Ok, I’ll ask.
Why hydro lock when trailering?
Craig
Can be many reasons, I guess.
Does anyone really understand all the reasons?
I had it happen to me after trailering to FL one year.
Not knowing the correct way to prep a bike for that long a trip, I shut off the gas and drained the carbs.
After unloading, fired her up, went to lunch with my buddy and when we came out, my bike would not turn over. No "clunk" or any symptom I recognized.
After checking battery, kill switch, side stand, clutch lever, etc, I finally though VAPER LOCK.
Pulled a plug, nothing noticeable, so pulled them all, hit the starter and covered my buddy with gasoline.
He was not impressed, but couldn't complain because I had pushed started his stinking Harley several times that year before he fixed some electrical part or another.
My conclusion is, the carb bowls being empty, a float stuck in the open position and when I turned on the petcock, it didn't rise from the gas.
I spent the first day of my trip in FL checking the carbs, replaced or rebuilt the petcock, can't remember which, and it all checked out and never happened again.
So now if I trailer a Valk, it's with carbs full, I believe all that bouncing up and down didn't do the floats any good.
But who's knows?
