Can you extend the drain hoses on Murray’s Mikuni VM34 carburetors? Honda CX500, GL500, CX650, GL650

The carbs come with two drain hoses per side, usually in pink:

Wondering if you can extend the drain hoses on the Mikuni VM34 carburetors for the Honda CX500, GL500, CX650 or GL650 motorcycles as provided by Murray's Carbs? Find out here!

You can replace them with different colours, or extend them so that they drain down to where the original ones did – just make sure that you use hose that’s rated for fuel, and preferably clear so that you can view any blockages which may occur. You don’t really want a blockage causing fuel to flow into your cylinders and then crankcase rather than making a puddle underneath your bike…

The hose used is 3/16″ fuel hose – you can grab some online (eBay US, eBay CA, eBay UK, eBay AU).

Wondering if you can extend the drain hoses on the Mikuni VM34 carburetors for the Honda CX500, GL500, CX650 or GL650 motorcycles as provided by Murray's Carbs? Find out here!

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