| Author | Message | ||
     Milleniumx1 |
It sure doesn't take much fuel dripping out of that vent hose to make a tightly sealed garage smell like you've had a major fuel spill! I kind of like it, but my wife isn't a fan ... After my maiden ride today, my wife came into my office and said the Buell smelled 'wrong'. When I explained it, she said "What year of bike is that? Your last one didn't do that." I don't suppose there's any good way to limit that venting 'feature' is there? I'd be hard pressed to think the CA-spec bikes do that. Not saying I want extra parts of course, but just asking the experts. Mike | ||
| P_squared |
Some folks I do believe have added the Charcoal canister to diminish the fumes. Other option which I use is leave the garage door open until the bike has cooled down a bit. Some folks have gone the route of parking it outside for ~30 mins. before putting it in the garage. Hope you find something that works for you. | ||
| Fmaxwell |
I like the smell of gasoline ... But the wife, not so much I guess I'm lucky; I like the smell of gasoline and the smell of my girlfriend. Maybe you could get your wife to dab some gasoline behind her ears. | ||
| Ron_luning |
My CA bike does not smell of gasoline in the garage after riding. The charcoal canister should be a pretty simple fit once you get the parts. | ||
| Froggy |
I might end up getting the canister too, I got a faint gas smell after parking in my motel room while heading to Georgia. I can't recall how full it was, but it wasn't like I filled it up to the brim a block away and parked it.  | ||
| Carbonbigfoot |
I like the smell of gasoline ... But the wife, not so much I guess I'm lucky; I like the smell of gasoline and the smell of my girlfriend. Maybe you could get your wife to dab some gasoline behind her ears. ROTFLMFAO!!!!!! After I quit screaming from spewing a bit of burbon out my nose... SOmebody, I can't remember who, made a low $$$ cannister, like a 6 or 8 oz catch can, and zip tied it to the passenger peg. I can't remember if it had charcoal in it or not. Paint it black, and it disappears. My theory is when you have winter formulation gas when it's not cold enough. That's when they start spewing. I live in south Texas, home of friggin heat. It's one of our major exports. Anyway, the only time I've had that happen is when I was traveling to Leakey, TX, higher elevation, and lower temps, i.e. they have winter formulation fuel whereas Corpus Christi never gets it. And with the motor so close to the fuel, that can kick it off. Good luck! R | ||
| Milleniumx1 |
Fmaxwell - I'll try that! Funny thing, when I put that title I stopped to think if anyone would think (even jokingly) that I was saying I didn't like the smell of my wife as much as I did fuel. I already feel right at home here! I might just have to check into installing some sort of charcoal canister. Not high on my priority list, but once the snow comes the tinkering time could get the best of me. Froggy - Great picture! Mike | ||
| Macchiato |
SOCAL here no gas smell in the garage. | ||
| Milleniumx1 |
Now that I'm figuring out the Search tactics better, I found quite a bit of info on this in some of the 08 era threads. But I also stumbled across AFV and how to check F / R. Something else to worry about if those numbers aren't right  Better yet, I'll just not mess with it and enjoy riding it instead! Mike | ||
| Daggar |
Mine will have a strong gas smell on a hot day. I just park it outside for a while. | ||
| Redscuell |
After I installed the California canister, I had to wonder why it didn't come with every single 1125. Otherwise there would have to be a good reason to have flammable petrol dripping onto the pavement, especially in the garage. My wife didn't like the Buell's smell either; so when I fitted the canister the smell was 100% GONE. Get a copy of the parts manual for your year 1125 (lots of them on eBay) and order the canister and the two hoses; they're not expensive. And, yes, a search of these threads will turn up the p/ns, too. The canister fits under the seat. The hard part is locating the fitting on the throttle bodies (left hand side, behind the linkage there. | ||
| Averagejoe |
I too have had this problem, I ride home pull the bike into our 2 car attached garage and within 15 minutes everyone in the house is asking what the gas smell is and I have to open the garage door back up for a while. Think I am going to have to get a canister too. | ||
| Whynot |
Here's a good thread with good info and pic of the canister installed: http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/290 431/444928.html#POST1412122 | ||
| Averagejoe |
Thanks for the link, does anyone happen to have the part numbers for the hoses and canister? And whats the rough price for the three? | ||
| Chadhargis |
I do the "park it outside" trick. The only problem with that is when I go inside, get all comfortable and forget the bike is outside. Then remember about bedtime and have to get dressed and put shoes on to wheel it inside. | ||
| Whynot |
Here are the P/Ns shown in the 08 1125R parts book: 27042.84A carbon canister P0066.1AM hose P0067.1AM hose I've asked a dealer (badweb sponsor)for a price quote. | ||
| Milleniumx1 |
This might be the first time I've considered (by choice) adding a CA-spec item to a 49-state bike. But if it can be done for just a small amount of money and some easy wrenching, I'm game! Mike | ||
| Froggy |
27042-84A CARBON CANNISTER Retail Price:$37.50 P0066.1AM HOSE ASSY, THROTTLE BODY TO CARBON CANN. Retail Price:$9.75 P0067.1AM HOSE ASSY, FUEL VENT, CALIF, Retail Price:$13.25 | ||
| 1324 |
Thanks for the part numbers, I'll definitely add this over the winter. While the smell of gasoline isn't terribly strong on my 09 R, I despise the way this bike marks it's spot all over my driveway. Must be a HD after all. | ||
| Oddball |
Gotta roll up a newspaper. "No, no,..... Bad Buelly, bad" | ||
| 1324 |
Haha. I've reprimanded my Buell before. I usually end up being the one learning the lesson. Need to play nice. | ||
| Sknight |
Mine did this pretty bad today, you could actually see fumes spraying out of the hose, after a few minutes it'd start dripping. I'm thinking about adding a small catch can under the seat with a siphon hose to suck any gas that pools back into the tank. But I'll probably get lazy and add the factory canister! | ||
| Dirty_john |
I ran the tank vent to the rear licence plate and was careful to position it not to drip on the tyre, when I put the bike away after a ride I clip a vent line in garage to the drip line which runs to atmosphere outside the garage, saves having the garage smelling of fuel, with the house above the garage this mod stops vapours getting into the house. Was going to fit an extract fan into the garage but the method above costs no more than a bit of tube and a small hole in the wall | ||
| Mikethebike72 |
I found out the hard way: don't attempt an oil change with anything approaching a full tank. When I went to lean the bike over to the right to drain the oil out of the right side, gas POURED out of my vent line. What a messed up oil change procedure BTW. So much more simple to just drain the swingarm. | ||
| Averagejoe |
Just got done routing min back to the license plate will see how that works. Reason I did was because I took off my rear pegs, then you have to to something with it. | ||
| Red93stang |
Froggy who is the sponsor with those prices? Does it have to have the Cali flash with this canister? | ||
| Milleniumx1 |
Is the CA-version flash different? I could see that adding fuel could alter things slightly, but didn't think it significant. Then again, this thing did leave a pretty good sized spot. I might do what Dirty John suggested in the interim ... Short shot of tubing outside. Can't beat the price! Mike | ||
| Red93stang |
Mil I am trying to find out, my brother knows the engineers that did the programing on the Helicon so I dropped them an e-mail about this. Hurry up and wait! | ||
| Froggy |
Those are retail prices at your favorite dealer. If you order from Liberty or Precision, you can get a 10% badweb discount. | ||
| Red93stang |
Confirmed, they all got the same flash, Cali bikes got the the Canister and hoses and they still have the clamp on the left rear peg assembly. |
