he got gas.. Sumthin prolly vibrated loose causing a fuel leak... Glad he is ok.

I have seen him sm0ke the rear tire like that at 80 mph. Let a black streak at least a 1/4 mile. You wont ever catch me doin that stuff.

it aint bad the bike holds itself up pretty much, you got to do it once. go ahead and let you inner speedfreak out

nickestes wrote:it aint bad the bike holds itself up pretty much, you got to do it once. go ahead and let you inner speedfreak out

I have seen him do it. When you hammer that 350 the whole bike tries to jump sideways. It doesn't look like fun to me. I have let my inner speedfreak out before. Thats why I own a cruiser now. I have been caught doin 140mph on Dauphin Island bridge with the wife on the back. It was at that moment I decided to get rid of it.

knowing her she was probably grinning

Ear to ear and yellin WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

My wife would have had a stroke long before 140.

My wife loves it. She used to lean up and say "hit it'. Thats how I got the ticket.

ONCE! I rode on the back of the Busi. Ted came away with cat marks on his side, and I came away with about 2 lbs of his flesh under my nails! Lesson learned!

Nah. You just didn't expect it. It's fun.

haha got my seat now fixing to give kari a ride on it