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Offline Scott

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Where do you buy your fuel line?
« on: May 28, 2016, 01:18:57 AM »
Hello there

Where do you people buy good quality fuel line on the computer.

Thanks for any and all recommendations
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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2016, 04:38:35 AM »
 I bought a big spool of 5/32 fuel line from a hardware store that was closing and use that on my 750's. No clamps needed and should be able to get it at most brick and mortar stores.

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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2016, 05:25:39 AM »
Best you can get is Honda's actual 5.5mm fuel line. You can get about 26' (8 meters) of it for $56 USD from eBay.

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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2016, 05:28:13 AM »
I got 5.5mm fuel line from 4into1.com, it was fairly inexspensive if I remember, but the shipping cost more than the line so I bought a few more item I needed to save on that cost.
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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2016, 05:36:12 AM »
Best you can get is Honda's actual 5.5mm fuel line. You can get about 26' (8 meters) of it for $56 USD from eBay.

That looks like the best deal for a bulk amount;the junk they're running in fuel now destroys any low quality stuff right quick and it's hard to beat oem quality.  ;)
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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2016, 06:04:53 AM »
I get mine at a local cycle gear. Its the translucent stuff. Works well. You could buy it from bike bandit or cyclegear online as well.
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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2016, 06:41:39 AM »
Clear yellow tygon.   Ebay.
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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2016, 07:00:02 AM »
Yellow tygon, ebay or local John Deere, they carry it for weedwhackers and such.
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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2016, 07:10:20 AM »
+1  Small engine shops sell it.  Good stuff, easy to route without kinks and no clamps.
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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2016, 07:25:17 AM »
 Yellow Tygon at Carquest. It was with the mower parts.
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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2016, 08:18:07 AM »
I just bought some Tygon fuel line tubing,  3/16 IN - 4.8 MM Inside Diameter ,  at my NAPA Auto Parts Store.
Their part number 7-08151 .  $1.99 ft.
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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2016, 09:04:56 AM »
  I had some black tygon I got at my favorite bike shop. It wasn't correct for ethanol fuel and shrank down a couple sizes and got rock hard. I used a length to siphon some gas and it even shrank/got too hard to use. There is a difference. L0L!
  Someone here had posted once about a bike fire and noticed the clear melts and burns long before the rubber hose does. Just FYI.
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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #12 on: June 21, 2016, 09:22:05 AM »
  I had some black tygon I got at my favorite bike shop. It wasn't correct for ethanol fuel and shrank down a couple sizes and got rock hard. I used a length to siphon some gas and it even shrank/got too hard to use. There is a difference. L0L!
  Someone here had posted once about a bike fire and noticed the clear melts and burns long before the rubber hose does. Just FYI.
TYGON brand hose comes in many colors.  Each color signifies a different use/chemical resistance.
The ONLY TYGON hose rated for fuel use is the clear yellow.

There are many vendors on ebay selling it by the foot.
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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #13 on: June 21, 2016, 10:59:24 AM »
My local Honda shop sells it by the foot.
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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #14 on: June 21, 2016, 11:12:24 AM »
+1 on the Honda 5.5mm fuel line.  I believe I bought mine from 4 into 1 as well.

I tried some Motion Pro fuel line once and it lasted me about 2 or 3 months.
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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #15 on: June 21, 2016, 12:29:15 PM »
I ended up going for the 8m of genuine Honda for the 5.5mm (ebay seller) and mate this is tops compared to the fuel line I had on there.

For the 7.5mm I went genuine Honda again but I bought it by the foot from 4 into 1

The new carbs didn't run right so I put the standard one back on and I'll worry about the CR's another day.


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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #17 on: June 22, 2016, 11:28:46 AM »
I saw that after I ordered the other bulk lot.

Now I need to find other bikes to use up the other 25 foot of fuel line on.

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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #18 on: June 22, 2016, 11:55:33 AM »
Sell it to the members on here..
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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #19 on: June 22, 2016, 03:27:37 PM »
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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #20 on: June 22, 2016, 05:32:41 PM »
Is there really any reason to use OEM/5.5mm fuel line? It's just a fuel-resistant rubber tube, high quality fuel line is available at just about any hardware store.

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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #21 on: June 22, 2016, 06:08:26 PM »
And you can put it on and and pull it off easily... If it hasn't sat for a few years..
You can run it without clamps and it doesn't leak..
 It actually. Fits..really well
And it's smaller than all the sort of fits sizes.
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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #22 on: June 22, 2016, 06:31:49 PM »
I just buy the automotive FI hose that is better made than any stock hose yet not quite as flexible. Depending on the petcock size I use either 1/4" of 5/16" and have never needed a clamp or any issues with fuel degradation in the hose interior. This stuff is designed for high pressure modern fuel and is usually way cheaper than Honda fuel line.
The smaller petcocks on the CB350's and 400F's are more of a challenge as the 1/4" hose is too large for those ones.
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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #23 on: July 17, 2016, 11:59:33 PM »
I just bought some Tygon fuel line tubing,  3/16 IN - 4.8 MM Inside Diameter ,  at my NAPA Auto Parts Store.
Their part number 7-08151 .  $1.99 ft.


Do you need a different size with the Tygon or was this for a different application? I need to get some new fuel lines for my 750 this week.

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Re: Where do you buy your fuel line?
« Reply #24 on: July 18, 2016, 05:45:59 AM »
Slightly off-topic but wondered who sells oem spec. carb. bowl vent hose,you know the tiny hoses that connect to the bowl vents ? That stuff is black,metric and small and I can't find any.I'd like to find a deal on a bulk roll if possible..
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