hi. i have a bit of a problem. i'm hoping you guys might be able to help me out or at least point me in the right direction. a part has come off my bike and i do not know what it is or where it goes. while in the middle of trying to install the hugger (rear tire mud guard) i recently received from previous owner, a piece of tubing fell from the center of the bike. it just dropped down out from sort of above the foot pegs. i'm not sure what i did to it or how i offended the gods. i had my head up my tailpipe and my hands wrapped around my swingarm ;^) trying for that last blasted cm to but the bolt in to hold this thing on when down plotzed this tubing about onto my foot, (ie., did not see chain of events or original location.) it's black, about 3/8" outside diameter, 17.5" length (~44.45cm) and it has small brass disk fitting to slip fit onto something on one end only. the other end has some stuff looking like road crud making me think this may be cousin to one of the other black tubes in this neighborhood snaking up to disappear under gas tank. i'm thinking maybe breather vent tube because the other end has no appearance of ever being crimped to anything and there are no plumbing fittings. brass disk end looks like a real low tolerance item in that there are no threads, slip fit, light guage and the thing just fell off of somewhere. but, where? i cannot find another set-up like this anywhere on bike -- and i sure cannot find the 'smoking' tab to slip this back on to. i would like to come up with something better than hoping this is cosmetic not critical. points off in surgery for finishing up and finding an extra part and wondering hmmm, i wonder where this goes. only thing i discovered spelunking under tank etc looking for lost connection in search of good home was generator/starter motor? -- i'll figure it out -- missing a couple of its most center line case bolts. has anybody ever come accross a hose like this? i'll be your best friend. i see lots of tubes of similar dimensions, but they must matter because they all have more solid looking means of connecting their business ends and not a little brass disk fitting that i've seen. btw, * separate thing, * one of the black tubes i did find seems to stretch to terminate around the coolant tank which has a donut type plug near front about where this tube would end up. is it safe to go with guess that these two items really belong together as extra coolant overflow vent tube to dump by foot pegs? if they have detatched is there a good way to glue them or should this part be replaced? thanks a bunch in advance with your help with this hose!! -- jim direct: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
