125-200cc Blanked off power valve pipes....

Can someone tell me what the 2 pipes coming out of the side of my power valve are for and if they are both supposed to be blanked off?

1998 CR125

I had a 98 but can't remember what they looked like. Usually 1 is a vent, the other is blocked off to catch the excess spooge. You should drain it from time to time. Word of warning wear rubber gloves as that stuff is hard to get off your hands and the floor. Current bikes have the other one as a vent.

They are vents, I have mine blocked

Thats great. Thanks alot.

BTW I bought some nice rubber cap's at the hardware store that fit them perfect

Tim,
Current 125's don't have any vents at all.

I think the older style power valves with their much larger cross section allow a much larger amount of spooge to get into the power valve chamber. Having a drain line that you can manually drain is that much less going through the silencer or onto your other parts.

It's been so long since I have had to mix gas for anything but the weed eater.

Mika Ahola Edition Honda 4 stroke weed eater could fix even that.....

I have the older cylinder on my 09 and I think Walt is correct. Seems like I don't have as much spooge since it drains below the frame. I know Evans old RM was drained as well. Maybe we could bottle this stuff up and sell it to get rid of Arthritis?

Tim know's new bikes dont have vents, but Tims bike has old cylinder for 167cc