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    So, your hose routing is confusing??

    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.



    ... 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.
    and God said, "Let there be air compressors!"
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    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.
    1983 GS 1100E w/ 1230 kit, .340 lift Web Cams, Ape heavy duty valve springs, 83 1100 head with 1.5mm oversized SS intake valves, 1150 crank, Vance and Hines 1150 SuperHub, Star Racing high volume oil pump gears, 36mm carebs Dynojet stage 3 jet kit, Posplayr's SSPB, Progressive rear shocks and fork springs, Dyna 2000, Dynatek green coils and Vance & Hines 4-1 exhaust.
    1985 GS1150ES stock with 85 Red E bodywork.

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      #3
      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.
      Ed

      To measure is to know.

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        #4
        Originally posted by chef1366 View Post
        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.

        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
        Last edited by earlfor; 10-26-2008, 05:18 PM.
        Komorebi-The light filtering through the trees.

        I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion. H.D.T.

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