Re-route hoses

[Nationals]

Just thought I would share my photo's with everyone since none of this would be possible without buellxb.com and all its members. I did a little breather reroute and after a lot of reading and searching on this site I never really found a store in my area that related to anyone's postings. So heres my parts and where I bought them. Breather filter (autozone 9.99) 1/2" brass tees used for pex waterline (lowes 1.59 ea. I think) 5/8 stainless hose clamps (lowes 2 fer a buck) 4' 5/8 standard pressure fuel line (autozone 1 something a foot) and the last thing on my list I am still looking for. In my pictures you'll notice I dont have a cap on the hose that will catch the dirty residue and thats becasue I am looking for a 3/8" brass plug. (gonna check back to autozone tomorrow) Also need to put an additional strap on that hose so it wont come loose and flop around while riding. All of you wondering why I have 1/2" tees on my list thats because I wanted a true 3/8 throughout the whole system. Though the 3/8" tees are good they only give you a quarter inch ID VS the 3/8" ID you'll get out of a 1/2" tee. Also the 5/8 rubber fuel line along with a drop of soap (or lube) will stretch over the 1/2 tee so tight you really dont even need hose clamps. The little breather filter will stretch over the 1/2" tee as well and since it have rubber ribs on the inside of the connector the its hard to even pry off the pex tee. So I hope I dont get picked on too badly for using household plumbing parts on my buell but hey its brass and it works and I believe it looks good. It started up and sounds like it runs fine but since its about 3 degrees outside and couldn't get the bike out of the driveway with the snow the test ride will have to wait. Thanks in advance for any suggestions to unforeseen problems I may have. P.S. Because I am one of thoes people that when I change something I keep all the original parts in the attic I did not cut the factory hoses just for whatever reason it needs to go back to the factory setup. I didnt see that it was a problem at all not reusing the prebent hoses.

 

[Stevenc150]

Congrats on the mod and nice write-up. Just a minor thing, might hit enter after loading each picture so it's more of a vertical post than a horizontal....makes following it a lot easier. Anyways, nice job. [up]

Edit: Just curious, how'd he keep from getting the Buellxb logo on his pics?

 

[NewB]

Thank you to everybody for the great write up. I will do the modification this weekend.

 

[Thaloc]

Just curious, how'd he keep from getting the Buellxb logo on his pics?

He's hosting his pics from photobucket not BuellXB. I had to start doing the same as my local riders forum doesn't like advertisement without sponsorship.
I also got that exact same blue filter. Looks sweet on my white/blue firebolt.

 

[Buell_Cru]

Just finished mine an hour ago.

Top View 1

Top View 2

Top View 3

Side View behind Oil Cooler

Side View Behind Oil Cooler 2

I ran the drain behind the oil cooler in then down behind the chin fairing so the drain won't show. You have to remove the chin fairing to change the oil anyway so I figured that would be the perfect opportunity to drain it.

Last is the filter

 

[Buell_Cru]

I rode my bike for the first time since I did the mod last night.

Huge difference in my bike. I rode for 45 minutes today. No hiccup off the line, very smooth low speed and I do notice a power difference. I don't mean power difference as much as I mean throttle response.

Question:

I could not find a spot to bring my breather hose through from the front to the back of the bike and I noticed there was a perfect little spot towards the back of the primary so I squeezed it in between the frame and primary case. I used a rubber 3/8ID fuel line. Will this line melt sitting on the primary case? Also by doing this there is a belly in the line between the drip leg and the filter. Does anyone think that the line may accumulate moisture riding in cold weather?

Thanks in advance...

 

[Thaloc]

Heres how I routed my hose directly from the airbox back through the subframe.

 

[only1reds]

A really quick question. What size on the Air Breather intake, 12mm etc?

 

[Buell_Cru]

For the filter or hose? All my fittings and hose were 3/8 inch. I'm not sure what the conversion is.

 

[only1reds]

For the small breather filter. Since all the line is 3/8 inch, what size does the intake/nozzle on the breather filter have to be to fit flush into pipe?

 

[Thaloc]

ya the rubber stretches a bit

 

[Buell_Cru]

I used a 3/8 X 3/8 barbed coupling.

 

[only1reds]

Awesome, I've completed the breather re-route & full open airbox today.

Talk about a huge difference in smoothness under 3k rpm.

Thanks Mrdoozer and everyone else that had input on this thread[up]

 

[only1reds]

sorry dozer, mispelled your name. thanks buddy

 

[vitor_br]

A lot of information. Great topic!
But I still have few doubts, propably newbie doubts!

1. I use a K&N air filter, doing this mod I'll have to put back the stock or I can run the K&N?
and 2. That black plastic airbox cover, can I still have it or it won't fit anymore? (Athough I think it will look better without.

Little help! Thx guys!

Vitor from Brazil

 

[Stevenc150]

1) This mod makes it so the crankcase breather hoses are no longer routed through your airbox. Doesn't matter; stock or K&N, airbox or no airbox, this mod is applicable.

2) You can either mod the airbox, or do a complete airbox delete getting rid of inner cover. Here's some reading material:

Airbox Cover Removed, Airbox Mods, and Airbox Mods 2

 

[vitor_br]

Thank you StevenC!
I've read all the reading material. So I guess I can remove all the black plastic cover (flat one under the air-filter), the current air-filter and the the black plastic air-box cover (bubble like)and it should do no harm at all!
I'll be doing the re-route mode this week!
thx again!

 

[Stevenc150]

Glad to help Vitor.

 

[mcanavan69]

should I reset my TPS after doing this? Will it make a difference?

 

[toddb3]

From what I understand, every time you perform any modification a TPS reset should follow.