Carb Hose Re-Route

Now that the bike is apart, the first thing I do is re-Route the Carb Hoses.  I use this guide.

The pertinent part is this:

The carb has five hoses:  One is a bowl drain (from the bottom of the carb) which we can ignore, four are vents, come from the upper part of the carb. If I may number these vents;
#1: Comes from the side of a “T” on the left side of the carb and goes down.
#2: Comes from the top of a “T” on the left side of the carb and goes up, over & down the right..
#3: Comes from the side of a “T” on the right side of the carb and goes down.
#4: Comes from the top of a “T” on the right side of the carb and goes up, over & down the left.
Also on the float bowl screws there are two tabs to retain downward hoses.

Dave’s Way;
#1: Is left alone.
#2: Is run over the top but shortened and run into the right side “T” thus negating #4.
#3: Is run up into the air box and with a small piece of tubing spliced on the hose you have left over from #4 and go to the bottom of the air box. My preference is to pinch it with the air filter to secure it there!


Here are some pics of the Carb hoses as it came stock:

One of the nice refinements of this bike over my last bike, was access to the airbox.  It has a nice channel for running wires, or in this case, tubing.  This will come in handy when I begin putting on the lighting.  I zip tied the #3 vent tube to the airbox just behind the carb clamp, then routed into the airbox.  I chose this routing because it kept the tube away from the silencer.

Here is what it looks like finished.