air box drain hose

[Guest]

I did enough searching to figure out there's supposed to be a drain hose on my 1100g air box (airbox) - and now I learned they actually show it on the 850g schematic (but not the 1100g schematic): #11 and #12 - which have been updated to be the same P/N



What I can't figure out is how the hose is supposed to connect to the air box, and if it's technically supposed to be plugged or open. The schematic shows what looks like a grommet or fitting. A search for the actual part shows a hose with a flare at one end, and what looks like a plug at the other? Or maybe there's a slit in the plug that I'm not seeing? The schematic shows the fitting/plug end inside the air box, but if it's a drain plug, that wouldn't make sense. So I'm confused.


Worst case scenario is I rig up a hose connection and leave the end of the hose open, where it at least acts like a restriction but lets fluid drain.

[Burque73]

Seems like my 82 1100G L had that hose connected to the metal portion of the airbox, under the filter. Maybe that was incorrect, don't know but that bike is long gone.

My 83 has the hose run up through the filter area into the plastic portion above.

[Joe Garfield]

Thank you! That helps, and makes more sense