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So, your hose routing is confusing??

robertbarr

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Now I realize this is hardly the worst case -- I'm sure there's much worse out there, probably underneath a Goldwing's fairing somewhere, but most of these GS's have a fuel feed line, a petcock vacuum line, and vent hoses. The end. Oh, yeah, there's a fuel sender drain too. And it leaves people scratching their heads. How 'bout this spaghetti?

I'm going through the carbs on this Bandit, and I have to pull the cam cover to do a belated valve lash adjustment, so every one of these <expletives> has to move.

Notice the badly routed ignition lead for #1. It wasn't me! That solenoid-looking monster on the upper right is the PAIR <whatever -- controller, switch, octopus, who knows?>. It injects air into the exhaust somehow, for emissions purposes.

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... and it's actually a bunch less messy than it looks. It's really some fantastic machinery that's almost a pleasure to work on.
 
Looks like fun.
If I still lived in Ohio I'd say rip all that anti-pollution-power robbing crap off there but I'm not sure it that's what that is. :o
 
Clean air is good. Best to leave that plumbing attached unless it's malfuncting in some way. Bikes are more powerful than ever, and run cleaner. Nothing wrong with that.:)
 
chef1366 said:
Looks like fun.
If I still lived in Ohio I'd say rip all that anti-pollution-power robbing crap off there but I'm not sure it that's what that is. :o
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The pair valves and hoses have no effect on power output. Removing them will not give ANY hp increase or have any effect on how the engine runs. All it does is inject free air into the exhaust manifold for a cleaner
exhaust gas.

It does look like a shaghetti factory, but once you start looking closely, Its
obvious where everything connects. Pretty simple actually.

Earl
 
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