Need a breather hose

[StoneAgeVulture]

Looking for a stock, proper molded breather to airbox hose

[donebysunday]

Me Too ! But if the air is still flowing through filter should be OK, it's still filtered air and that's what's needed. Though it is nice to have a clean well fitted hose !

[jetmechmarty]

Perhaps Andreas can help. It's the same pipe on every one of these bikes.

[Gallaecus]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1978-1979-19...928d73&vxp=mtr

its "make offer" on this one

[Courtney]

Man won't a regular piece of hose from Napa or a auto supply store work? I think I have one here, but the shipping from B.C. would probably kill you.

[Prothec]

Your best bet would probably be sending andreashweiss a PM.
http://www.xs11.com/forum/member.php?u=42

I can understand wanting the molded rubber hose over something from an auto store.

[DCII]

Salvage Yard

If you have a motorcycle salvage yard in your area I would suggest checking there for the breather hose. I was looking for one last year and was able to find several, if I remember correctly they cost me about a dollar each. The ones I got were still attached to the motors, seems as if no one thinks to take them when they get the air box.

[Prothec]

DCII, I've tried to find MC salvage yards around Columbus, but have come up empty. I probably just haven't looked in the right places.. Where did you go around Centerville?

[justme1100]

If this hose is the same on my XJ I don't live that far away from you. If I can find it you can have it. I have a brother in Racine so I go there often. Let me know if you still need this.

[StoneAgeVulture]

If this hose is the same on my XJ I don't live that far away from you. If I can find it you can have it. I have a brother in Racine so I go there often. Let me know if you still need this.

I do in fact still need it, if you find it, let me know

[Bonz]

I know, older post...

Just put a breather filter on my 80G, with a 4" piece of 3/8 black fuel hose and a breather filter from Pep Boys.

Could have easily run some of the same fuel hose up to the airbox, but thought a filter would look cool sitting down there.

I chose 3/8 fuel hose so I could hog out the end with a long and skinny stepped uni-bit to get a good tight fit on the breather nipple without a hose clamp. Hogged out the rubber inlet to the breather so it was large enough to stick the other end of the fuel hose cum breather hose in there and have a good tight fit, but used the hose clamp that came with the filter on that connecton.

Used a zip tie to tie it up so the hose or filter isn't touching anything.

Now, question...

I had a good bit of smoke/vapor/somthing coming out of the breather filter at a stop sign after the bike was good and hot (17 mile ride into work). I had been running the breather open up until this point, and never saw this before.

Any thoughts?

[motoman]

I know, older post...

Just put a breather filter on my 80G, with a 4" piece of 3/8 black fuel hose and a breather filter from Pep Boys.

Could have easily run some of the same fuel hose up to the airbox, but thought a filter would look cool sitting down there.

I chose 3/8 fuel hose so I could hog out the end with a long and skinny stepped uni-bit to get a good tight fit on the breather nipple without a hose clamp. Hogged out the rubber inlet to the breather so it was large enough to stick the other end of the fuel hose cum breather hose in there and have a good tight fit, but used the hose clamp that came with the filter on that connecton.

Used a zip tie to tie it up so the hose or filter isn't touching anything.

Now, question...

I had a good bit of smoke/vapor/somthing coming out of the breather filter at a stop sign after the bike was good and hot (17 mile ride into work). I had been running the breather open up until this point, and never saw this before.

Any thoughts?

..........just the crankcase getting in a 'breather' break after being hammered down the slab........okay, well how about ventilating from a bit of crankcase pressures with a bit of blow-by mixed in. If you don't wanna see it, feed it back thru the airbox.......out of sight, out of mind, right?

[Bonz]

I get all that, but why was it not showing, per se, when I had the breather port directly venting to the atmosphere?

I gather the fumes are accumulating in the breather and wafting out instead of being shot out into the atmosphere directly from the breather opening itself?

I have a breather filter on the ZRX 1200, and it does nothing of the sort.

On another thought, the mgr at Pep Boys said the filter was pre-oiled, but I have my doubts... That could lead to what I am seeing. I'll check when I leave work and if it's not oiled, I'll do that.

Someone in a cage is gonna throw their big gulp on me, thinking I'm on fire and they are doing a good deed...!

[Courtney]

Not sure why it would need to be pre-oiled? The oil vapor from the crankcase is going to oil it very nicely.

[Bonz]

Pre-oiled so it doesn't look like it's on fire down there until it self-oils.