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Old Jan 13, 2023 | 02:07 PM
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I think for now I will use a home made little catch can in side the 107 air filter housing. The bike has 2,563 miles on it and I do not want anymore oil going into the intake. The oil that was in there easily wiped out with a rag and I really did not like seeing that. May go with a Trask trans cover and breather system at some point? Warranty runs out around mid July so I can not do much until then
 
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Old Jan 13, 2023 | 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by sixguns

When I ran the stock housing I purchased a couple feet of hose, union and hole plug. ran it out a drilled hole in the bottom of the housing.

These days I run the Trask setup
So you eliminated the head breathers after installing the Trask transmission cover?
 
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Old Jan 13, 2023 | 02:16 PM
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I think for now I will use a home made little catch can in side the 107 air filter housing. The bike has 2,563 miles on it and I do not want anymore oil going into the intake. The oil that was in there easily wiped out with a rag and I really did not like seeing that. May go with a Trask trans cover and breather system at some point? Warranty runs out around mid July so I can not do much until then
That's what I did for 1K miles or so just to see what was coming out, then routed it to the ground later.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2023 | 06:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Ken45
So you eliminated the head breathers after installing the Trask transmission cover?
No Sir, I run the Trask with factory head breathers in place.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2023 | 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Ken45
I think for now I will use a home made little catch can in side the 107 air filter housing. The bike has 2,563 miles on it and I do not want anymore oil going into the intake. The oil that was in there easily wiped out with a rag and I really did not like seeing that. May go with a Trask trans cover and breather system at some point? Warranty runs out around mid July so I can not do much until then
Here's my home made one


If you're interested, post 4 in this thread, has links to the canister and clips used... just for ideas.
https://www.roadglide.org/threads/ex.../#post-4929213
 
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Old Jan 14, 2023 | 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by sixguns
No Sir, I run the Trask with factory head breathers in place.
I did not do a very good job on wording my question. Did you run your original head breather by pass when you installed the Trask? Or put the head breathers back to factory set up into the intake with the install of the Trask?
 
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Old Jan 14, 2023 | 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Ken45
I did not do a very good job on wording my question. Did you run your original head breather by pass when you installed the Trask? Or put the head breathers back to factory set up into the intake with the install of the Trask?
Ken45, the pic of my stock air filter and bypassed head Breathers was on a previous bike. My current bike has the Trask setup with the factory head Breathers intact. Hope this helps.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2023 | 03:56 PM
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I too finally shelled out for the Trask.
 
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