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From: mijuskovic on 18 May 2007 01:52 Ok, so I went out and bought a used Yamaha fz6 from a dealership for supposed peace of mind. Maybe a mistake, who knows. I've been riding it for about 5 days now and just today i noticed a couple of rubber tubes hanging pretty much under the middle of the bike by a couple inches. This may be a stupid question, but I'm not sure if this is right. Is it something I should be concerned about? The dealer supposedly thoroughly inspects the bikes. Anyways, I am worried and I will post pictures if no one can tell me anything about these strange rubber tubes. I appreciate the help and by the way, I love riding! Nick
From: Gary Walker on 18 May 2007 02:16 Well, they're probably actually neoprene, rather than the less durable rubber. If my suspicion is correct, the tubes are used for the following, that I can recall. .. One is used to vent the battery. .. One is used to vent the crankcase, and will usually need draining of a blow-by liquid at the oil change interval. .. One could be a tank vent, but unlikely. There could be others, and/or my explanations could be wrong. However, here's one discussion reference: http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:dPm-wBHifjMJ:forums.sportbikes.net/forums/showthread.php%3Ft%3D278318+%2B%22yamaha+fz6%22+%2B%22crankcase+vent%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us <mijuskovic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1179467558.474259.136580(a)l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... > Ok, so I went out and bought a used Yamaha fz6 from a dealership for > supposed peace of mind. Maybe a mistake, who knows. I've been riding > it for about 5 days now and just today i noticed a couple of rubber > tubes hanging pretty much under the middle of the bike by a couple > inches. > This may be a stupid question, but I'm not sure if this is right. Is > it something I should be concerned about? The dealer supposedly > thoroughly inspects the bikes. Anyways, I am worried and I will post > pictures if no one can tell me anything about these strange rubber > tubes. > I appreciate the help and by the way, I love riding! > > Nick >
From: The Older Gentleman on 18 May 2007 07:19 <mijuskovic(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Ok, so I went out and bought a used Yamaha fz6 from a dealership for > supposed peace of mind. Maybe a mistake, who knows. I've been riding > it for about 5 days now and just today i noticed a couple of rubber > tubes hanging pretty much under the middle of the bike by a couple > inches. They'll be breather tubes or carb overflow pipes (if we're talking FZ600 here and not the new FI Fazer - you do not make it clear) or crankcase breather pipes or airbox overflow pipes. > This may be a stupid question, but I'm not sure if this is right. Is > it something I should be concerned about? T No. -- BMW K1100LT 750SS CB400F CD250 Z650 SL125 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells.....
From: Ian Singer on 18 May 2007 07:37 The Older Gentleman wrote: >>This may be a stupid question, but I'm not sure if this is right. Is >>it something I should be concerned about? T > > > No. > > Except if one is the battery vent tube and it is touching the frame that is a bad idea if acid vents there. It should hang low enough to be clear of the metal. Ian Singer -- ========================================================================= See my homepage at http://www.iansinger.com hosted on http://www.1and1.com/?k_id=10623894 All genealogy is stored in TMG from http://www.whollygenes.com Charts and searching using TNG from http://www.tngsitebuilding.com I am near Toronto Canada, can I tell where you are from your reply? =========================================================================
From: The Older Gentleman on 18 May 2007 07:59
Ian Singer <iansinger(a)sympatico.ca> wrote: > Except if one is the battery vent tube and it is touching the frame that > is a bad idea if acid vents there. It should hang low enough to be clear > of the metal. True - except battery breather tubes are plastic and clear and not rubber ;-) -- BMW K1100LT 750SS CB400F CD250 Z650 SL125 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3 BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells..... |