Is it possible that since eliminating the fuel pump etc.. seems to cure this that on occasion the fuel between the fuel pumps one way valve and the float bowl heats and expands pushing fuel at higher pressures than the float can hold down and until a bit of running and the pressure balance is restored will continue to do so?

I have had mine do it twice, without isolated circumstance and that was my final thought.

The only fix I could think of without removing the benefit of a fuel pump was to put a 'T' in front of and behind the pump in the fuel lines and run a parallel fuel line with a petcock or a pressure release valve to release pressure back into the line in front of the pump. This seemed a bit complicated, so I now will flip off the petcock and idle the bike about 15-30 seconds without fuel before I shut it off and it hasn't happened again in a month and a half. I have of course had to reach down and "Turn on the fuel stupid!" a couple times after starting up and I have not as yet decided which irritates me more.

If some of us do not want to remove the fuel pump and really hate forgetting to turn on the fuel, it might not be a bad idea to determine a max pressure and see if there is a fuel line sized gasoline safe pressure release valve available at the local industrial supplier.




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