I am out of favor with the motorcycle gods

[unknownroad]

Nah, it wasn't messed with until after it refused to start and I started poking around... I've owned the bike since it was new, and it's only been worked on by other people twice.

Oh yeah- what's the hose at the rear of the tank for? I forgot to mention, it was disconnected when I first looked, must have come undone from having the tank up for something else.

[unknownroad]

UPDATE:

13 motorcycle frames, 13 engines, 26 wheels
8 vehicles complete enough to be immediately recognizable as motorcycles
6 of them are titled
3 of them are registered/insured


AND STILL NONE OF THEM RUN!!!

For one beautiful day last week I had one bike that ran long enough to take me to work and back. Filled it up on the way home, parked, and smelled gas. Then I saw gas. Dripping. Fast.

Seam failed at the back of the gas tank

Meanwhile, I determined that the petcock on my SV was not functioning properly, but not until after applying way more vacuum than you're actually supposed to use on it. Which probably broke it. So, the new $60 petcock that I waited two weeks to get from an online parts dealer did me no good, and now I've got the carbs sitting on the workbench, next to three sets of CX500 carbs that have already been taken apart.



Edit to add- you really don't expect to see this on a bike that's never sat for more than two months at a time...