Petrol leaking when bike was laid down

[Ian03]

Firstly hello everyone,

After having a 2003 RSV 1000 mille for 2months short of 5 years, been to Italy 3 times on it, which was great, but the body after the last trip was telling me that I am no spring chicken at 53yrs young, so at the weekend I only went and got myself a Tuono Gen 1 2005 model.

Have to say oh my god, I fricken love it. The upright position is so much more comfortable and the wide bars make for manoeuvring so much easier past them pot holes and I can even operate the rear brake pedal so much easier.

Now the down side, as unfortunately for me there is too much slack on the throttle cables, caused jerkiness at slow speed and whilst doing slow u turn I gently laid my bike on the ground. No damage bar a very slightly grazed crash bung and a bruised ego. The tilt cut off switch stopped the engine, but there was petrol coming from underneath the right hand side of the petrol tank and it did not stop until I got the bike upright. The petrol tank was full and I know it wasn't coming from the top of the tank. So my question is, do any of you have any ideas where the leak was coming from and why?

 

[Keith B]

When the bike was on its side you probably filled up the tank breather pipe.

 

[grin factor]

As above.
If the tank was full it would run out until upright. Nowt to worry about

 

[Ian03]

Thanks for the replies. That's put my mind to rest

Cheers Ian

 

[Aldo]

Yer a daft Fud, unless yer machine has serious plumbing problems and yer put petrol somewhere other than the petrol tank, where else would it come from.

Hope yer don't use a Zippo mucker. :thumbup

 

[captain slow]

53 years eh, took you a while to realise flat and wide bars rule, you see further down the road too.

 

[Ian03]

Yer a daft Fud, unless yer machine has serious plumbing problems and yer put petrol somewhere other than the petrol tank, where else would it come from.

Hope yer don't use a Zippo mucker. :thumbup

Petrol out the bottom of a petrol tank :lol

Seriously though, does the overflow pipes on a Tuono come down the side of the bike to just behind the right foot peg, as it did on my RSV 1000? If it does then I'm now thinking that the overflow pipe has detached itself from the bottom of the tank and hence the petrol pouring from between the tank/frame and not at the bottom :dunno

I've lost my Scots to Geordie translation book, so what's a zippo?

 

[Ian03]

53 years eh, took you a while to realise flat and wide bars rule, you see further down the road too.

Took a while before I admitted to myself that I am old git

The RSV Mille is now officially :supergay :smilie

 

[Aldo]

Ian yer obviously never smoked mucker.

 

[Ian03]

Smoking :no
But at least I now know what your on about