A valve cover question for the "old timers"

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....waiting for Ring-in or Sam to chime in :laugh

who you calling an "old timer" :banghead

and the answer is yes . it would be from the first generation S .

Damn

beaten to it by the ring in

and I'm not an old timer!!

I just have a 97 model :laugh

The Ring-In is quicker on the keyboard than many members half his age. :laugh


Thanks Stu. :thumbup I figured as much, but now I have the 'official' word on it.

I'm an old-timer.

One of the nice things, (which were few) about the '97s. None of the pair crap. Never knew why it was built without; never really cared. Just one less thing to get rid of.

The valve cover fitting is for the crankcase breather, and has nothing to do with the PAIR.

The late-model "velocity" "D-section" ports also work much better with the PAIR than the '97 would have.

thumpthump said:

....waiting for Ring-in or Sam to chime in

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The Ring-In said:

who you calling an "old timer" :banghead

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:laugh ......to tell the truth, I didn't even really notice the old timer reference, I was just thinking which knowledgable member would call it first! :laugh
And I was right :thumbup

Six5 said:

The Ring-In is quicker on the keyboard than many members half his age. :laugh

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Which is still a pretty big number. :laugh

:rant

Maybe Stu just camps on the forum all day and is really slow like us.

tiller4me said:

One of the nice things, (which were few) about the '97s. None of the pair crap. Never knew why it was built without; never really cared. Just one less thing to get rid of.

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My AU '98 TLS didn't come with a PAIR either

I wouldn't know, I wasn't even old enough to get a licence when those came out.

tiller4me said:

One of the nice things, (which were few) about the '97s. None of the pair crap. Never knew why it was built without; never really cared. Just one less thing to get rid of.

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My 97s had pair crap

note the HAD :laugh

Steve TLS said:

My AU '98 TLS didn't come with a PAIR either

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Steve, Do any AU bikes have PAIR systems (or something similar) installed?

stu_m said:

My 97s had pair crap

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Really? On a '97 UK TL?

Stu_m, Concerning the valve cover, did you modify it, or replace it with a later version? Or is it still not vented?

Mines a swiss import :laugh

no I did nothing with it its still stock and not vented

does it make any difference?

stu_m said:

My 97s had pair crap

note the HAD :laugh

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That's odd. So you had to put on block-of plates? Was the engine replaced? Something suspicious there...

cyclecamper said:

That's odd. So you had to put on block-of plates? Was the engine replaced? Something suspicious there...

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yup I removed it all and welded the holes on the pipes and ground them flat and cut the rest of the pipe off the other end

you may have missed the bit above where I mention its a swiss import who are pretty strict on emissions

engine not replaced as far as I'm aware as everything in it points to a 97 model like the 2 wire GPS and lack of surge plate in the sump and no vent on the cam cover

You can remove the entire PAIR valves too, and just seal up any other hoses that went to them.