FZ6 Fuel Venting & Tyre Wear

[The Man from Monmouth]

I'm running a 2007 FZ6 Fazer S2 as a commuter weapon. Parking at work the bike is in shade until about 2PM. As the sun comes on the tank I'm getting petrol fumes venting from the tank breather hose along with the odd drip of fuel. Should I be worried or is this just a function of the fuel warming in the tank and evaporating?

My other concern is tyre wear - the bike is 7 months old and still wearing the original BT020s front and rear which have now done 2000 miles. The rear tyre has about 2mm of useable tread to the wear bars. My daily run is 27 miles each way, 16 on B roads and 11 down the M4 to Bristol. No hard acceleration, not using more than 8000 rpm in any gear or anywhere and changing up early 2500-3500 rpm from first to second and second to third. Speeds are 60 to 70 down the B roads and 70 to 75 along the motorway. My gut feeling is that if the back continues to wear at its current rate then I'll be lucky to get 4000 miles out of it - is this abnormal?

Thanks in advance,

TMFM

[Airhead]

I'm running a 2007 FZ6 Fazer S2 as a commuter weapon. Parking at work the bike is in shade until about 2PM. As the sun comes on the tank I'm getting petrol fumes venting from the tank breather hose along with the odd drip of fuel. Should I be worried or is this just a function of the fuel warming in the tank and evaporating?

Thanks in advance,

TMFM

You could get yourself a bike cover, I got a very good one from Argos some time ago, fits the bike like a glove, keeps the rain off and also keeps the sun off, its got a wide silver panel down the centre which relects the sun and bike keeps cool under it.