Fuel under a K9 - overfull?
 

Mate's just phoned me up, he's got a brand new 09 SV Sport.
Tells me that there's petrol puddling under his bike if he leaves it anywhere, only a small amount and he thinks it's exiting from the breather tubes behind the rear brake pedal.

I'm wondering if it's simply overfilled, as I say he's new to the SV and may have put a bit too much fuel in - any other ideas for this?

Re: Breather tubes
 

Overfilled is most probable.

Re: Breather tubes
 

Brimmed then left in the sunn probably

the heat from the sun will make the petrol expand that much to come out of the pipes

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+1 to post above i was forever doing this on my new bike at the time er6f, so its not likely its rolled out the garage defective.

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Thanks guys, I'll give him a bell and set his mind at rest :)

I'd hazarded a guess at the same, but only having had an SV for 3 months I'm not fully up to speed on it little quirks myself yet!

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My tank is almost empty at the moment - but look for my thread this morning about my bike whistling.

I would bet that had I more fuel in it then I too would have a puddle.

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Yes, I read your thread about a pressurised tank - when I was scouting around for any other explanations. Have you found the blockage yet? if not, good luck :)

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Seems to be common on Kwaks and may not be due to a blockage.....

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If it helps my er6 whistled all the time and occasionally opened with a pop as the pressure equalized.

Dealers never thought anything of it!