Since the Deals Gap meet, I've had several problems with my H2 that has kept it from being on the road since the middle of June. First was the voltage regulator died. I got that fixed last week thanks to Malc who supplied me with a new (to me) voltage regulator at Mid Ohio. New light bulbs and everything is OK there. The same day that the regulator quit, the bike started running on only 2 cylinders. Pulled the right carb apart and drained the water out of it and that problem was fixed.
Now for the issue that I have a question about. Today, I rode the bike to work with no issues. After work, I get on the bike, turn on the gas (Pingel petcock) and gas is pissing out of the right fuel line. So I cut off the broken end and put the line back on the carb. I'm running urethane fuel line from Parts Unlimited. The line broke 3 more times before I got home and the last 2 miles was on 2 cylinders as I has to pinch off the right line because it was now too short to reach the carb and stay on the fitting. My right work boot is completely gas soaked and will probably take a couple of days to dry out...tomorrow is going to suck if I have to use my ladder or climb a pole as I'm going to have to wear my non steel shank boots to work.
Here's the question...does this new ethanol gas deteriorate urethane fuel line? Granted, this line has been on the bike for at least 4 years and 10000 miles, but I was under the impression that urethane fuel line is one of the best that you can get. Should I get another roll of the Urethane or should I spend the extra and get Tygon?