So, I was looking at the underside of my F800GS during my first oil change and happened to see this hose sticking out, somewhere between the cat and around the place where the center stand attaches. I am usually wary of objects pointing out, but the end looks cut sharp and shouldn't be something that snapped. I am assuming it has been always that way and that this is some sort of a breather pipe. I don't see any flashing light on the dash, and no cause of alarm generally on the bike. But still, is this normal; do you folks have it on your bikes as well?
It's probably the breather/overflow from the fuel filler area. R1200GS had at least one of those so assume the other models have them as well.
+1 http://www.maxbmwmotorcycles.com/fiche/DiagramsMain.aspx?vid=51598&rnd=05012012 under fuel supply...
It is a drain hose from your charcoal cannister. There is a recall on it to put on a syphon break and relocate it. It had a bad habit of sucking up water and injecting it into the throttle body.
Spare tube for adding air into the tyres. I don't know why yours doesn't have the proper fitting on it.
Thanks, I'll get to it for the 6k service. It is a bad location to plumb a hose out, which is what made me curious. I picked this up new 3 months back, and one of the reasons was that BMW has had this model unchanged for 5 years and plenty of time to fix all nagging issues.
If it is that new, it has the mod. All it is, is a T fitting at the other end that allows air in to prevent vacuum from sucking up water. It is no big deal, cut the hose shorter or move it.
