Bob Kelly III
Ranch Kid from way back,.... that got Old !
xjwmx : I believe you might have the wrong idea about the tube ....and using it for viewing the level of the fuel in the float bowl....
as long as you don't use 12 feet of fuel line and lay it down and let it fill up you will be fine seeing the level of the fuel as the fuel will go into the tube and if you raise the tube the fuel will go back into the float bowl not the tank (obviously it can't) that tiny amount of fuel in the line
won't mess up the level reading at all ..... but with a line attached and held up to the side of the carb and then the drain screw opened
it will flow into the tube and stop at the fuel level in the bowl.....
of course you know this , but you made it sound as if moving that hose even a small amount will screw up the reading.... and it won't !
i teaspoon of gas one way or the other isn't going to muck up the reading !
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All my life I've set the fuel level about 1/4" below the top of the float bowl on almost every bike I have owned with no ill effects ...and NO WASTED GAS from going up steep ramps or unclimbable hills but this xs650 is different I have set them to the top of the bowl like the manual said..... simply because I was tired of screwing with the carbs and wanted to be done with it once and for all LOL
so I see no reason that the fuel level in the bowls could be a little less than what the manual calls for .... I expect it would run and preform just fine.... it may wind up being a few parts per million leaner than normal though.....because it takes a bit more vacuum to pull the fuel from that depth.... but it's more or less all relative ... as long as the jets are covered good and can't possibly suck air you are good to go !
..... but that is THEORY.... and if your setting your carbs do it the way the manual says !
LOL
Bob.....
as long as you don't use 12 feet of fuel line and lay it down and let it fill up you will be fine seeing the level of the fuel as the fuel will go into the tube and if you raise the tube the fuel will go back into the float bowl not the tank (obviously it can't) that tiny amount of fuel in the line
won't mess up the level reading at all ..... but with a line attached and held up to the side of the carb and then the drain screw opened
it will flow into the tube and stop at the fuel level in the bowl.....
of course you know this , but you made it sound as if moving that hose even a small amount will screw up the reading.... and it won't !
i teaspoon of gas one way or the other isn't going to muck up the reading !
.......
All my life I've set the fuel level about 1/4" below the top of the float bowl on almost every bike I have owned with no ill effects ...and NO WASTED GAS from going up steep ramps or unclimbable hills but this xs650 is different I have set them to the top of the bowl like the manual said..... simply because I was tired of screwing with the carbs and wanted to be done with it once and for all LOL
so I see no reason that the fuel level in the bowls could be a little less than what the manual calls for .... I expect it would run and preform just fine.... it may wind up being a few parts per million leaner than normal though.....because it takes a bit more vacuum to pull the fuel from that depth.... but it's more or less all relative ... as long as the jets are covered good and can't possibly suck air you are good to go !
..... but that is THEORY.... and if your setting your carbs do it the way the manual says !
LOL
Bob.....