I noticed that my bike had a fuel leak by the overwhelming smell of fuel in my garage. So I pushed the bike outside and could see that fuel was draining from the overflow vent with the check valve. So I suspected that some piece of crud was stuck in the float needle valve. I couldn’t get to it right away so virtually all the fuel drained out. When I started working on it, I thought I’d try to run the engine and see if vibrations and fuel flow would allow the debris to pass and allow the float needle valve to seat properly again. I filled tank with Stabil/Gas mix and started the bike to drive it around at some wide open throttle runs. But bike wouldn’t move. Its like the drive belt was barely engaging and would just barely move the bike in forward or reverse. I wondered that night after I had quit working on the bike if gas had gotten into the drive enclosure. So I searched the ‘net. Nothing. Today I started the bike to allow the air movement through the drive ventilation system to try to dry the enclosure if some fuel had gotten inside. When I reved the engine gas came pouring out the vent exhaust. I pulled the drain plug and I’m sure a pint of gasoline poured out of the enclosure, maybe a quart. I haven’t pulled the cover off yet. I’m dumbfounded at this discovery. I think I must be lucky not to have caught the drive on fire as I reved the bike trying to get it to move. Fortunately I didn’t do it for long as I feared I’d ruin the drive belt, so maybe I didin’t get the belt hot enough to cause a fire/explosion.

Has anyone ever heard of this?

New user here. Had to post to see if anyone has experienced this before. Must be leaking around gasket somewhere.

I noticed that my bike had a fuel leak by the overwhelming smell of fuel in my garage. So I pushed the bike outside and could see that fuel was draining from the overflow vent with the check valve. So I suspected that some piece of crud was stuck in the float needle valve. I couldn’t get to it right away so virtually all the fuel drained out. When I started working on it, I thought I’d try to run the engine and see if vibrations and fuel flow would allow the debris to pass and allow the float needle valve to seat properly again. I filled tank with Stabil/Gas mix and started the bike to drive it around at some wide open throttle runs. But bike wouldn’t move. Its like the drive belt was barely engaging and would just barely move the bike in forward or reverse. I wondered that night after I had quit working on the bike if gas had gotten into the drive enclosure. So I searched the ‘net. Nothing. Today I started the bike to allow the air movement through the drive ventilation system to try to dry the enclosure if some fuel had gotten inside. When I reved the engine gas came pouring out the vent exhaust. I pulled the drain plug and I’m sure a pint of gasoline poured out of the enclosure, maybe a quart. I haven’t pulled the cover off yet. I’m dumbfounded at this discovery. I think I must be lucky not to have caught the drive on fire as I reved the bike trying to get it to move. Fortunately I didn’t do it for long as I feared I’d ruin the drive belt, so maybe I didin’t get the belt hot enough to cause a fire/explosion.

Has anyone ever heard of this?

New user here. Had to post to see if anyone has experienced this before. Must be leaking around gasket somewhere.