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Offline sofadriver

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motorcycle fuel shut-off
« on: January 24, 2018, 08:30:07 AM »
Paragraph 7.B.2.5. says "Fuel motorcycles shall have a fuel shut-off operable without moving the hands from the handlebar grips."

Is that saying you need a remotely controlled valve in the fuel line (like a cable operated petcock) or just a separate kill switch on the handlebar ? (my bike has an electric fuel pump)

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Re: motorcycle fuel shut-off
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2018, 08:55:17 AM »
If you're running in a fuel class you've got to have either something like a thumb-operated petcock to stop the flow of the liquid - or a thumb-operated switch that shuts off the power to the fuel solenoid (nitrous), for which duty the standard thumb-operated kill switch (usually) shuts off that system so is acceptable.
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Re: motorcycle fuel shut-off
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2018, 09:21:27 AM »
The Triumph is set up so if I come undone the lanyard attached to me trips both the engine kill switch and the fuel delivery shutoff. 

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Re: motorcycle fuel shut-off
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2018, 11:58:47 PM »
Mike, as long as the kill switch also shuts off power to the fuel pump you are good.
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