I stored my bike in my dads trailer with his 09 victory vision. he was pissed and told me i was making his trailer smell and that something was leaking on his carpet. Pulled my bike out... started it up... and it smoked for a good minute burning whatever off. I wasn't able to see where the leak was coming from, there is however apparent gas on my frame... i took all the fairings off and am wondering if anyone else has had a similar problem or any suggestions on what i should check out.

 

Well... Knowing where on the frame you can spot gas might help us figure out where the leak is...

Buut... Since it's the most obvious place to start, check the petcock... If there is a tear in the membrane it will leak to the vent hole for the membrane and drip down on all stuff... That's about the highest point you can have for a fuel leak... And the most logical...

 

Trailers can get warm inside if not properly vented. Did you put it in there with a full tank of gas?

 

You got three fluids to choose from mostly,, Oil, Gas and Coolant..each with a distinctive smell... If your sure it's gas, and it happened when it was stored.. Did you by chance top off the gas tank just before storage? You may have a bit of overflow cause by expansion. Or the petcock could be not shutting off flow when the motor is not running (it's vacuum operated) Leaking fuel line... all possibilities,, and it takes very leaking gas to smell horrible in a trailer. I deal with it all the time in our toy Hauler.

Check all the vent lines, Gas tank, filler overflow, and carb.. see if any of them are wet at the end with gas,, follow that to the source.

 

A similar thing happened to me last spring when I pulled the bike out of the basement for the first time. Turned out to be the rear APE cct. Oil ended up on the junction in the header and smoked like hell for awhile.