I extended mine up to the handlebar on my Rincon because of potential dirt getting up the weep hole drain and causing premature failure of the seal(had several members had failures because of it). When I ran my up, I installed a small clear fuel filter so I could see antifreeze in the line in the event that I did have a pump seal failure. I plan on routing all of mine on my pioneer soon. Cheap insurance on keeping water and contaminants out of everything.