2014 RT models... any gas smell?

[jerpinoy]

2014 are smelling really so far. tic tac tic tac:yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes:.

 

[IGETAROUND]

Wrong on the many fill ups comment. Mine was BAD on the ride home from the dealer after purchase. Darn near rescinded the deal and had them pick the bike up. The problem is NOT with overfilling. It is an undersized, poorly designed vapor recover system that cannot cope with the amount of heat being put into the fuel tank less than 2 inches from bare exhaust pipe.

I can report now that since Sunday when I completed my updates, my 2013 is without gas fumes. I rode to work yesterday and sat in traffic for 90 minutes going home. If it was going to fume, that would have done it. Time will tell, but I think the heat and fumes on the 13s is a solvable problem. BRP needs to step up and fix it for the rest of the 13s. I think mine is fixed.

One more piece of important information on the 13 canister. Mine was not full of fuel when removed so it was not an overfill causing the fumes on my bike. In fact has not even a whiff of fuel smell in its now dormant shelf state.

And please share your wisdom and how you did your fiixes with the rest of usopcorn::thumbup:

 

[jaherbst]

You can see it's new location in this picture... View attachment 81733 I know that it's bit dark, but it's sitting just under that rear frame strut; just to the rear of the tank! :thumbup:

Too much chrome Bob-----is that a Harley????

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: :crackpipe: :roflblack:

 

[MouthPiece]

And please share your wisdom and how you did your fiixes with the rest of usopcorn::thumbup:

You might want to take a look at the following which was in another subforum of Spyderlovers:

http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?61922-My-2013-Heat-improvments

​Chris

 

[jcthorne]

But it IS true, that overfilling has great potential for causing the fuel smells also... :shocked:
...probably due to a poor design...
(Since nobody in here seems to want to take the blame for anything...)

Yes, it is likely that overfilling can get gas in the canister. Just was not the problem in my case.

 

[jcthorne]

And please share your wisdom and how you did your fiixes with the rest of usopcorn::thumbup:

See separate thread on my 2013 Heat fixes. So far, they seem to be working well.