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Valve that controls gas on my bike?
There is this valve that controls the gas supply on my motorcycle. It
doesn't seem to work very well for me. When I turn it to the "off" position, the bike often continues to run, even after I try to shut if off. I think the valve is defective. When I fiddle with it a bit, it seems to work OK, but it can be fickle. Anyhow, I was told that it was a pet cock valve. Do any of you have a pet cock you need to fiddle with from time to time? What's the solution to my dilemma. Thanks for your time. |
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Valve that controls gas on my bike?
On 8/11/2008 6:03 PM Mark spake thus:
There is this valve that controls the gas supply on my motorcycle. It doesn't seem to work very well for me. When I turn it to the "off" position, the bike often continues to run, even after I try to shut if off. I think the valve is defective. When I fiddle with it a bit, it seems to work OK, but it can be fickle. Anyhow, I was told that it was a pet cock valve. Do any of you have a pet cock you need to fiddle with from time to time? Yes, I do. His name's Buster and he can kick your rooster's ass. -- "Wikipedia ... it reminds me ... of dogs barking idiotically through endless nights. It is so bad that a sort of grandeur creeps into it. It drags itself out of the dark abyss of pish, and crawls insanely up the topmost pinnacle of posh. It is rumble and bumble. It is flap and doodle. It is balder and dash." - With apologies to H. L. Mencken |
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Valve that controls gas on my bike?
Mark,
It's one word, petcock. You should not need to fiddle with it. Rebuild or replace it. Dave M. |
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Valve that controls gas on my bike?
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"David L. Martel" wrote: Mark, It's one word, petcock. You should not need to fiddle with it. Rebuild or replace it. Dave M. I guess P.T. was right. How'd that one taste going down, Dave? |
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Valve that controls gas on my bike?
On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:37:32 -0700, Smitty Two
wrote: In article , "David L. Martel" wrote: Mark, It's one word, petcock. You should not need to fiddle with it. Rebuild or replace it. Dave M. I guess P.T. was right. How'd that one taste going down, Dave? hehehe |
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Valve that controls gas on my bike?
On Aug 11, 9:03*pm, Mark wrote:
There is this valve that controls the gas supply on my motorcycle. *It doesn't seem to work very well for me. *When I turn it to the "off" position, the bike often continues to run, even after I try to shut if off. * I think the valve is defective. *When I fiddle with it a bit, it seems to work OK, but it can be fickle. Anyhow, I was told that it was a pet cock valve. *Do any of you have a pet cock you need to fiddle with from time to time? *What's the solution to my dilemma. *Thanks for your time. Does it have three positions? One on, one off and one reserve? In the off position it will continue to run for a while. It is not a switch to turn off the engine. The only time mine gets turned to off is when it is going in storage. |
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Valve that controls gas on my bike?
On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:03:17 +0200 (CEST), Mark wrote:
There is this valve that controls the gas supply on my motorcycle. It doesn't seem to work very well for me. When I turn it to the "off" position, the bike often continues to run, even after I try to shut if off. I think the valve is defective. When I fiddle with it a bit, it seems to work OK, but it can be fickle. Anyhow, I was told that it was a pet cock valve. Do any of you have a pet cock you need to fiddle with from time to time? What's the solution to my dilemma. Thanks for your time. Jeez. You have a motorsickle. Most motorsickles have carburetors. Carburetors have float bowls, which store a few oz. of gas. Shut off the petcock, the bike will likely run until the few oz. run out. If you got nary a clue about how a motorsickle works, you're a very good bet to do yo'self harm. Consider an automobile. AQ "The monkey and the baboon was playing 7-up. The monkey won the money but he scared to pick it up. The monkey stumbled, mama. The baboon fell. The monkey grab the money and he run like hell!" - from "Dirty Motherfuyer", Roosevelt Sykes, around 1935 |
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Valve that controls gas on my bike?
Mark wrote in
: There is this valve that controls the gas supply on my motorcycle. It doesn't seem to work very well for me. When I turn it to the "off" position, the bike often continues to run, even after I try to shut if off. I think the valve is defective. When I fiddle with it a bit, it seems to work OK, but it can be fickle. Anyhow, I was told that it was a pet cock valve. Do any of you have a pet cock you need to fiddle with from time to time? What's the solution to my dilemma. Thanks for your time. Yes I have one and it shoots live bullets just like a gun. Some guns need to be cocked. Have you ever cocked a gun? I'd like to see a pic of that one. |
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