Traveller

Happened to me last month,first time in six years. Mine was gas. Had choke on to start,backed out of shed, put on antennas, closed choke. Drove out front and gas was running off the bottom of the cowling by radiator. Then saw gas track lines down the right inside cowling for air breather. Turned off, restarted and blipped throttle hard a couple of times and dripping stopped. Have driven daily almost since then and no recurrences. When having new tires mounted talked to service manager and he also said probably just something in the carbs that flooded and then cleared out with hard throttle. Had a new fuel filter put on last year during valve clearance check. I'd keep my eye on it before letting shop search for something that might not occur again.

Just put on Avons after removing the Dunlops which had excellent tread left.When I bought the Venture it had 404's on it and I replaced them with 404's. I've had the bike 5 years. I also wasn't happy with the handling especially low speed U's etc. Now since riding on Avons I wish I'd taken the 404's off the first day I bought the bike. Nimbler,quicker handling at hwy speeds and in low speed. I run 41 front psi and 46 rear psi, 0 front shock 27.5 rear which is also ok for two up. On the 404's I ran 40 front,42 rear. Avons also gave me 2mpg more from 44.5 to 46.8. I went with stock sizes not the narrower front tire. Something to think about next tire time.