I installed a BAK on my '05 R* which I am very happy with except for the fact that since there is no place to attach the hose from the carb I now have fluid spitting out all over the side of my engine. Shortening the hose will only change the spot that gets splattered. Anyone have an alternative on how or where to vent the carb without making a mess of the engine?

J&P Cycles sells a nice Crankcase breather as do other Sites.

I just bought a longer hose an routed it down the back backbone; same location as the tank vent tube.

Doc

Thanks guys! Barons instructions said cut the hose shorter which didn't make any sense to me......Someone said they also thought it might be oil coming from the new filter that will eventually stop. Anyone have that same experience? Since there is pretty much oil on the engine I am also concerned about the amount being discharged. It seems like an awful lot to be coming from that hose.

I'm having the same problem right now, it is definately air filter oil you're having a problem with, i don't know why but baron's SOAKS the filter in oil before they send it, standing still, i can just wiped my finger over the filter and my hand gets extremely wet, if you wipe off your pipe with a dry cloth you'll notice the color is tinted red.

I've cleaned most of the excess oil off the filter and it has gotten alot better, but i still get some blow out right now. I'm not POSITIVE this isn't engine oil as well, but I can tell you for sure that on my bike, it at least includes the filter oil

Actually, Barons says vent the crankcase breather down through the frame. Here's a nice post from their forum that explains things better than I could myself.

"The rear cylinder has 2 breather hoses connecting to the top valve cover. The rear one goes to the oil tank. The front one attached to your original air cleaner. You probably connected this hose to the white nylon nipple on the back of the BAK. The vacuum in the BAK tends to suck the oil vapors from this hose and foul the filter. Don't worry, this can be cleaned. You should get some 5/16 or 3/8 hose from the auto parts store, about 5 feet. I know that is probably too much but it is cheap and you don't want to run short. Also buy some 3/8 inch vacuum caps. Take the breather hose off the white nipple on the rear of the BAK and cap the white nipple with one of the 3/8 inch vacuum caps. put the new hose on the metal nipple coming off the top of the rear valve cover and route it to the ground.

You probably don't need to put a filter on this hose but alot of guys do. I bought a chrome fuel filter that comes apart for replacing the filter element. I removed the copper filter element and stuffed some white foam breather filter material in it so it breaths easier. The filter material is from a 2" x 4" automotive breather filter element, Fram I think. I just cut a half inch corner off to put in the fuel filter housing and I have plenty left for future replacements. This filter is small so you don't need to mount it or anything like that. I routed my hose under the tank and through an opening behind the transfer cover behind the rear cylinder. Check other posts to see how they routed theirs."

I'm one of those guys that put a filter on the hose. I bolted it using the same attachment as the back horn. You need a slightly longer bolt, but the stock ones you took off when replacing the air box fit perfectly. Oh, and get the 3/8 hose..the 5/16 liked to kill me getting it on the filer if you buy one.

Here's a link for the filter I put on.

http://www.phatperformanceparts.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&amp;Product_Code=14-20900<br><br>Post edited by: jmonette, at: 2006/06/16 11:22