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7th February 2007
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Senior Chief Harley Engineer
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: S.W. Florida
Posts: 1,078 Sportster/Buell Model: 06 883/1200 Sportster XLC Sportster/Buell Year: 06 Sportster/Buell Model #2: 1200 Roadster Sportster/Buell Year #2: 2004 Other Motorcycle Model: Triumph Rocket lll Other Motorcycle Year: 2013
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"vent relocation kit to remove the vents from the airbox and move it to a catch can or remote breather." Back to plan "B"

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30th May 2007
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Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 28 Sportster/Buell Model: X1 Red Race stripe Sportster/Buell Year: 2000
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I changed to the XB covers with PVC valves on my 2000 x1 I use to have to dump my catch can every time I got on the bike its been 2 years since I changed to the PVC valve set up and have yet to have to dump the catch can and thats with riding the dragan a few times a year. for you guys that are looking to save cash and go th the catch can I made my own vented cans for $15 each I use to run three on the buell one for each head and one for the trans. on a hot day I would have to dump them 2 or three times if I road the bike hard.
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5th June 2007
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Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 28 Sportster/Buell Model: X1 Red Race stripe Sportster/Buell Year: 2000
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some pics from up top
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5th June 2007
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5th June 2007
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: West of Chicago, Illinois USA
Posts: 5,308 Sportster/Buell Model: Dead Hugger Sportster/Buell Year: 1988
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earl87gta: those are some nice pics, but your X1 breathing system is the same as the XLs. People were curious about the breather setup on the XB models. Have any pictures of that?
--Chris
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7th June 2007
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Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 28 Sportster/Buell Model: X1 Red Race stripe Sportster/Buell Year: 2000
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that is an XB breather sytem those are rocker boxes off an XB. the origanal X1 heads had the ruber butterfly valve in side the valve covers. all I did was route them to the rear of my bike to K&N fillters instead of back in to the air box. I have pics of the origanal X1 covers if you want to see the diffrence. on the origanal pre XB there is a hose barbe off the side of the head that the butterly valve vented threw on the new XB covers all you get are those PVC valves. I went to them becuse I got tired of oil in my TB. on days when she was spitting a lot of oill It would start to back fire at around 80 Miles an hour. I dont have that problem any more. oil goes to a catch can and stays out of my TB.
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7th June 2007
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Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 39 Sportster/Buell Model: rowemachine sportster Sportster/Buell Year: 1991
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If your catch cans almost never need emptying, can we conclude that the pcv system is efficient enough to let the hoses coming from the pcv breathe in the air cleaner and that there will be almost no "spitting" ? Anyone thought of plugging intake manifold vacuum directly to the pcv valves like on a car ?
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7th June 2007
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Senior Master Custom Bike Builder
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: West of Chicago, Illinois USA
Posts: 5,308 Sportster/Buell Model: Dead Hugger Sportster/Buell Year: 1988
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earl87gta: thanks for clarifying that. I saw the tube frame and didn't look closely at the breather setup.
Thanks,
Chris
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16th June 2007
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Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 28 Sportster/Buell Model: X1 Red Race stripe Sportster/Buell Year: 2000
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No problem my bike is not a noraml Buell. I run them to small fillters to the rear of the bice under the seat. I would think its safe to say you could still run them to the air cleaner and not have to wrry about engine studder from getting fed oil in the air. you could always do what I did run a catch can for a while stock see how much oil you get then run it with the new covers and if your bike is nologer spitting oil ditch the cans. I made my catch cans coast was a hole $15 for three I put one on the trans and one on each cylinder. I can tell you this the front cylider is the one that spits the most oil dont know why but it does Ive had 2 buells and it was the same for both of them.
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30th August 2018
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 33 Sportster/Buell Model: xl1200s Sportster/Buell Year: 1998 Sportster/Buell Model #2: XL1200S Sportster/Buell Year #2: 1998
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More on breathers setups pls!
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