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Might as well post a pic.  Just picked this up last month after a 15 year lay-off from riding.  2002 BA, came with sissy bar and passenger seat, but I added the small cargo rack for a lone ranger ride. I also slapped on the light bar (after a self inflicted fuse issue...see the tail end of this thread http://www.bonnevilleamerica.com/forums/...ge=1#Post503585 ) First Triumph I've owned after having a Kaw, Honda, and HD. Gotta say, I'm feeling pretty comfortable on this bike.... much more then that silly Lowrider  Looking forward to years of cruising on her. MY BA
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...and here's my silly mug 
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Your pictures require an account to view. I don't think many people here will be seeing them.
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Your pictures require an account to view. I don't think many people here will be seeing them.
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I'd say welcome to the site, but you've been a member longer than I have  so I'll leave it as nice bike! 
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I'd say welcome to the site, but you've been a member longer than I have so I'll leave it as nice bike!
yeah, my membership goes waaay back to March.... thanks for the welcome anyway. 
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Your pictures require an account to view. I don't think many people here will be seeing them.
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Very nice.
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Should be Riding
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Nice bike. Since nobody else is going to do it...
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Mmmmm, red chain. My kind of 525!
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Mmmmm, red chain. My kind of 525!
Is the red chain an original? I thought it was ..... 
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Is the red chain an original? I thought it was .....
Nope.
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Is the red chain an original? I thought it was .....
Nope.
Oh...
I know absolutely nil about this bike other then I'm the third owner. Well, a shouldn't say that, I do know there is a striped bolt on the fuel tank console... found that out when I installed the light bar... still have to get that fixed...
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And you may see me tonight
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If the red chain were OEM, THEY would NOT have an unpainted master link!!!
 
(Keith, it's ALL GOOD!  )
This looks like some kind of running joke to me...amiright? 
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If the red chain were OEM, THEY would NOT have an unpainted master link!!!
(Keith, it's ALL GOOD! )
Why was it that every time I took a picture of my bike that plain ol' master link just happened to be glaringly in sight? I mean, what are the chances?
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Tech question, I just noticed this hose hanging, looking at my pic. it's the hose coming off the rear of the clutch cover? 
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Airbox drain hose, I believe...
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Crankcase vent, ain't it?
Just put a "breather filter" on it.
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I think John nailed it since it looks like it snaked down past the back of the trans, my first thought was breather too but I think air box drain.
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The other end is connected right behind the word "hose" in my picture.
OK, then I leave it as is, nothing should be connected to that end. Funny, I never saw this hose before today and I was all over this bike when I first bought it.
I know so little, but learning as I go....
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Looks like the breather/vent hose to me. If it is connected to the housing on the "inside / other side" of the clutch cable you should put a filter on it. They should be $7 to $10 at a parts store. DO NOT let water run into the open end of the hose if you don't put a filter on it.
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Looks like the breather/vent hose to me. If it is connected to the housing on the "inside / other side" of the clutch cable you should put a filter on it. They should be $7 to $10 at a parts store. DO NOT let water run into the open end of the hose if you don't put a filter on it.
Water, dirt, pebbles...I think I lot of stuff has to stay out of this hose!
Where did it disconnected from? the air filter? There is a clamp on the end so it was on somewhere.
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Mmmmm, red chain. My kind of 525!
LOL would that be because yours is red Keith! LOL i wish they had a blue one, that would look good on the fast black SM like mine :-)
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If you have the air box it goes to that making a kind of closed system. If the air box was removed and filter pods were installed (freak)there is no place to connect the hose so it is changed to a breather with a filter.
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A word on puttting a crank case vent filter; be careful if you do install one. You have a 10 year old bike and if there is any blow-by, the filter can clog with oil and will plug. If it does, the crankcase won't be ventilated and if you run the bike hard, can blow engine seals. This is an issue on vintage bikes anyway. On a vintage bike, I connect a hose to the crank vent and run the hose over the swingarm. The only issue is to keep mud daubers out of the hose which can block it as well. If the hose is more than a foot long, it isn't likely any water will go up in the crankcase.
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If you have the air box it goes to that making a kind of closed system. If the air box was removed and filter pods were installed (freak)there is no place to connect the hose so it is changed to a breather with a filter.
...so when the air filter pods were installed the hose no longer had a connection....man, that seems odd, oh well, I'll be fixing this silliness today. Thanks for the responses, they really helped.
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The idea for having a hose on the crank breather is that it sometimes spits oil out of the crankcase. This can happen if the bike has poor ring seal or if the bike is run super hard and the oil foams. When this happens, if there is no hose off the breather, the oil just spews out. If there is a hose, the spew is directed. The environmental cops want the spew to go up into your airbox (if that doesn't sound right nothing will). Same for the emissions system; the emission system will dump stuff into a runner just in front of the combustion chamber where it is super heated by the exhaust and hopefully burn... there is yet another hose from this system so that if something doesn't get burned in the manner described, guess where it is dumped? Your airbox. Yummy for the airfilter!
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The idea for having a hose on the crank breather is that it sometimes spits oil out of the crankcase. This can happen if the bike has poor ring seal or if the bike is run super hard and the oil foams. When this happens, if there is no hose off the breather, the oil just spews out. If there is a hose, the spew is directed. The environmental cops want the spew to go up into your airbox (if that doesn't sound right nothing will). Same for the emissions system; the emission system will dump stuff into a runner just in front of the combustion chamber where it is super heated by the exhaust and hopefully burn... there is yet another hose from this system so that if something doesn't get burned in the manner described, guess where it is dumped? Your airbox. Yummy for the airfilter!
Well, since the past owner of my bike removed the breather box I ended up putting a small wire mesh on the hose opening just to keep the boulders out. That should not get clotted up with any eminent oil burp.
Thanks for the information, I (as I'm sure everyone else following this thread) truly appreciate it.
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