[CZroe]

MINE was bad. #4. Do a search and you'll see a TON of J/K bikes with bad petcocks.

Originally Posted by choneofakind

I've read that, and I stand by my statement. Navigon, replace it and move on.

Then state it! The dead horse thing doesn't say "I disagree and do not believe the leaky petcocks are caused by a factory defect. These things fail on their own often enough."

Originally Posted by choneofakind

CZroe, so far Andrew is the only person I've seen who had a bad petcock, and you're the only one who's taken up the cause and run with it, blowing it up out of proportion.

Depends on what you mean by "bad petcock."

Originally Posted by Alex

Looks like it's happened to a few folks...

Leaky petcock

Uggghhhh... bad petcock

Clearly, Alex has a different definition. You've been involved in countless "new" EX250J/K leaky petcock threads, so you've definitely seen more "bad petcocks."

If you only mean bad petcocks like Andrew's, well, that's because absolutely no one else took theirs apart and took pictures. I mean, if we aren't publishing a meticulously researched and peer-reviewed study, why bother when he already showed us why they leak? The chances that the only person to take his apart happened to have a defect that none of the others with year-old leaky petcocks have are pretty slim, and when you consider just how many don't even know theirs leaks, the numbers simply must be high enough to be better explained by a common defect.

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99501
http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=82883
http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showp...93&postcount=3

Originally Posted by choneofakind

Whenever you are in the business of producing 100's of thousands of parts, there's going to be x percentage that aren't quite perfect. If we've only seen 2 cases of bad petcocks, I'd say that's pretty good.

Really? Because I saw you in page after page of leaky petcock discussions, like these:
http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=113279
http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=120500

You're right though: We should get more proof. We aren't going to get it if we just act like there is no problems and keep telling people to buy replacements without pointing them to this problem. I'm going to take apart my petcock and start asking everyone else with a leaky J/K petcock to do the same.