Oil breather

[big J]

Anybody replaced the oil breather pipe from the case to the frame with a normal breather filter?

[Guest ratchethack]

BigJ, are you thinking of eliminating the in-frame oil condensor, oil return, and breather box vent?

 

It may be a first for a V11. If so, may I ask why??

[big J]

Yeah.

 

Cos I want to.

[helicopterjim R.I.P.]

Why not just run a hose out to under the rear fender and have it empty into a baby bottle. Joey Dunlops first bike had that I think (it was a 250cc BSA)

[big J]

 

Yeah,I've seen loads of race bikes with breather catch tanks,afaik it's a requirement.

 

I was just going to try something a bit more elegant and simple.

 

I'm not a huge fan of using the frame as an oil condensor,especially if the bike is laid up outside for any length of time,like mines was,with potential corrosion/condensation shit dropping straight into the cases when it's run.

[Ryland3210]

In the "bad old days" my '64 Harley's breather exited into the primary chain housing. Never had to worry about the primary chain running dry!

[callison]

There's a guy in New Zealand that has a Sport 1100i with the breather plumbed into a catch tank with oil breather filter. The former oil recovery space in the spine has been converted to additional fuel tank adding about a third of a gallon. On those bikes, that's really a fair percentage of fuel increase over stock. That would probably not be worth the effort for a V11 Sport though since it already has a larger fuel tank.

[Guest ratchethack]

Cos I want to.

Yes. Well then. There you have it.