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Facebite138 YaBB Newbies Offline You Only Live Once!!! Posts: 19 Midland, Texas Gender:	Breather Tube? 03/12/09 at 17:38:46 For those of you with the cone air filters, what do you do with your crankcase breather tube?
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matt_savage Full Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 177	Re: Breather Tube? Reply #1 - 03/12/09 at 18:36:25 i think consensus is to keep it above the carb and end the tube with a small cone air filter. I havent found a filter small enough for mine just yet, but thats what I plan on doing. HTH
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Breather Tube? Reply #2 - 03/13/09 at 00:06:09 I wonder if an air bubbler for an aquarium would be small enough to use there..
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dasch Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1137	Re: Breather Tube? Reply #3 - 03/13/09 at 04:47:12 I used a regular plastic inline fuel filter.
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diamond jim Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1425 North Alabama Gender:	Re: Breather Tube? Reply #4 - 03/13/09 at 04:53:33 A lot of members use this little guy. You can get one at Autozone and likely any other chain auto store for about $4.
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matt_savage Full Member Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 177	Re: Breather Tube? Reply #5 - 03/13/09 at 06:58:57 http://www.chaparral-racing.com/Chaparral/product_family.asp?family_id=3567&g...
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diamond jim Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1425 North Alabama Gender:	Re: Breather Tube? Reply #6 - 03/13/09 at 08:57:40 Oops, they are about $12 actually.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Breather Tube? Reply #7 - 03/13/09 at 09:07:12 Well, It's sure Cute, but for $12.00, I'd have a look at the aquarium air bubbler or build a little filter. That $12.00 would go in the tank.
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diamond jim Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1425 North Alabama Gender:	Re: Breather Tube? Reply #8 - 03/13/09 at 09:15:35 Are you talking about one of these? I'm sure it's possible to use one of those but I don't think it would work very well.
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Charon Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1811 Harvard, NE Gender:	Re: Breather Tube? Reply #9 - 03/13/09 at 09:24:10 How big is the breather tube - maybe 1/2 inch inside diameter? They make it that big for a reason. A good bit of air moves around into and out of the crankcase when that big single piston reciprocates. Don't restrict the flow any more than is necessary, or you might get unwanted side effects like leaky seals.
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eanon Full Member Offline Thump-Thump-Thu mp Posts: 219 Austin, Texas Gender:	Re: Breather Tube? Reply #10 - 03/13/09 at 09:32:48 I got a mini cone from autozone for like $6. Looks good with the big cone on the carb. I just let it hang there, behind the clutch and throttle cables. http://bikepics.com/pictures/1598267/
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Re: Breather Tube?
Reply #11 - 03/14/09 at 05:00:10

eanon wrote on 03/13/09 at 09:32:48:

I got a mini cone from autozone for like $6. Looks good with the big cone on the carb. I just let it hang there, behind the clutch and throttle cables.
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Do you get any oil build up in it when it is so low?? I thought the consense was that it should be put so that the oil condensate drains back into the head.

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Facebite138 YaBB Newbies Offline You Only Live Once!!! Posts: 19 Midland, Texas Gender:	Re: Breather Tube? Reply #12 - 03/14/09 at 08:52:58 Hey everyone!!! Thanks to all of you. I tend to over-think things. I was stoked to start working on the bike but when the breather tube came up I hadn't even considered it I had no clue what to do. I took a few days off work this week and can't wait to finish what I'm doing to my bike and get back on the road.!!!
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Savage_Amusement Serious Thumper Offline On this steel horse I ride. Posts: 1004 Omaha, NE Gender:	Re: Breather Tube? Reply #13 - 03/14/09 at 21:42:33 Mine looks like the red one and I know it didn't cost 12 bucks because I would have laughed at them all day long. I think it was more like 6-7 and I got it at a motorcycle shop. I just took my hose in and we found something that would fit.
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Savage Eddie Full Member Offline Custom Bob's ROCK! Posts: 204 40 miles west of Chicago Gender:	Re: Breather Tube? Reply #14 - 03/14/09 at 22:01:14 well i never thought about that either, i just had mine hanging straight down. didnt see any oil dripping until it flooded. another new project!!
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