My '95 gl1500 has a gas leak somewhere. When I go to the bike in the morning, no smell or puddle. When I go to start it, it takes 2 tries every time (holding start for roughly 5-6 seconds each try). It runs just fine for the entirety of the trip, but smells like gas pretty quickly. More importantly, I can almost watch the gas gauge go down.
Sunday I went on a 16 mile trip that took a quarter tank of gas according to the gauge
.Oddly though, after I turn the bike off, no drips or puddles. Just a strong gas smell that lasts an hour or two then nothing until my next ride (multiple days at a time with no smell or drips). I guess I'm going to take the plastics off so I can look at it better, but I was wondering if these bikes have any common places where fuel likes to leak (lines, petcock, carbs)? I'm only a month-and-a-half familiar with Goldwings, so a complete noob
.BTW, a little backstory. The bike has only 26,000 miles and had been sitting in a garage for the last two years. Nothing in the service records that I was given indicated fuel-related work.
Thanks guys, I'll update whenever I take a look this weekend or the next.
