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Hello Folks..
I Have not posted for a long time as Both Bikes are running Fine (350 Std 350 X India) the Std 350 has now been Left down the Garden for 2 years But I have Every faith She will Start Come Summer (Will post then)..
But My Question To day is My 350 Machismo 2005 (Electra X ,Thunderbird Engine) Can the Engine Breather Tube Which exits Center of Engine crankcase be converted to a Simple Duck Bill Breather (Over the Chain)...My India Home Mrk Modle's Breather go's To a Hidien "Breather Box" No Pav was ever Fitted..Oh and its Kick Start Only...A Great Little 350 too..
So:Q:Can the Engine Breather Tube Which exits Center of Engine crankcase be converted to a Simple Duck Bill..
Cheers Craig

Yes, lead the tube well up behind the battery to help drain any oil back and stick a duckbill on the end. You should find a drain tube from the catch can back to behind the timing chest. This should be sealed off. You can then remove the catch can and all the associated plumbing. You might want to seal off the breather which goes from the can to the air filter in the toolbox. All this assumes the system on the Machismo is like the Classic but I believe it is. The breather actually exits from the oil tank part of the crankcase.

Thanks Peter,Thought as Much though best to Check...Cheers craig

If you never thrash the engine or overfill the tank, the absolute basic version, which will do you fine, is this:







Just a short length of the breather hose with the 90 degree bend pushed over the oil tank breather pipe's hosetail, and the short duck bill out of the breather can, joined together with a piece of 12mm tubing plus whatever clips you feel necessary. If you DO thrash or overfill you will have a some a cleaning-up to do as far as the back end of the bike is concerned.



As I like to use my Electra-X more than I like wiping oil off the back of it, I eventually replaced the duck bill with an in-line non-return valve and ran a longer bit of hose out to the back of the bike.



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