I've read on may a forum post about 'T'ing the carb breathers so if you go into deeper water the engine wont stop. I Also read somewhere that you can cut em shorter, as long as they not above the airbox. I've cut mine shorter, nowhwere near the airbox. They hang down and just about touch the top of the main engine casings, about level with the spot where the head attaches to the lower engine. I've ridden it through water since, without any problems. Have I done the right thing? Or have I endangered the engine to water ingress?

I think you want the breather as high as possible, so water wont block it.

Stock it goes from the right carb, up and backwards towards the front of the airbox. That is... as I recall it. Mine goes that way.

When T-ing, you have one going down, and one going uo, so if you rid ein water, the top one can still flow air. Again, as I recall it.

I love watercrossings, and have never had my bike die in one. Its gotten stuck, and a lot of other things, but has never "drowned"

So whats the advantage of t ing it ove cutting shorter? If the top pipe off the t is above the airbox, water could still go in there. Anyone got any pics of this done?:confused1:

If water goes over the airbox, water will enter the carbs through the airbox anyway. I have never herd about cutting the breather shorter.

The lower the breather is, the lower water you can cross before the hose is under water.

Hope we talk about the same thing, because the above is the only logical thing in my mind.

I'm sure we are talking about the same thing. Before I cut the breathers, they hung right down past the point where the swingarm attaches to the main frame. In fact they were routed throught a gap beteen the metal to hang even lower. This is how it comes from the factory, as my wifes bike was exactly the same. Now they are about half as low. In my mind, its just got to be better. However, if there is an advantage to 'T'ing them, I'm keen to know about it, as I'd consider changing what I've done if its not up to common knowledge.

Are you talking about the gas overflow hose, and the drainhose from the buttom of the carb? Just leave them, cant see a gain there.

Im talking about the bike hose from the right carb, hvich goes up under the seat, and have a build-in filter in the end.

A picture says more than a thousand words, and im not good explaining myself in english. :D

The drain hoses. The hose with the filter in the end is still in place. Is this the one that gets 'T'-ed?