Breather hose routing
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Tourer
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From: Montana
Breather hose routing
Hi all,
Happy 4th to all! To those folks who are running vent to atmosphere setups, does it make a difference if you route the hoses up and over front cylinder past regulator on to belt guard versus running straight down to Y under throttle body then to ground? I ask because my discrete breather from DK was leaking. I spoke with them and have since added Teflon tape to breather bolts. As I r&r the bolts I notice clean oil in those bolts as opposed to the brownish slim I've seen come out the bottom on my old 99 RKC. Bike is a 2015 RGS stage 1. It's was vented to ground at 5k the up & over route, 40k now. I've seen water drip out breather hose in cold weather when I was warming it up but never left the oil slim spot that the RKC would leave after running hard..
Thanks......goldie
Happy 4th to all! To those folks who are running vent to atmosphere setups, does it make a difference if you route the hoses up and over front cylinder past regulator on to belt guard versus running straight down to Y under throttle body then to ground? I ask because my discrete breather from DK was leaking. I spoke with them and have since added Teflon tape to breather bolts. As I r&r the bolts I notice clean oil in those bolts as opposed to the brownish slim I've seen come out the bottom on my old 99 RKC. Bike is a 2015 RGS stage 1. It's was vented to ground at 5k the up & over route, 40k now. I've seen water drip out breather hose in cold weather when I was warming it up but never left the oil slim spot that the RKC would leave after running hard..
Thanks......goldie
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Joined: May 2015
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From: mid Michigan
I like both sides to be separated. They come out the front of box. I used to have them wrap across the front tubes then down and that didn't stand out but one of them didn't drain well so did this. As u can see on the ground they both have a spot. This is in cooler weather. When hot doesn't leave spots everywhere.
Last edited by xcbullet; Jul 2, 2019 at 07:35 PM.
Road Captain
Joined: Jun 2013
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From: Ontario, Canada
I have mine up under the gas tank and down to the ground beside the fuel overflow. It's been this way for years with no issues. I started a thread about it.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...ther-tube.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...ther-tube.html
Last edited by SG-Jay; Jul 2, 2019 at 07:43 PM.
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