%$!"$ Breva 1100 air box drain

[tris]

I came to put the air box back in and couldn't get the drain to go anywhere properly - Why put the top connection on the right and the bottom location on the left. 

After some swearing and cursing I realised the best thing was to walk away before I busted something

Is there an easy way to do this or do I need to cuss it some more tonight?

Tris

[Kiwi_Roy]

Have you lost some bark (skin) yet, I find nothing goes right until you have bled over it.


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[ken farr]

Tris:

  It's just a bitch to put back in.  That's all there is to it.
  I used really long forceps ( harbor freight ), to hold the drain tube, cussed, bled, walked away, start over......

  Yeah, it's just a bitch.


kjf

[guzzisteve]

Welcome to my world.  When I take the airbox out I put a long wire tie on the hose at the top by the clamp, then it doesn't drop down and need to be routed. It is a pain to put back on, I use a long needle nose.

[tris]

Thank you chaps - I needed some calming words 

If there is a blue haze over Lincolnshire tonight though, you'll know I'm still bleeding for the cause 

[Bisbonian]

Mine went in like butter.

But then I realized that I snapped off the nipple for the drain.

I ended up plugging the drain hole with an 1/8" pipe plug then redirected the breather hose to a short Red Bull can that I keep under the seat. Now no oil even pools in the air box.

[Kiwi_Roy]

Mine went in like butter.

But then I realized that I snapped off the nipple for the drain.

I ended up plugging the drain hole with an 1/8" pipe plug then redirected the breather hose to a short Red Bull can that I keep under the seat. Now no oil even pools in the air box.

That's an idea, should stop fouling up the throttle butterflys to boot

[Huzo]

On the Norge I put the box half way on, connect the hose, then lower the box in position and GENTLY pull the hose back down near the suspension knuckle.

[tris]

There was no blue hue to the Lincolnshire skies last night and no blood was let - I made a "tool" 





Its a 3 foot length of coax cable with a hard angle cut on one end

Stiff enough to push up from the bottom and the right diameter to be a tight fit inside the drain tube

I could then pull the %$!"$  drain tube down as I wiggled the box into position.

Now if I can remember to attach the "tool" before I pull the air box next time we'll be sorted 

[Huzo]

So the question on everyone's lips Tris.
Was the tool ummmm... Stiff enough ?

[tris]

It was exactly the correct stiffosity

But that is as far as I will go as i wouldn't want to incur Dustys' wrath ...... again 

[Huzo]

It was exactly the correct stiffosity

But that is as far as I will go as i wouldn't want to incur Dustys' wrath ...... again 

I've never felt closer to you than I do at the moment.
We have so much in common...

[Kiwi_Roy]

You two crack me up


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