evap cannister removal

[scout18]

How do you remove the evap canister on a 98 mastiff? I Live in Oregon so no worries about the inspections as we don't have them here. Any pars that I remove from the bike go into a special box just for the MZ.

[iceman]

I would just remove it as it doesn't do much at all,either plug hoses or make them pass through,my bike had it on and it was removed by the previous owner and like you it is in my MZ box.

[DAVID THOMPSON]

DO SAVE THE PARTS WHEN YOU REMOVE ANY EPA REQUIRED EQUIPMENT AND MAKE A DRAWING OF HOW IT GOES SO
IT CAN BE REPLACED IN THE FUTURE IF THE INSPECTOR SAY IT HAS TO BE THERE .......
YOU MAY MOVE TO A STATE THAT REQUIRES IT TO BE AS ORIGINAL TO GET A LICENSE.....

[Bill Jurgenson]

just take it off and run a length of that hose up behind the intruments somewhere.

My green Skorpion never ever had that reservoir. It is not an evaporation cannister, cause the stuff doesn't evaporate. It ain't water.
Theorectically, it is there in case the radiator blows off. And equally theoretically, coolant will flow back/ be sucked back by the system when it cools off and contracts. Theoretically. Never does either except when something is wrong. The system is grossly overdimensioned. Even racing, I had to tape off the radiator to actually get hot enuf except in the middle of the summer.

Mine has never ever blown off except when something drastic was amiss (once on the race track, not in the summer). Something like a blown head gasket for instance.
Just a well that it blows off in your face when that happens so that you know immediately and can tend to that before real damage is done.

[iceman]

A “Fuel Vapor Recovery” system was fitted to many bikes, especially those destined for places with restrictive laws, as a means to lower emissions. The idea is that fuel vapor is filtered through a charcoal canister where they are trapped. Removing the canister frees some unnecessary weight.
Most bikes destined for California are shipped with a fuel vapor recovery system to reduce pollution. From time to time this system shows up on a bike sold outside California. I think for the US market MZ installed them on most all their bikes.

[OLDMTNCARVER]

Loaded a GSXR 1100 into the back of my truck as the Suzuki wasn't running. The poor owner didn't have a clue nor did I until he stated that the bike fell over (without damage ).
As we rolled it out of the back of my truck he thanked me for halling it and him back to his home an hour away from where I found him stranded, as is proper...BUT!!!
With that information I suggested that he unplug/remove the line from the cannister and have a nice day.
I'll let someone with better technical savy explain what happens when a bike tips over and the cannister fills up with fuel...GAAAAK! Don't do that!
Rob

[scout18]

I ended up just tanking it off and have not missed it. Thanks for the replies.