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Bike laying on its side for awhile

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Well someone pushed my bike over at a party last night. Not sure how long it laid on its side but probably over an hour and on my way home it was bogging pretty bad. What's up with it? Did it flood?
 
Gas likely spilled out of each carb throat and ventured on to crankcase oil- if your ride home was short, not enough time to evaporate it, so bike will run oddly. I'd take it for nice ride.
Did it fall on petcock side? look for new friends!
 
I wouldnt ride it till I changed the oil..to err on the side of caution. And fuel soaked air filter may be a problem.
 
I'll definitely change the oil now. it didn't fall on petcock side and it has pods so soaked air filter isn't a problem
 
Tap on all the bowls with a heavy wrench to be sure the floats didnt get hung up while it was laying down too.
 
Did fuel get into the oil? I've never seen that from laying on the side for a while.

Is the oil level higher than it was? Does it smell like fuel?
 
I used to be a scooter mechanic in Vegas and we would see fuel in the oil all the time on customer bikes that had been lying on their sides for as little as an hour. The all had the same vacuum style petcock we are familiar with on the old GS's. I've replaced more than one top end for it as well due to loss of lubricity in the oil etc.
 
wash it, the battery acid may be eating whatever it leaked on to.
 
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