I got out at about 10:00 am. Since I work outside I always work with limited tools. This time it was a screwdriver and my 35 piece microdriver. I've put my toolbox on a dolly so that I can roll it out but with two bikes in the garage it just would fit through.
When taking the beemer apart I'd put all screws, nuts and bolt in labeled snack bags. I went into my set of storage drawers and there was a single clamp in a single bag. Normally, I would slip the hose through the clamp and attach the hose. But, since this clamp goes to the bottom of a pressure valve with two other connections I undid the clamp and wrapped it around the connection. This is the type of hose clamp that the screw pulls the strap through. Once the strap is free it tends to deform a bit and makes it difficult to re-start. This one had to go to the bottom of a pressure regulator in a tight corner next to the airbox. It took about a half hour to get the son of a gun attached.
I checked all the other connections that I'd tightened earlier and made very sure that there was nothing else to tighten before I put the airbox back it.
I tried starting the bike and it started to rumble. I looked down and saw some drips, I turned the ignition off to check what was dripping. I dabbed it with my fingers and smelled it, yup, it was gas. It seemed to be trapped in the exhaust pipe and was dripping from the header/muffler connection. I couldn't think of a way to get into the connection. I thought I'd let mother nature do the work. The temperature is above 90, between the leak and evaporation I figure the gas would be gone in a couple of hours.
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