Vintage BMW Motorcycle Owners

Bingo! Motion pro, that is the stuff my shop uses. St.

Even the Motion Pro hose starts to get stiff after a couple of years. Two years is the schedule I change it out.

-Randy

If you like the look of the braided fuel line you can search for 7mm Volkswagen fuel line. It's available from numerous suppliers.

Randy's tip on putting a washer on before the fuel line is a fuel barb saver. The barbs are made of plastic and have a tendency to break when people pull on the fuel line. It's like the Chinese Finger Trap - when you pull the fuel line it shrinks on the barb. If you push from the washer it expands the fuel line over the barb and slides off easily.

I use a cheap pair of Hose Pliers from Amazon and they work like a charm

https://www.amazon.ca/Plier-Vacuum-Heat ... 44&sr=8-48

Scott.

Are you talking about the brass tube coming up from the carb bowl? It's to prevent the bowl from overfilling.

From the /6 owners manual: "On order to prevent fuel from flowing into the cylinders in the event of a leaking fuel feed valve, excess fuel is conducted away to atmosphere by a pipe in the float chamber."

I actually think mine are clogged because even when overfilled mine don't leak through there.

Didn't see there was more than 1 page. Disregard what I said.

Happy to report that the leak was in fact the fuel lines! Thanks for the advice everyone.

Thanks for the update!

Glad you found the problem and it was an easy fix. Thanks for letting us know, and enjoy the riding. St.