Bike leaking fuel when tipped at tight angle?

Firstly "Hello"
New on here and new to triumphs...

now straight into it (with no doubts a newbie question)...

I have a 2001 Bonneville... recently filled it up today and whilst getting it through a rather tight gate it started spewing fuel from the bottom of the tank over the right hand of the engine?!?
Investigated the source and there's a little pipe that comes out of the base of the tank (on the right hand side) which is where i'm guessing the fuel was coming from... I'm guessing this is an overflow pipe for the fuel as there is a small pipe in the top of the petrol tank (when the cap is off) and I was leaning the bike rather heavily to the right hand side (I did say it was a tight gate).

Obviously I'd like to know if this is normal? as I was under the impression the overflow for the fuel had a pipe that went to the base of the bike (not spew it onto the engine) as there are two small tubes right at the bottom of the bike that I was told are for this.

Any pointers info would be appreciated.
Cheers.

 

Hey Gary,

The 2001 model does have carbs...

Initially I thought it was leaking when it was at a 45 degree angle or more... But whilst tilting it this morning the angle is actually a lot less than that... 15-20 degrees and it starts to spill... Needless to say this is likely to be because I filled the tank to the top like a donkey... Planning on siphoning out some fuel tonight.

On further investigation the overflow pipe was not actually attached to the vent coming from the tank so got some fiddly fixing to do and hopefully can find a small enough jubilee clip to keep it in place with.

 

HeyO,

I'm hoping it's just a once off... managed to siphon out about a litre of fuel last night (not the nicest thing to do)... I now have to put the bike at a rather tight angle (over 45 degrees) to cause it to spill...
Won't be filling the tank to the brim again...

 

Thanks for your concerns and pointers... Hoping the carbs are alright as don't leave the fuel on when it's parked/off and there's no fuel coming out of their overflow valve.