Stock AC
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Stock AC
I had a DK customs 587 ac with external breather. I like it but bit noisey. The bike does not have a tuner or aftermarket mufflers.. yet!
I reinstalled the stock ac to test it out... boy the bike seemed to get very hot. Not sure what happened.. a little oil sprayed on my pipes. Appeared to come from a breather but not sure. None of the warning lights came on.
I put the 587 back on.
Do the stock AC run hotter.. maybe I'm not used to it?
I reinstalled the stock ac to test it out... boy the bike seemed to get very hot. Not sure what happened.. a little oil sprayed on my pipes. Appeared to come from a breather but not sure. None of the warning lights came on.
I put the 587 back on.
Do the stock AC run hotter.. maybe I'm not used to it?
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I forgot to mention, I lowered the oil level a bit to lesson the chance for oil coming out of breathers.. as you know moco directs this down the throttle body. I used one of those siphon pumps for boats to do this as I have one laying around. The remaining oil level was 1/4 from bottom of dip stick cold. Before and after ride levels were fine.
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I had a DK customs 587 ac with external breather. I like it but bit noisey. The bike does not have a tuner or aftermarket mufflers.. yet!
I reinstalled the stock ac to test it out... boy the bike seemed to get very hot. Not sure what happened.. a little oil sprayed on my pipes. Appeared to come from a breather but not sure. None of the warning lights came on.
I put the 587 back on.
Do the stock AC run hotter.. maybe I'm not used to it?
I reinstalled the stock ac to test it out... boy the bike seemed to get very hot. Not sure what happened.. a little oil sprayed on my pipes. Appeared to come from a breather but not sure. None of the warning lights came on.
I put the 587 back on.
Do the stock AC run hotter.. maybe I'm not used to it?
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It all looked fine. And, yes the tube was pointing down the throat of the intake. I have since swapped back to the other AC. I prefer the external breather set up. Its a bit noisier. Will give it a test again today
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I think some came from one of the breather bolts. Perhaps the not enough pipe thread or rubber cap leaked a bit. Tested ot out this morning so all good.
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Im not sure how relevant this is to this situation per say but, DK Customs did publish a video about stock airbox vs aftermarket in terms of cooling down your engine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJXGEwLCNDw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJXGEwLCNDw