I installed the beautiful GT-Rx CNC cut aluminum airbox cover on my ‘08 1200S this past weekend. When I (finally) got the tank off and took the plastic plenum cover off, here’s what I saw:
Say what?
Thoughts on how this happened? I have had mice load up a motorbike muffler with seeds and nuts over the winter before, which was impressive enough as the muffler was about 10”off the ground.
But is this rodent work, or some set of perfect conditions where this specific type of seed got caught up into the air scoop while I blissfully rode along and were deposited as seen here?
Here’s what I resorted to so that I could disconnect the fuel line and remove the tank. It’s the only thing that worked for me.
The instructions that describe how to get this thing apart say that one pushes the hose end of the connector toward the tank outlet, while pulling back on the gray disk thing at the same time. I was not able to do it.
The connector appears to be constructed to accept a tool. So I kind of constructed one, using two (Park) bicycle wrenches (11mm & 14mm), a scrap piece of 3/4” pine, and a small pair of Vice Grips. With this all in place I Could just wiggle the thing a bit while pulling back and off.
Lastly, here is the new airbox cover in place with hi-flow BNC air filter. I wanted to ask whether there is any problem with my routing of the crankcase vent tube, seen here zip tied to the top.
Say what?
Thoughts on how this happened? I have had mice load up a motorbike muffler with seeds and nuts over the winter before, which was impressive enough as the muffler was about 10”off the ground.
But is this rodent work, or some set of perfect conditions where this specific type of seed got caught up into the air scoop while I blissfully rode along and were deposited as seen here?
Here’s what I resorted to so that I could disconnect the fuel line and remove the tank. It’s the only thing that worked for me.
The instructions that describe how to get this thing apart say that one pushes the hose end of the connector toward the tank outlet, while pulling back on the gray disk thing at the same time. I was not able to do it.
The connector appears to be constructed to accept a tool. So I kind of constructed one, using two (Park) bicycle wrenches (11mm & 14mm), a scrap piece of 3/4” pine, and a small pair of Vice Grips. With this all in place I Could just wiggle the thing a bit while pulling back and off.
Lastly, here is the new airbox cover in place with hi-flow BNC air filter. I wanted to ask whether there is any problem with my routing of the crankcase vent tube, seen here zip tied to the top.
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