2005 Yamaha XV1700 Fuel system Problems

“My 2005 Yamaha roadstar was leaking fuel from the carburetor when restarting after fueling up during a long roadtrip. The hot fuel was pouring out of the carb and onto my hot mufflers. Afraid the bike would catch on fire, I had to wait for it to cool down to restart which it did. I took the bike to honda/Yamaha of savannah where they cleaned the carb, replaced the fuel filter and cleaned out the whole gas tank. The tech stated there might have been debris in the fuel system leaving the needle valve in the carb unseated and allowing fuel to pass through and leak out. …”

“I have a 2005 Yamaha roadstar motorcycle, which leaks gas after riding, then stopping, then trying to restart. It leaks a large amount of gas, even with the fuel petcock turned off. I have been to 3 dealerships, only one was willing to work on it, the others said it was not a problem that they were aware of, and did not know what to do about it. The one that did work on it did not fix the problem. This is a very dangerous fire hazard. On theory is poor design, that the gas actually boils back out of the carb due to excessive heat.”

“I have a 2005 Yamaha roadstar 1700 motorcycle. When the motorcycle is restarted, after it is hot,gas overflows from the carburetor all over the engine and exhaust. This happened 3 times , and it happened to two friends with the same motorcycle. I called the dealer , and they said that they were contacting Yamaha to find out what to do because they had several calls about the same thing happening to others. Yamaha claimed it was caused by winter gas. They said the problem will go away in a few weeks when the gas companies change to their summer formula. …”

“I was riding my motorcycle out of aspen colorado when I stopped to get gas. I filled the tank on my motorcycle. I then went inside and took a 15 min break. I then got back on my bike, started it and told my wife to get on. As she was getting on the bike stalled. Unknown to me the carburetor started overflowing, dumping fuel on the hot pipes and my right boot. I hit the starter to restart the bike and the bike backfired setting the vaporized fuel on fire. We were able to put the fire out. There was some damage to the bike and the bike had to be trailered back to ohio. …”

“After driving vehicle and motor is hot, stopping for approx 15 min, then when trying to restart the carb sprays gas out all over the base of hot engine and exhaust pipe. Does it every time after trying to restart the hot(not overly hot, just hot weather) engine. Gas is boiled and vaporized immediately. Seems to be an overall design problem.”