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gs1000g air cleaner chromed caps rubber gaskets

You have to use self-adhesive foam to seal these.

I don't know what it would be called in Rome, but here in the US it's called weatherstripping. It's foam with sticky tape on one side that comes in rolls, used for sealing the gaps around doors and windows.

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Yes, anti-draft tape (sort of neoprenish);
Seems nobody has patterned this item yet, I'll wait for the reply to enquires I made via mail and then take action.

Bw let me take advantage of your availability....

While experiencing the problem I also noticed, on leaning the bike on the side stand, a brown-reddish liquid, dripping from behind the chromed lid;

sometime ago. while cleaning the air filter, I saw that on top of the air box there was a dark yellow "padding" material, the consistence of felt, which was incidentally flaking a bit.

Might it be that water droplets, soaked the stuff and get coloured, or was just water mixed to oil+petrol ?


Big thanks
 
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The liquid was probably just water and oil mixed with the gunk that builds up in the airbox. The crankcase vapors are vented straight into the airbox on these engines. When the vapors from the engine condense it's very messy.

On top of the air filter element (it's a foam filter with a metal cage frame) there should also be foam weatherstripping seal. This seals the filter assembly to the airbox.

You can see photos of the weatherstripping and the filter frame here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/roostabunny/GS850AirboxFixup
 
Clever job on the 850's airbox.
Mine has a K&N paper one.
Being a "stroker" minded biker, I dread any air leaks, so I wonder if RTV silicon could be formed (easier than molded?) into the gasket/boot in question...
 
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Stick with the foam tape. easier to apply and reapply later if need be. Way less fuss also in respect to having to get the RTV or silicone absolutely perfect.
 
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