The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2
Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: Crossrodes on May 13, 2009, 08:36:17 AM
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The hoses which lead into the air-box in my '79 R65 are shot. I just checked out some prices to replace the hoses...$20+ for the hoses leading into the air-box and $35 for the main hose. It seems to me that you should be able to fabricate some hoses for this purpose. Has anyone done this and what did you do?
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By hoses are you referring to the suction funnels from the air box to the carbs? I don't recall any hoses specifically. See the link to the Max BMW microfiche...http://www.maxbmwmotorcycles.com/fiche/MainDiagrams.asp?mospid=47851..., to confirm. If it is the suction hoses they are less than $12 each from Max but there are many other sources.
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Mine are also shot so I'm just going to run a hose from the breather, get a T-piece and feed a hose into each carb intake.
I did think of a straight breather hose with one of thos K&N breather filters, but figured maybe the carbs need a bit of lube ..... am I right in my theory?
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Carbs need no "lubing", the crankcase venting is done there just to have somewhere to get rid of it! A number of folks either run this to a "catch-can" or to a little K&N filter.
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Bengt Phorqs I'm refering to items 10, 12 & 13 in this diagram:
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=0353&mospid=47850&btnr=11_1712&hg=11&fg=10
Mike
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All three of those hoses, are kind of specific for their usage, I think that with the time and effort involved, it would be easier to just replace them with OEM parts.
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Bengt Phorqs I'm refering to items 10, 12 & 13 in this diagram:
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=0353&mospid=47850&btnr=11_1712&hg=...
Ah, now I see what you mean. Thanks for the edumacation!