Engine Breather Pipe

[Jumbo]

Hi
One of my bikes is fitted with bell mouths onto the carbs. the previous owner has attached a hose onto the engine breather and routed it with the carb overflow pipes. Anyone got a better setup. Can a small K&N style filter be fitted onto a shorter length of hose.
Obviously normally this pipe would be connected into the airbox.
Jumbo

[Pigford]

2 good options........ both non-standard tho'.. obviously!
First is get a bit of suitably sized s/s braided hose and fit a nice little K&N fliter to the end... looks cool!
Second (like wot I have) run a bit of hose from the oil seperator and position the other end at the chain. Any slight oil mist will lubricate the drive chain, not that much will come out anyway.
As a note, its common practice to remove the internal baffle as this is quite restrictive.

[Steve R]

My Z1 has a small K and N filter directly on top of the casing, seems to work fine and looks better than lengths of hose all over the place.

[Garn 1]

Pigford, are we talking about removing the baffles in the oil separator cylinder, the two little lengths of rubber & a plate. If so, is this to improve the lub on chain?
RegardZ.

[Rich]

I put mine into a catch tank (read that as plastic bottle in seat unit. It does get oil in it (gpz froth plate and no baffles and a big breather where the oil filler was)so ideally it wants to be sited where it won't get onto the rear type. I tried one of the K&N style breather filters once and seemed to get oil mist from it, but the ones with "scruntched tin foil" worked well on a ZRX750.

[Jumbo]

I have ordered a filter from "Evil Bay" for a few pounds. I will either fit directly onto the engine breather or onto a small length of pipe.

[Pigford]

Hello Garn 1, I believe the baffle restricts the engine breathing and removel reduces crankcase pressure building up so much. True, if removed there is more chance of oil working its way out of breather pipe. A filter directly on the breather stub looks best, but to avoid oil spray/leaks a pipe is best with the free end up higher than the fixed end so oil has a chance to drain back, rather than drip out!