2001 Bonneville Tech Questions

Hi to all - Newbie from Wiltshire here.

I have just purchased a 2001 Bonneville with around 25000 miles on the clock and as I have no service history have just started doing a few things to it before I ride it.

The air filter was in a terrible state and very oily with oil pooled in the bottom of the air box - I have heard that there is a mod to remedy this problem as believe t was quite common on the early models?

Also thinking of removing the Air injection system - is this straightforward if I buy a kit?

Also wierdly the nearside fork dust seal was badly corroded and has let water ingress to the seal and rusted the retaining clip but the seals seem ok as the fork leg still had most of the specified volume of oil in it albeit very thin so will be changing the oil in the forks!

I removed the rusted clip and cleaned it up and think will be ok

Grateful for any help!

Thanks in advance

 

Hi Callumity - thanks so much for the info. I still have a Haynes manual from when I had a Bonneville a few years ago so that’s a plus!

I will look into the airbox drain and take a look at that YouTube video as you suggest.

Cheers, Shaun

 

Hi again - have looked at the drain hole at the bottom of the Airbox and the tube is full and can’t drain out at the end is sealed as per the Haynes manual which is telling me to remove the tube and clean it - pretty fiddly job so is there a mod for this? Like putting on a longer tube and fixing the end over the chain ??

 

The breather is standard set up between the top of the nearside crankcase and the airbox - it’s the drain pipe at the bottom that is flat at the end and sealed - this fills up with condensation and oil and the manual says it has to be cleaned out from time to time which I suppose is not too bad a thing to do - thought perhaps I could put on a longer tube and suspend it over the chain or hang it out over the rear fender like on the classic triumphs...

 

What you are saying makes perfect sense - I will clean the sealed drain tube and get one of those filters and put it on the breather pipe and seal up the breather pipe connection to the air box Thanks !

 

Yep so far dust seals and fork gaiters fitted and new fork oil. Air injection system removal kit fitted, new front pads and oil and filter change to be done and fit a grab rail that I picked up on eBay for £18!

Next I need to think about a nice retro colour scheme for the tank and mudguards but before that hoping to just ride and enjoy!