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Vacuum vs gravity

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Help me understand why Tom put a non-vacuum petcock on this bike. It is a nice new petcock. If there is some performance benefit I might leave it on but it not, Id rather not have to remmeber to turn the petcock off everytime I stop.

Thanks guys for any advice.

-Bob
 
Some people don't trust the vacuum petcock, or get fed up with them after a rebuild fails.

I'm like you: I trust a new vacuum petcock more than I trust myself to remember to turn off a manual one.
 
I also prefer a vacuum-operated petcock, but I am wondering where "gravity" figures in your thread title. :-k

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Steve said:
I also prefer a vacuum-operated petcock, but I am wondering where "gravity" figures in your thread title. :-k

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because a vacuum tap is a vacuum operated gravity feed, where as a non vacuum tap is a manualy operated gravity feed tap
 
Agemax said:
because a vacuum tap is a vacuum operated gravity feed, where as a non vacuum tap is a manualy operated gravity feed tap
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Yes, but the title says "vacuum vs gravity", as if one were gravity-activated and the other were vacuum-activated.
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Or maybe that one was gravity powered and the other was vacuum powered. :-k

Following your suggestion, the title should have been "vacuum vs manual". :-\\\

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I put a dual outlet Pingel on my bike to feed my RS38's I was told I needed one so that the bike wouldnt starve for fuel and lean out.
It is hard to remember to turn it off, I lost a full tank of gas on the ground one time:o
The fuel needles on the carbs only seal well when they want to. It drained out the overflows onto the ground:(.
 
All I've been doing in the last two weeks is working on petcocks. I convert them to manual to save a dime but I prefer vacuum ones (when working of course). If you have the bucks vacuum gives peace of mind but buy a new one now, you'll never know when that 30 year old one may crap out:(
 
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