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RiverDog

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Ok so ever since I rolled the new road beast into my garage, the garage and partially my downstairs area smells pretty strongly like gasoline. My last bike (XSR900) had its smells but nothing like this. Is it just temp changes forcing fumes out of the pressure valve or do I have a bigger issue? I can confirm there's no puddle under the bike and no signs of a leak.
 
Is the tank very full ,or recently filled? The FJR isn't especially gassy smelling, although if overfilled you can get some overflow down a vent hose. California market bikes also have a charcoal canister that can get saturated when it gets very warm or with an overfill. Some gas fume could come from that. Note: CA bikes were sometimes sold in other markets - my '07 was a CA bike that was originally sold in Connecticut.

Keep an eye (or a nose) on it. You may have to lift the tank to see if there is any seeping at the fuel pump flange or the fuel hoses.
In case you have a problem with venting at the fuel cap, you might want to look at the following (Gen I, but similar).
https://www.fjrforum.com/threads/gas-cap-modification.18042/page-2#post-722219
 
Is the tank very full ,or recently filled? The FJR isn't especially gassy smelling, although if overfilled you can get some overflow down a vent hose. California market bikes also have a charcoal canister that can get saturated when it gets very warm or with an overfill. Some gas fume could come from that. Note: CA bikes were sometimes sold in other markets - my '07 was a CA bike that was originally sold in Connecticut.

Keep an eye (or a nose) on it. You may have to lift the tank to see if there is any seeping at the fuel pump flange or the fuel hoses.
In case you have a problem with venting at the fuel cap, you might want to look at the following (Gen I, but similar).
https://www.fjrforum.com/threads/gas-cap-modification.18042/page-2#post-722219
It's almost full but not to capacity.

One other thing I forgot to mention because I assumed it wasn't related is that the fuel gauge appears to be bad because the fuel level is flashing on the dash. I have a service invoice from a shop that did a bunch of maintenance on the bike in November. I called them to confirm the invoice details, which they did, and they said the only issue the PO declined to fix due to cost was the fuel gauge, which he said is also part of the pump. Think it could be related?
 
What year FJR?

The flashing on the gauge means the tank is low, or power to the fuel sending unit is not connected. I think.
 

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