Draing the Carbs - Where can I get a tube?

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I have a GS500F. Gonna drain the carbs on Friday and finally call it a season.

Where can I find a tube that fits on the drain pipe to lead the gas to a bucket or something?

Dudes at Rosey Toes told me to just do it outside without a tube and let it leak all over but I feel that's kinda...well, irresponsible lol plus gas on bike can't be good...can it?
 
油井緋色;1704214 said:
I have a GS500F. Gonna drain the carbs on Friday and finally call it a season.

Where can I find a tube that fits on the drain pipe to lead the gas to a bucket or something?

Dudes at Rosey Toes told me to just do it outside without a tube and let it leak all over but I feel that's kinda...well, irresponsible lol plus gas on bike can't be good...can it?
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just keep riding around the block like i did last year .. then tuck her in the living room with a nice polished stand.
 
Most bike shops should have some bulk fuel hose, or try Canadian Tire. Just get a few feet, should be plenty.
 
caboose483 said:
Most bike shops should have some bulk fuel hose, or try Canadian Tire. Just get a few feet, should be plenty.
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I dunno how wide/big it's supposed to be. Should I ask/look for anything specific?
 
caboose483 said:
Most bike shops should have some bulk fuel hose, or try Canadian Tire. Just get a few feet, should be plenty.
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That's where I got it. Also comes in handy as a siphon, in case I run out of gas on tour and someone's around to help out.
 
ep1x said:
just keep riding around the block like i did last year .. then tuck her in the living room with a nice polished stand.
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Hell no! Then I'm gonna have to drag the bike back. It's kinda...heavy lol
 
The carbs may not need to be drained if you use one of the fuel stabilizers in the tank and then run the bike long enough with the treated gas. This will fill the carbs with treated gas. Not quire as good as draining the carbs but alot less messy. As for draining carbs, most do not have a convenient drain that allows one to just hook up a hose. You are looking at pulling the float bowls off the bottom of the carb to do it properly. Do you really want to do that level of disassembly? parillaguy
 
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parillaguy said:
The carbs may not need to be drained if you use one of the fuel stabilizers in the tank and then run the bike long enough with the treated gas. This will fill the carbs with treated gas. Not quire as good as draining the carbs but alot less messy. As for draining carbs, most do not have a convenient drain that allows one to just hook up a hose. You are looking at pulling the float bowls off the bottom of the carb to do it properly. Do you really want to do that level of disassembly? parillaguy
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Nah man, I asked the mechanics at Rosey Toes. There's a screw on the bottom of both carb thingies (terminology likely wrong). Just take screw, and pop 'em open.

And @ everyone writing in Chinese: I can't read =D lol

EDIT: I'm Taiwanese/Korean/Japanese but can only speak Mandarin, cannot write anything besides C++, Perl, Java, HTML, Javascript, C, and others....and of course, English =P
 
Size doesn't really matter. When I worked at Inglis we had two reels of bulk fuel hose, one slightly bigger than the other. Either would likely work.
 
How about just use some fish tank tubing. The stuff used on the air pumps. Should be a pretty close size to a carb fuel line. Then just discard or recycle it.
 
how about using anything that is round and hollow ?

like a McDonalds straw or an an empty Pen

if you cant figure this out, you'd be dead on survivorman within 10 minutes.

les stroud would then eat you for protein, and make a tent out of your skin
 
On your last ride on the bike, put an appropriate amount of fuel stabilizer in the tank before going for the ride. Half a kilometer from home, switch the fuel valve off. When you get home, leave the engine running until it starts running rough, then turn the choke on to keep the engine running, keep it going until it stalls. At this point, there will only be a tiny amount left in the float bowls. I've always not concerned myself with that, and it's never been an issue come springtime. Running the engine until it quits means the fuel level in the float bowls will be below the jets - which means any dissolved solids that might be present, won't clog the jets, because the fuel isn't evaporating inside the jets. Never had an issue by doing it this way.
 
parillaguy said:
As for draining carbs, most do not have a convenient drain that allows one to just hook up a hose. You are looking at pulling the float bowls off the bottom of the carb to do it properly. Do you really want to do that level of disassembly? parillaguy
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What bikes have you owned? Every bike I've owned over the last 20 years has had a drain screw.
 
klr_guy said:
What bikes have you owned? Every bike I've owned over the last 20 years has had a drain screw.
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... but whether you can get to all of those screws without tearing half the bike apart first, is quite another matter! Had a couple in which it really wasn't worth the trouble ...
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