Removing smog can for jack adapter

[CASABROKER]

Heard removing smog doesn't affect the performance.  Do you need to plug the existing hoses etc.  Want to use a jack adapter and the can has to go to use one.

[sheets]

Don't plug them. The three connections (maybe 2...?) are all in exhale mode -- through the canister -- to the atmosphere. I just zip-tied them together, tucked them off to the side a bit and let them hang, sans canister. Save the canister in the event you are required to have it at a later date.

[sugerbear]

Don't plug them. The three connections (maybe 2...?) are all in exhale mode -- through the canister -- to the atmosphere. I just zip-tied them together, tucked them off to the side a bit and let them hang, sans canister. Save the canister in the event you are required to have it at a later date.

 

[gordonv]

Could you not take a page from the RIVCO center stand installation manual, and make a bracket to move the cannister away from the frame and make room for the adapter (manual on the DL page on Dag's web site).

When I installed my center stand, I had lost the little bracket, and ended up making my own. Hack saw, drill and a vise.

[PhredValk]

I removed the canister last spring to install the jack adapter, and after 12,000 miles I've noticed no change or ill effects. I couldn't figure out where the hoses went, so didn't plug them or anything.
Fred.

[Ricky-D]

I removed the canister last spring to install the jack adapter, and after 12,000 miles I've noticed no change or ill effects. I couldn't figure out where the hoses went, so didn't plug them or anything.
Fred.

Sounds as if you have a California Valkyrie.

Since you've taken the canister out of the system there is a possibility of vacuum leaks.

My suggestion would be to complete the job and do a de-smog on your bike.

There is no downside to doing a de-smog and there is no gain for that matter either.

The net result of a de-smog is simply a cleaner less restricted environment on the top side of the motor and the added advantage on having nothing that can deteriorate causing a running problem.

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[PhredValk]

California bikes are the only ones with the canister, so, yeah. I plan on doing the De-smog this spring when I install the Cruise Control.

I was just chiming in to let CASABROKER know that he can toss the can with no ill effects. And check the de-smog article in Shoptalk, CASSA; there's a lot more to 'removing the smog' than just tossing the canister.
Fred.