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Old 05-18-2008, 12:09 AM   #1
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Default Draining the gas....need asap!

Hey drewp wants to know if anyone knows how to drain the gas from an 07 Buell xb12?

They think there's water in the gas and that's why he's having problems.


please help
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Old 05-18-2008, 12:13 AM   #2
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gotta break out the shop manual....there's got to be a fuel line in there somewhere to disconnect.....

i've never had to do any such thing with my buell...and I have a 9 anyways, may be different....
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Old 05-18-2008, 12:16 AM   #3
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Ok i'll tell them


All I know is the bike is sputtering and acting like it's out of fuel so any suggestions would be helpful
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Old 05-18-2008, 12:18 AM   #4
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Ok i'll tell them


All I know is the bike is sputtering and acting like it's out of fuel so any suggestions would be helpful
bad fuel, maybe.....make sure he didn't put diesel in the thing on accident... the low octane gases do that to my buell sometimes, sputter, hesitation, backfiring....

plus the gas companies are cutting their gas with 10% ethanol now and that may have something to do with the poor performance...
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Old 05-18-2008, 01:04 AM   #5
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seafoam or something like it will help "eliminate" the water i believe.. an octane booster might help as well..
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Old 05-18-2008, 01:08 AM   #6
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just pull off the tank...drain the gas, and get some new gas.
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Old 05-18-2008, 01:48 AM   #7
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from the quick searching I've done looks like the fuel drain is on the fuel pump...
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Old 05-18-2008, 01:49 AM   #8
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from the quick searching I've done looks like the fuel drain is on the fuel pump...
I beat you to it. Look up one post above yours.
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Old 05-18-2008, 07:13 PM   #9
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he tried to blame chewy for bad jew jew. I think it's more him. The duck decoys, the leaky fork, the gap wreck, the skyway trip from hell; bad things happen on his trips.
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Old 05-20-2008, 07:33 PM   #10
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I was all set to show Drewpy some of the twistiest roads around. Most riders know about Lookout Mountain, but I was also going to show them two twisty roads that few riders know about. But they will stay secret as Drewpy called and cannot make it up to Denver. I gave him some very round-about routes, past the Sangre de Cristo (Blood of Christ) Mountains, to Albuquerque. Unfortunately, the Buell was going to be shipped back home from Colorado Springs.
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