Shorty Gas Cap Hoses......

[JRP]

Well i guess ihave no luck with them.... My first race, i was running one, and on the first moto, my quad wouldnt start on the line... After i had to get a DNS on the first moto, we took it off and it ran perfectly fine, and ever since then, we have ran it with a regular long hose. Well last week, my hose started to break and crack, so we stuck one of those shorties on it untill we got a longer hose... Well on wednesday i went to go ride and my quad was bogging and poping like crazy, and it would eventually cut out.... I knew it was either a fuel or ignition problem... We diagnosed it and everything, but had no clue what the deal was. Well yesterday and today i had the intentions to go ride, but today my quad would not run worth chit... It would cut out, bog, etc.... I was stuck... We took it to my mechanic this evening around 4, and he got on it and rode it. It cut out on him and he wasn't quite to sure what the deal was. Well he went and took off the gas cap and it started right up. He didn't mention anything to us about that, but then all of a sudden my dad mentioned it and he was liek "that could easily be it". So we took it off, and i went and rode it, got all the way up his driveway and down his road, and the son of a bich cut off. I was pissed. Couldn't get it started or anything. Pushed it all the way back to his house(thankfully his drive way is downhill) and we put it back on the lift in his shop... Well what do you know, the gas was turned off. My mechanic said he just always turns it off when hes done riding it, so its just natural to him. So we go and turn it back on, and i go ride, and damn, its perfect. No bogging, no anything. Took it out for 10min and rode it hard, 5th gear wide open, and nothing, ran like a champ... So all in all, DONT BUY SHORTY GAS CAP HOSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for reading, lol

[Kickstarts-suck]

I had one and never had a problem.. Maybe the vent on the top is clogged?

[trx400EXtreme]

i had problems with mine too. it was just a clogged tip on it.

[416exfreak]

I just run a peice of 1/8th inch hose from my cap into the stem...works great for me.

ive run the same shorty hose on my z and my 450 just switched them over and i dont have anything bad to say about them. but yeah ive heard they can mess up.

[TWISTED]

I've had one on my quads since 2000, and no problem. I've replaced the hose when they crack.

[JRP]

yea idk why i have such bad luck with them, but im just going to stick with the regular longer hoses that go down near your stem. I haven't had a problem with that so i guess ill stick with that.

[06YFZ450SE]

Ive had one of the shorty ones for 2 years and no problem eaither. That sucks you could of been riding but you thought your quad was f-up worse.

[SRH]

dont buy a cheap one, andddddddd different length hoses for the yamaha and honda, ive been running one for 3 or 4 years, no issues

[440challenger]

get the mod quad ones

[MX MaNiAc 06]

Yeah they just cause trouble so i have the stock one

[wvspeedfreak]

I have had problems with them not venting too.Went back to the 'ole stock hose.

[Flyin-Low]

I've had three, and they all manged to fall off.

So now I have some sort of clear hose on mine just going down by the steering stem.

[ida400ex]

i run them on my 400ex and on my ltr. never had any problems with them exept having them fall of in the middle of the dunes.
i lost about 5 of them this summer

[450rJam]

I ran one for a few hours, the thing would leak gas (like a little mist) while riding wheelies, I traided with the one on my wifes 250ex (ran fine on both, I just didnt want flamable nuts)

[300ex_#387]

I somehow got water on in my hose on my 300, and it was below freezing out side. I took the 300 out to ride it, and it did the same thing. I prolly worked on it for a good 4 hours trying to figure it out till I saw that the hose was frozen.

[400ex28]

I just run the long hose into the stem nothing wrong with those.

[Toadz400]

Originally posted by 400ex28
I just run the long hose into the stem nothing wrong with those.

Word. Representing the OEM stuff...haha.

[08mxkfx]

Yeah ive had bad luck with them too. My quad decided not run about 5 min before my first moto at the Etown wpsa. Luckly I remembered having problems with the one on my 400. So I just run my stock hose.

[400exrider707]

So no one here has ever had the OEM suck water from washing your quad? The stem fills with water and that hose sticks in the stem... no run situation much like what you all are describing.

I've been running the RMATV $2.99 special vent for two years of motocross and not one problem with it. I had the same kind on my 400EX for even longer, and after I sold teh 400ex it went on my dads rancher and has never failed.

[bwamos]

Originally posted by 400exrider707
So no one here has ever had the OEM suck water from washing your quad? The stem fills with water and that hose sticks in the stem... no run situation much like what you all are describing.

Nope never had that problem. Of course I always wash my quad on it's grab bar, so it's not gonna fill up anyway.

I prefer the longer hose.. Harder to drop your gascap into the Mud. ;)

[JOEX]

Originally posted by bwamos

I prefer the longer hose.. Harder to drop your gascap into the Mud. ;)
:macho

[Moto49X]

Never had a problem, but i do know someone who broke his back from the shorty vent caps. Motor cut out on the face of a jump, quad died.