Breather Hose Skorpion

[basser23]

Anyone change the main crank breather hose?
Seems a buggar if ya dont remove the starter...advise please, should be simple I think...heard a puffing sound and noticed cracks in the hose...1/2 in id ?(ok 13mm)?

[RiverDrive]

Mine is a mess too. I've been thinking about slipping some shrink wrap, the kind used for wires, over it. Don't want to remove the starter.

[Windmill]

Did mine couple of weeks ago it was cracked too - 13mm dia roughly, from crankcase back to top connection on oil tank . No problem, spring type clip at the crankcase end and not a particularly tight fit. No need to remove starter, long flat driver from rightside of bike to persuade it up a bit from the case, go round the other side and pull it up/off. I thought it looked a bit mean at first sight but actually was very easy.

[basser23]

are you sure you're talking the breather hose? it goes from the case to the air box not oil tank!
Thanks for the info...so ya didn;t take the clamp off eh....hmm i'll give it a shot
This is the one with the spring coil inside right?

[Windmill]

The one I'm talking about is a breather but returns to the oil tank, it's about 13mm o/d but isn't the one you are meaning, sorry. Didn't I read something about the airbox one involving a coarse filter? I know the one you mean and will have a look in a min

[Windmill]

Yes, still easy. I've marked the pipes in the photo, red is the front one/to oil tank connection I was talking about, yellow is to the airbox. I actually had that one off too as the clip wasn't on correctly. Same applies although I replaced the spring clip with a jubilee clip on the front one. Hope that helps and disregard the coarse filter comment..........

[freeterri]

Hi, has anyone changed the oil breather pipe to a 'catch tank' to prevent the air filter getting dirty?