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I stopped the flow. When I cut the petcock off it stopped immediately. There is nothing leaking at all with the petcock off. It was only open for a couple of seconds, as soon as I looked down to flip the choke I saw the fuel running out and I shut it off. Thanks for the tip, I will check the...

I just filled the tank up, so that makes sense why its got such a "good" flow. Thanks for the pointers, when I get a 'round toit' I'll get back and let you know what I found. I'm too busy to get to it right now, it'll have to just sit for now.

So take the carb off, open her up and see if something is stuck or blocked? I say that because it doesn't flow out of the hole it squirts out of the hole like its taking a piss. It was running just fine a few days ago, so maybe some junk got in the carb. Now that I think about it, I did twist...

I went to crank my cycle today and fuel was pouring out of the left filter. I shut off the petcocks, pulled the filter off to see what the heck was going on. As soon as I turned the petcock on again, a stream shot out of pencil sized hole on the left side of the air intake. Turned the petcock...

thanks for the information and your experience, I'll order one shortly.

My PMA puts out 250 watts.

Upgrading the reg/rec unit seems like the way to go. I also found these two as well.... Pricey is a relative term to protect all of the electronics, I won't skimp. http://roadstercycle.com/index.htm...

She ain't much, but I built her and I'm proud of her, because as far as being a mechanic and fabricator, I'm incompetent at best. Gonna go wrap the pipes this afternoon, should help her looks a little bit.

Now that Pamco Pete is no longer in business, I need to protect my e-advancer/ignition more than ever. I don't know what I would do if it were to get fried. As I understand it, with a big capacitor and almost zero current draw, the only thing protecting it is the rectifier. I'm fearful that...

Thanks so much for the advice guys. I really couldn't have finished this build without this forum.

Dude! That worked like magic. Torched plugs, first kick she fired up. I can't believe it. I'll pull them again and give them a good cleaning later. You saved me from pulling out all of my hair and loosing my mind, as well as my money. Thank you!!!!

Is that to burn off any residual carbon buildup on the plugs? They have about 30 minutes total run time on them and they were giving me spark when I pulled them, but I'll give it a shot anyway. My fuel lines are clear, so there is fuel flowing, the question is how much and where is it going?

Back in December it was in the shop for a little work and they replaced the carb floats and gave them a look, so I would hope they would last longer than 30 minutes before a problem. I'll have to turn it over and pull the plug to see if its wet. I didn't think of that I was just looking for...

I'd like to thank all you guys for input during the winter about petcocks. I got my old vacuum petcocks replaced with new ones, I can now turn off my fuel and it no longer drips all over my bike. Now...... When I changed the petcocks it was winter, so I was running the cycle in the garage...

I found my 90 degree outlet had come unbonded, the glue has disintegrated, I could just pull it out. Is there any particular adhesive you recommend that would be best? The only thing that comes to mind is JB Weld, but not sure about how resistant it would be against gasoline, and likewise, it...