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keman said:
Mine are currently an inch long aimed straight up. (My OCD will not let me leave an exposed nipple fitting be)
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OCD or not, what difference does one inch make? :-k




By the way, I suffer from CDO. :confused:
It's pretty much the same as OCD, but it's alphabetized, as it should be.
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Good catch on the vent hose position as a likely cause!

I keep forgetting about that despite having been bitten by the KLR650 water issue. Riding one one the road in the rain, the drops of water flying around will often enter the bowl vent hose due to the small air flow up the hose. The emulsion tubes in the bowl pull a bit of air which is just enough to hold the water or cause a slight upward flow.

The water restricts the vent hose enough for the emulsion tube air flow to create a low pressure in the bowl. The fuel flow reduces so the engine goes lean, stumbles, CV drops, bowl vent air flow reduces, water drops a bit, and the whole thing goes around again. It feels like an ignition miss so many of us chased the wrong symptom believing that the wet caused an ignition problem. It is surprising that more bikes don't experience this kind of problem.
 
Steve said:
OCD or not, what difference does one inch make? :-k




By the way, I suffer from CDO. :confused:
It's pretty much the same as OCD, but it's alphabetized, as it should be.
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One inch makes it not a naked nipple! Dangit they made that nipple to have a hose on it. ..

I could not just leave it there with no hose! You thought I was kidding about the OCD huh?

As for performance. .. nope it does nothing but satisfy my crazy.
 
Normk said:
..., the drops of water flying around will often enter the bowl vent hose due to the small air flow up the hose. ...
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I never have figured out what "air flow" there is in that hose while riding. :-k

The only possible reason there would be any air flow is if the float level changes, and the float valve is supposed to keep that rather constant.
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keman said:
One inch makes it not a naked nipple! Dangit they made that nipple to have a hose on it. ..

I could not just leave it there with no hose! You thought I was kidding about the OCD huh?
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No, let's feed that OCD.

It was supposed to have a hose that was SEVERAL iinches long, not just one. :p

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My hoses drape down in front of the rear wheel. Would it be better to rout them in a slightly upward path to the area of the battery box or under the seat?
 
1948man said:
My hoses drape down in front of the rear wheel. Would it be better to rout them in a slightly upward path to the area of the battery box or under the seat?
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Depending on the model, the stock location is either over the back of the airbox or on top of the battery, under the seat.

The important part is that they are in an area of no turbulence, so they have a good atmosperic reference.

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1948man said:
My hoses drape down in front of the rear wheel. Would it be better to route them in a slightly upward path to the area of the battery box or under the seat?
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That is fine.
I have run them that way for over 30 years.
Along with all of the other odd breather hoses. Airbox drain, battery drain, fuel tank drain...

Daniel
 
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