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Dad’s favourite trick was the old Tally-Ho Suzuki spitball too mate. He’d time the saliva to perfection for a 5km dry out caput! A sibling was too lazy to push home one day and when Dad returned,...

Used to plug the breather on mates dirtbike for sh!ts & giggles. Took him ages to work out what was wrong. If it wasn`t that, a wet Tally-Ho under the spark plug cap had him swearing like a trooper.

Totally agree ^^^^

Blocked tank breather is pretty much the first (and easiest) thing to rule out.
Not uncommon and can cause all sorts of weird symptoms.

My brother's hilux suffered poor running with a blocked tank vent - it wasn't drawing air into the injection system, more pulling a vacuum on the tank and making it super hard for the fuel to be...

The breather is in the rear drivers side wheel well. behind teh back wheel is an inner guard plastic that protects the fuel filler and the breather is there too.

i agree with peebee, could it be possible that the breather is blocked and thats causing the tank to create a vacuum and the engine can suck the fuel?
ill tell a stock of something similar i had, ...

From my understanding of a fuel tank breather, it only allows air to enter the tank above the fuel line, replacing the fuel volume that is used. I can't see how this apparent blockage' would affect...