what is that thing on your bike

just a question about the "cannister" on your bikes overthere what does it do?

It's a charcoal canister through which the tank's vent hose and carburetor vents run so that there aren't any evaporative fuel emissions. i.e., when the fuel evaporates from the tank or carb, it doesn't vent to the atmosphere. The charcoal absorbs/neutralizes the fuel vapors.

It isn't mounted well and seems to "fall off" almost every bike shortly after leaving the dealership! LOL

Well of course it did, but I did not want to put any of our dealers at risk of lawsuit......warranty issues .......BLM headhunters.....other weird greenies.......United Nations Sanctions ........etc :smirk:

Joe

I hope all you canister bike owners re-mounted your canisters yesterday being it was Earth Day and all.

i could see why the um fall off being in the position they are, i had a xr650L before the husky and it had some contraption on it like that which sort of fell off. greenies eh they just dont want anyone having any fun do they?

Our cats love greenies.

Hey...my canister just fell off, and now it runs like crap. I'd put it back on, but it shattered into a million pieces, and I don't have the money to buy a new one. How can I make it run good without the canister?

Oh...you're right. Sorry about that.
It's an '09 TE310. Just bought 3 days ago, and still stock when the canister came off. I plugged up the hose going to the back of the cylinder, and that's when it started running bad. It sputtered, flammed out, and just stalled repeatedly. The canister went back on until I can figure it out so at least it would run half way decent.

Yeah, throw a post up in the tech section and I'm positive someone will come to your rescue. The info provided here is gold.
I have no efi knowledge but it seems weird that the canister removal would have such a strong effect.

http://www.cafehusky.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2265

Thanks... That's actually helps me to verify that I did it correctly the first time, but it still ran crappy. Tried it again, only this time took off the throttle stop, and removed cat from mid-pipe. Actually runs now, and better, but still does backfire quite a bit with an occational flame-out, and doesn't like low throttle much. Maybe the real fix will be when I get the Lamda plug in, and the better air filter cage with some break-in time on it. And then maybe bring to a dealer who knows what they're doing for an electronic tune on the map...yes?

This was covered a while back on TT. If you look under the seat (I think-been awhile since I noticed it) There is a sticker that shows how the tubes are routed. It will help you redo everything. Basically, you need to hook it all up the same way, but you need some longer tubing. I still have mine on the bike. It doesn;t hurt anything and doesn't add much weight. If you wait long enough, something will eventually rip it off anyway. That's what I'm waiting for. Anyhow, everything is vented to this cannister. Everything that is attacehd to it is something that needs to vent. Don't plug up anything. Buy some hose and just run them all out to atmosphere. Use the diagram on the sticker for help.