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  • #16
    If it were me, I'd simply take a piece of mosquito netting type material and wrap it over the end and hold in place with a clamp or a tye wrap. All your really trying to do is keep the critters out.
    Life is what happens while your planning everything else!

    When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

    81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
    80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection


    Previously owned
    93 GSX600F
    80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
    81 XS1100 Special
    81 CB750 C
    80 CB750 C
    78 XS750

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    • #17
      Originally posted by KA1J View Post
      ..I'm looking for a filter to put on the crankcase breather, maybe a clear gasoline filter. I used to have a beautiful paper filter in a glass tube with stainless fittings & nipples on each end designed for a non fuel injected car, made by Purolator but even if I found another one, I'd be concerned the paper would plug from the oil vapors...
      Yeah, don't use a gas filter; as soon as they get oil-soaked, they don't pass air too well... BTDT.

      Maybe a small pill bottle with some small holes drilled in it and some stainless steelwool? Guys used to use 35mm film canisters, but you don't see many of those anymore...
      Fast, Cheap, Reliable... Pick any two

      '78E original owner - resto project
      '78E ???? owner - Modder project FJ forks, 4-piston calipers F/R, 160/80-16 rear tire
      '82 XJ rebuild project
      '80SG restified, red SOLD
      '79F parts...
      '81H more parts...

      Other current bikes:
      '93 XL1200 Anniversary Sportster 85RWHP
      '86 XL883/1200 Chopper
      '82 XL1000 w/1450cc Buell, Baker 6-speed, in-progress project
      Cage: '13 Mustang GT/CS with a few 'custom' touches
      Yep, can't leave nuthin' alone...

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      • #18
        If you go to autozone or advanced go down the universal v8 and ricer isle... they have very small k and n tpy breather filters for about 9 bucks or so. This will work fine and look good!!
        " She'll make point five past lightspeed. She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid. I've made a lot of special modifications myself. "

        79 xs11 standard
        xs pods, Kerker 4-1, zrx1200r carbs mikesxs coils 35k voltz of power!!!
        8mm msd wires
        tkat fork brace...
        Fox shocks...
        mikes650 front fender
        led's gallore...
        renthal bars
        gold valve emulators
        vmax tensioner
        Rifle fairing

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        • #19
          Originally posted by KA1J View Post
          Yes indeed, the jetting is something that apparently has to be dealt with. I've been asking and searching for info on what others have found helpful and though I'm still looking, the dynojet Stage 1 kit sounds about right. I would always like a little more power but I don't want to loose MPG. If I can keep stock MPG and have more power available if I wish, that would be ideal. I don't want to burn up the valves or pistons by being too lean either. Need a nice working balance.

          I'm looking for a filter to put on the crankcase breather, maybe a clear gasoline filter. I used to have a beautiful paper filter in a glass tube with stainless fittings & nipples on each end designed for a non fuel injected car, made by Purolator but even if I found another one, I'd be concerned the paper would plug from the oil vapors. What might work well would be one of those with a bit of copper brillo pad in it, nothing to flake off and get into the engine & no rusting; it would be a good barrier to bugs and a clear passage for venting and any oil fouling.

          Maybe someone has a better & cheaper idea?
          I have used these "crankcase" breathers extensively on my smaller bike builds when bore up kits have been added. With smaller cases and more compression, if no breather is added, you start springing oil leaks around gaskets. Let me know if you need some assistance, and I can point you in the right direction on where to find them. Very popular in the custom mini bike builds along with oil coolers.

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          • #20
            Just putting in my two cents, I used an old 90 deg. spark plug boot with a dab of rtv to hold it in place with a pod style breather filter for my crankcase vent. I don't have any other vents on my XJ11.
            Just ME and my 82 XJ 1100. Mac 4>1-2 1/2" open baffle shotgun, no octy, K&N pod filters, LED tail/brake light & directionals, 750 FD mod, Ear Cannon air horn, modified bars and dash. "Motorcyclists are all bound together by a brotherhood tie through their love of the sport, and what difference does it make what machine he rides as long as he belongs to the clan." Walter Davidson, Dec. 1920 edition of Harley-Davidson Enthusiast Magazine http://s851.photobucket.com/albums/ab78/justme1100/

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            • #21
              Originally posted by yamahansolo View Post
              If you go to autozone or advanced go down the universal v8 and ricer isle... they have very small k and n tpy breather filters for about 9 bucks or so. This will work fine and look good!!
              Thanks for all the ideas and caveats. This is what I bought. Pretty too.
              82 XJ1100 Maxim "hurricane"- DEKA EXT18L AGM battery , NGK BPR6EIX spark plugs, Green Dyna coils, Sylvania SilverStar Ultra H4 bulb, 139 dB Stebel Nautilus air horn, Home-made K&N air filter based on an original paper filter frame, new piston rings, Barnett Clutch Springs, SS braid/Teflon brake lines, TKAT fork brace, rebuilt calipers, master cylinders, new brakes, reupholstered seat, lotsa little things and so many answered questions here.

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