i was looking thru the manual for my 2004 honda rincon and it said when your done riding for the day turn of the fuel does anyone really do this and will any thng happen if i dont?

 

i have a yamaha and i never turn my fuel off but if it is going to set a little while like a week or something i will turn it off then.

 

Not only do I turn my fuel off but I also run the engine until the gas runs out. I do this if I am done riding for the weekend and it is sitting for the week. Don't really know why I do this just always have.

 

I do the same thing, especially if it is going to sit for a long time. Gasoline can go stale in the carb bowl.

 

also it will dissolve the rubber hoses if it sits in them, turn it off, it will gum up and everything, all u have to do is turn a little ****, aint that hard

 

It can get worse than that, the float needle can stick open, and if the vent hose is plugged up with mud or crap, the gas has to go somewhere. Sometimes it runs down the intake, and thru the open intake valve and runs down the cylinder wall, washing all the oil off, and building up in the sump. If you dont catch it in time, and you drive it that way, It can be a very expensive repair, and to think it could have been prevented by turning the gas to off.
99% of the time, everything will be fine, but it hurts when that other 1% happens.

 

In the old (dirt bike) days, we turned our valve off even when we stopped out on the trail for a 5 minute break. This was seen as a safety issue, to prevent excess fuel from flooding the carb and causing a fire when you tried to start it. Don't know if this was real or not, but that is what all the experienced riders told us kids that we had to do.

 

I never do. My daughter used to take our Rancher to their rock crawing competions when they competed in U-Rock. Once when they got it home and opened their enclosed trailer, gas had been draining through the carb. I guess the needle and seat got something in it and when it flooded the gas just kept running.

I closed the tank valve and ran the engine until the carb was dry. That lifted the needle off the seat and when I turned the gas back on and started it the gas washed out what ever was stuck in there. Haven't had a problem since.

I am sure it is a good idea, but I don't do it.