[scotland]

This bike had not been ridden or started for a couple of months or so. Took it out for a 'maintenance run' and after a few miles I noted the leak running down one of the pre-formed hoses near the 'plate'. I let it sit and cool down, then set up a cooling fan in the garage and ran it for several minutes @ various rpm's..No Leak. Then just when I was going to shut it down, it again began leaking down one of the pre-formed hoses. When I pulled the tank I could see a lot of age cracking/splits at the hose ends.

My thought is that if it was leaking from the 'plate' to tank O-ring..that it would drip down the tank, rather than down a hose (unless it was a 'bigger' leak that may then transfer fuel over to the hose). So, two hoses at about $60 on order and the process of elimination begins..taking the down time to address a couple other things as well, ie charcoal canister removal, new battery, etc.

Will update this accordingly...Hopefully it will not be a long 'replacement' process of other components.