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Norge Fuel Lines

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wallice

Just got it firing!
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I had an interesting experience on my Norge the other day. riding along, loss of engine power to some extent, back off, throttle on, and all ok for a short while. hmm, is the motor seizing, but feel not quite right. went over the next hill, started to brake with back brake. unstable. bugger! tyre is flat. no, something really not right. braking issues and engine drive issues at same time? seperate issues?? left motorway, went around corner, back wheel stepped out. pulled up, motor still running.

At this point, i was surrounded in steam that i suddenly realized was fuel vapour off the exhausts, and there was a big pool of fuel on the ground in front of the motor, and another at my feet. Oh fuck! broken high pressure fuel line, shut it down so high pressure fuel pump is not keeping fuel up, put side stand down so bike does not get scratched, and run like shit!

Obviousley the braking issues and traction issues were as a result of fuel being pumped onto the brakes and back wheel...It didn't go up, which i was gob smacked about. after 40 years and god knows how many bikes (30? 50?) i had honestly thought i was dead meat!

Moral of the story: if you are going to replace the high pressure fuel lines, also replace the plastic "T" with a brass one. the rigidity of flexible 5/16 hp fuel line had caused the plastic "t" to crack.

I will also be looking for metal fittings for the tank and the manifold inlets. if you know where i can get them, please advise.

Regards

Greg
 
Just recently (before reading this post) I had replaced the fuel line from the tank to the T in order to splice in a better and more easily reached quick-disconnect. In my case, despite using a correct fuel-injection style clamp, the new line simply slipped off the T.

My answer was to remove the entire factory fuel line assembly from the bike, and run my own high-quality traditional (not factory shrink-to-fit/shape) fuel lines using quality clamps that can be released and refitted on the side of the road if required. No issues since ;)
 
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