Yes Todd you are correct i spoke to general,But the left over oxygen that is not used in this initial burn is used to help heat up the cat. to help burn off the remaining HC,CO,and NOX but not all, Again sorry for being so general, I forget that the qoute police are out thier

 

This medium does have its limitations. You are correct on the CAT of course. I guess I should have just said up front that I don't care if it functions optimally or not as I'm fixin' to junk it as soon as my Muzzy shows up

 

I totally agree. I'm all for clean air. But in my opinion, until they more strictly regulate pasenger trucks and SUV's, I don't see the point in strictly regulating small recreational vehicles. It's still a whole lot cleaner than a 2 smoke or most diesels.

 

On fourstrokeworks.com under the engine heading there is a kit available to get the same results without the oil in the airbox danger for 35 bucks.
im thinking it can be done at your local auto parts store for 10 bucks

 

I had my bike on it's side at elast 5 times on Sunday. Once facing slightly downhill. It sat in that postion for several minutes while I wrestled the rear end around so I could pick it up. Another time I have to make a U-turn on a 4 foot wide trail on a steep hill. Yup, yet again she was on her side for a few minutes while I carefully (so the bike didn;t slide down the hill, turned her around that hard way.

I never saw any smoke out the tail pipe and the oil level was still at the full mark when I got home. The one time it took a few minutes to start since the engine must have flooded being upside down... but no smoke. I can only conclude tha oil does not easily leak out the breather when the bike is on it's side... or that a small amount of oil escapes, but is easily drained out of the airbox or absorbed by the air filter.

 

i believe that but was just offering an alternative and piece of mind to inca

 

I know that someone probably allready answered this, but do I have to do anything with the jets to drill the crank case.

 

Alright Guys I just drilled the Vent hole with a 3/8" bit. So that parts done. It was tedious, but not all that hard. Now I am worried to death about all the plastic pieces that came out with the bit. It seems like there is alot of the plastic just hanging inside still connected since we were not able to use a drill to drill it in and get all the plastic pieces out. Am I over worrying or will this seriously mess up the bike. I used a vaccum but I don't think that it pulled all the pieces that are still connected to the airbox just dangling there. I did it exactly like you guys, so should I go ahead and start her up, I don't understand what else I could do to make it more clean in there?

 

I removed the air filter and scooped them out with my fingers. Otherwise, plastic bits should just burn up in the motor. ABS Plastic is non abrasive and like all plastics it's a hydorcarbon. Worst case you foul the plug, but I even doubt that from just a few bits of plastic.

 

Holy crap, why do they make it so hard to move the freaking metal screen out of the air box, my god. They put all those bolts in the hardest to reach places that my wrench could not reach. I got the 1st two off the top then had to pry my hand down to where the hole was drilled out in, and then pull out the little plastic scraps. Oh, and I also found some oil had made its way to the airbox, and this was before the airbox mod, whats up with that??