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adouglas · May 16th, 2010, 05:09 AM

$70 or so.

I decided not to go with a used one because of the delicacy of the rubber bits inside it. I've never seen butyl rubber that thin.

The bike actually worked just fine... the carb bowls were kept from overflowing by the float valves. But if one of those were to go bad, it'd be messy at best and very dangerous at worst.

I can't for the life of me think of a good reason for Kawasaki to use this kind of petcock. Give me a good, old-fashioned, PROVEN manual spigot any day.

May 16th, 2010, 05:09 AM	#15
adouglas Cat herder Name: Gort Location: A secret lair which, being secret, has an undisclosed location Join Date: May 2009 Motorcycle(s): Aprilia RS660 Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 6 MOTM - Jul '18, Nov '16, Aug '14, May '13	$70 or so. I decided not to go with a used one because of the delicacy of the rubber bits inside it. I've never seen butyl rubber that thin. The bike actually worked just fine... the carb bowls were kept from overflowing by the float valves. But if one of those were to go bad, it'd be messy at best and very dangerous at worst. I can't for the life of me think of a good reason for Kawasaki to use this kind of petcock. Give me a good, old-fashioned, PROVEN manual spigot any day.