Low Idle

[Foobin]

not sure what you mean, but just called up the guy i bought the bike off and he said it is the overflow pipe. so nothing i need to worry about, thanks for everyone's help.

[PirateJafa]

If it is leaking while the bike is just sitting there, I might be worrying about it if I was you.

Although, how full do you fill your tank? If you fill it right up to the top, then throw it on the side stand I suppose a bit of petrol could lap over the top.

[Foobin]

fuel only leaks when its turn on, is that normal?

[Pancakes]

Nah Foo-Foo, if you overfill it it will leak with or without the engine on for a short while (maybe 20mL's of fuel max) and should only do it if you've really overfilled it. Would have been noticeable. If you fill it with the bike upright, ie, on the centrestand or if you sit on to fill then go home and put it on the sidestand it could well leak. Methinks the "guy you bought it from" has a vested interest in giving such a simple answer. Follow the tube dude, will tell you no lies.

See the pic below, the arrow points to the overflow hole on mine and most bikes are really similar designs.

[Pancakes]

fuel only leaks when its turn on, is that normal?

I don't know that much about stuff but I'd say it's getting fed to the carbs and can't get back. Floats are stuck and it's over filling or the return is blocked or something like that.

[Foobin]

yea maybe it has something to do with that....

anyway he said he is going to come over in the morning and take a look at it (he is a bike mechanic so should be able to sort it out, i hope)

[surfer]

When you park up turn your fuel tap off. Providing of course you have a fuel tap (this would be located under the the fuel tank between the tank and the carbs). It will stop fuel draining into the carbs and flooding them when you are parked. If you do not have a fuel tap ignore this.

Agree with other posts, you have an overflow pipe doing its job.

[surfer]

Ah yes, almost forgot. You should make sure that the revs are at the right level when idling. If they are too low over time you may damage the engine as the engine will not be working hard enough to push the oil where it needs to go to lubricate all the moving parts.

Good idea to get hold of a manual.

Good luck and enjoy.

[Foobin]

ok, umm. what does a fuel tap look like, is it the same knob i turn to turn on the reserve fuel?

The bike was idling too low, but had a play around with the rev knob and i think i have fixed it, its reving about 1500-1900, sometimes it gets a big high but it fluctuates a lot especially if i rev it up to 4000 it might drop back to 1500, then next time go back up to 1900 etc.

I got the online manual thing, its translated into english via google so its a bit cryptic at times.

[surfer]

ok, umm. what does a fuel tap look like, is it the same knob i turn to turn on the reserve fuel?

The bike was idling too low, but had a play around with the rev knob and i think i have fixed it, its reving about 1500-1900, sometimes it gets a big high but it fluctuates a lot especially if i rev it up to 4000 it might drop back to 1500, then next time go back up to 1900 etc.

I got the online manual thing, its translated into english via google so its a bit cryptic at times.

Try and set the revs so they are within the range specified in the manual. They will fluctuate a bit when the engine warms up compared to when it is cold and whether you have a chole that you are using.

Set the revs according to the manual.

There should be a picture of a fuel tap in your manual. It should be situated under the tank where the fuel hose comes out. It will have the reserve knob on it. This should have markings on it for 'on off reserve'. If it doesn't it may be that you have a vacumn fed carb in which case the fuel is sucked out by the carbs when the engine needs it and not gravity fed needing a fuel tap to turn it off when you are not running the engine.

Hope this makes sense.

[surfer]

Try and set the revs so they are within the range specified in the manual. They will fluctuate a bit when the engine warms up compared to when it is cold and whether you have a chole that you are using.

Oooops spellink...'chole' should read 'choke'

[Foobin]

Oh another question to people who know anything about the bandit's, does it have a fuel tap that need to be turn off when i park the bike?

[Drum]

PM Wasp, dude. He will answer your bandit questions. Look him up in the members list at the top of the page.

[Foobin]

Got my problems solved today, the carb was dirty and needed to be taken out and cleaned, and the overflow tube had a leak and some parts was not clear and created vacumes. Bike running fine now.