 What are these hoses?!
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Ok, so I'm a newbie to motorcycles and know nothing about them other than how to ride one and how to put air in the tires. So I was looking under my 07 Speedy tonight (not sure why I decided to look under it!) and saw these hoses on the left side of the photo with one of them looking like it's been leaking something. There's also another hose/tube hanging down behind the bell on the left. Can someone tell me what they are? 
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silver is brake line hose black is tank vent hose
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And not one but two gremlin bells... one can never be too safe I suppose! 
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Check Pants
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One of the black ones is a fluid drain for the air box. I had to drain mine after being stuck in a torrential rain storm and 20 miles of varying depths of flash flood.
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Should be Riding
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If you think that those gremlin bells keep the gremlins off your bike think again. It is really those hoses which are beer bong hoses. The gremlins get tanked then do the yute thing and fall off. 
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So I was looking under my 07 Speedy tonight (not sure why I decided to look under it!)
Well you should ! Just lay under there and see what's under there and what it does and ........... That's how ya learn this stuff and then if you have questions you can ask us, the friendly panel of exspurts !
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I wondered the same thing about 2 years ago when climbing under my America --- and it's been a fun (and continuous) learning curve ever since (those experts here are really great)....keep looking, and asking --- we all learn from everyone's questions! ...ride safe!
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Thanks for your responses. Stay tuned for the next what the heck is this and what does it do question on my bike! And as for the gremlin bells, I'm surprised nobody gave me a hard time about one of them having a HD logo on it but then you probably couldn't see it! It was a gift and I liked the skull outlined in crystals on the other side of it so I figured I could forgive the HD logo especially since it would be under the bike.
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...And as for the gremlin bells, I'm surprised nobody gave me a hard time about one of them having a HD logo on it...
Uh-oh! 
Should have NOT brought THAT up! 
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HD bells are SAE and Triumph is metric. I'm surprised they even fit. Hmmm.
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As long as it was a gift..... ; )
2009 America
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You could always take a grinder to it.
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HD bells are SAE and Triumph is metric. I'm surprised they even fit. Hmmm.
Hahahaha! What he said. I'm all ways learning something just from cruising these forums. No question is a dumb question. Ok maybe you'll get a little jab here and there for fun. 
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Geez guys, one is an air box drain the other is a carburetor overflow drain.
Sorry about these chuckle heads.
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Chad, look at the date on the post, the question was answered above and then the jokes started.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
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