Race Gas - Chemical burns

Drunkonunleaded 4/20/2026 1:06pm
4/20/2026 1:06pm Edited Date/Time 4/20/2026 1:14pm
crt32 wrote:

Teams will now be clamping the hose to the gas cap

You'd think that would've been safety wired already.  I went back through this year's Pit Bits.  Seems hit or miss.


Hunter's bike from Birmingham:

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Chase's Bike from Arlington

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Lesher's Bike from Birmingham:

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All pics I pulled from Pit Bits.  It looks like Kawi/PC safety wire the vent tubes.  HRC does not.  Bajaj does not.  Triumph looks like they might use heat shrink or a molded vent hose.  I'd be interested to see if HRC changes course for Philadelphia.  These small details seem inconsequential, but sometimes they matter.

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Rickyisms 4/20/2026 1:38pm
4/20/2026 1:38pm Edited Date/Time 4/21/2026 8:09am
JAKEDOWN492 wrote:
I was thinking after he had another tip over that he could have easily put the hose back on after he picked the bike up right...

I was thinking after he had another tip over that he could have easily put the hose back on after he picked the bike up right before he took off again. Would have taken little to no extra time.

philG wrote:
I have done that more than once, but without an SX series on the line. You would think a factory team would have something that didnt come...

I have done that more than once, but without an SX series on the line. 

You would think a factory team would have something that didnt come off... only needs a twist of lockwire .  

That said, shit happens. 

I started wire tying mine when I was a teenager because I saw a factory GNCC mechanic do it before Dry Breaks were a thing. 

Long before I knew better, I was submerging my hands in VP110 or equivalent to clean air filters and it never irritated my skin much. I was a pretty stupid kid 😅

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Octavius Rex 4/20/2026 1:54pm
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Rickyisms wrote:
I started wire tying mine when I was a teenager because I saw a factory GNCC mechanic do it before Dry Breaks were a thing. Long before...

I started wire tying mine when I was a teenager because I saw a factory GNCC mechanic do it before Dry Breaks were a thing. 

Long before I knew better, I was submerging my hands in VP110 or equivalent to clean air filters and it never irritated my skin much. I was a pretty stupid kid 😅

If I get some weird disease later in life its for sure from using gas and purple power to clean my hands as a kid.  

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Hammer 663s 4/20/2026 2:01pm
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That HRC hose looks way too tight. The other 2 have a nice "service loop" as us cable guys call it. No give at all means just a matter of time really. Always give everything on the handlebars a little slack or you will pay a price.

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JAKEDOWN492 wrote:
I was thinking after he had another tip over that he could have easily put the hose back on after he picked the bike up right...

I was thinking after he had another tip over that he could have easily put the hose back on after he picked the bike up right before he took off again. Would have taken little to no extra time.

philG wrote:
I have done that more than once, but without an SX series on the line. You would think a factory team would have something that didnt come...

I have done that more than once, but without an SX series on the line. 

You would think a factory team would have something that didnt come off... only needs a twist of lockwire .  

That said, shit happens. 

Rickyisms wrote:
I started wire tying mine when I was a teenager because I saw a factory GNCC mechanic do it before Dry Breaks were a thing. Long before...

I started wire tying mine when I was a teenager because I saw a factory GNCC mechanic do it before Dry Breaks were a thing. 

Long before I knew better, I was submerging my hands in VP110 or equivalent to clean air filters and it never irritated my skin much. I was a pretty stupid kid 😅

I remember washing air fliters in gasoline as far back as the late '70s. My dad showed me how to do it on his lawnmower filter in a tin pan. 

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Brent 4/20/2026 3:47pm
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3strokemx wrote:

This is the Pro125 origin story

It happened at the Pala national 2021. It’s on racer x somewhere. 

It was my fault for not wiring the gas cap hose to the cap.  

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The old style 1/4 turn KTM gas caps that they only use on the off-road bikes now have a check valve in the actual gas cap itself. 

I think in a SX setting something like that probably isn't worth it as if it fails you are are screwed so they really are better off just going with the hose setup but man even if its safety wired if something catches on that hose in a crash its probably ripping off anyways. 

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JAKEDOWN492 wrote:
I was thinking after he had another tip over that he could have easily put the hose back on after he picked the bike up right...

I was thinking after he had another tip over that he could have easily put the hose back on after he picked the bike up right before he took off again. Would have taken little to no extra time.

He didn't even have to wait for the tip over, he could have just slow rolled the straight and pushed it back on. He would have lost maybe a second or two.

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