Tank overflow?

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Tank overflow?

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Was just wondering where the hole in the pic below (not my bike but similare) Drains to?Does it go into the tank or ?????

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Umm....isn't that the hole for the tank breather? To stop a vacuum from forming in the tank?

That's what it is on my GPZ500 but I could be wrong.

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It goes to one of the breather hoses hanging fron the bottom of the bike
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robracer wrote:It goes to one of the breather hoses hanging fron the bottom of the bike
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I was asking cause when I washed the bike afterward's I thought I'd see how much fuel I had and there was water running down there :shock: ....
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i think you will find it to be the drain for when you over fill so the fuel doesn't flow all over the bike
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