Fuel leak....

["Kevin Hoskins" <Kevin.Hoskins@xxxxxxx>]

Greetings,

Had I written this before last Saturday morning, I would have had 
nothing but praise for my '00 ST. At that time it had not exhibited 
any of the problems that seem to inflict others on the list. The transmission 
shifted very smoothly from day one and even !better! after the first 
oil change. The fuel gauge has always indicated full until about 
110 - 120 miles and then descends, reaching the beginning of the 
red zone at about 210 miles. The low fuel indicator light comes on 
at about 4.7 gals consumed leaving 0.8 gals, equal to the claimed 
reserve quantity. The front brakes are assume and the back brake 
works without any wooden or dead feel. The bike handles wonderfully. 
My dealer, BMW-Triumph of Santa Cruz County delivered a wonderful 
example of what Hinkley can produce. God had truly blessed me, or 
so I thought....

But, and this is a BIG but, I am writing this Monday afternoon....

Saturday morning, after my first round trip commute to work and back 
last Friday (~120 miles), I was going to participate in my first shop ride 
with some Honda folks on Saturday and my Triumph dealer's shop ride 
on Sunday. But entering the garage early Saturday morning greeted me 
with the fragrance of MTBE-poisoned gasoline (others from CA will 
understand). 

Sure enough, investigation revealed a sheen of gas on wires behind the 
alternator, but no puddle below the bike. By Sunday morning there was 
discoloration (but, again, no puddle) on the concrete floor just in front of 
the side stand and the telltale remains of gas "tracks" at the rear of the 
left belly pan. 

Crap.

A call to the dealer first thing Tuesday will hopefully begin a very short 
journey to this problem's resolution and elimination of future reoccurrence.

Kevin

Kevin Hoskins
Audio Applications, National Semiconductor Corp.
408-721-2594
"Just because you can does not mean you should."


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