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2016 MP3 500ie loaded & accessorized
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2016 MP3 500ie loaded & accessorized
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Location: NC mountains
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I think I've read all the oil blowby threads and it seems like a good course of action to first replace the decompression reed valve. I'm in the USA…does anyone know where to get one? Does it come complete with a new membrane? Easy to replace? Any tips appreciated. I've got about 12k miles and this has just started. Curiously it started after tip over of my bike on the right side in a downhill driveway. I wonder if the membrane/valve could have got flooded/clogged when tipped over that way.

This is a 2016 mp3 500ie btw. Would the pony driver air box mod be a good idea as well…or was that primarily for older models?
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A9ballkid wrote:
This is a 2016 mp3 500ie btw.
It'd help those who what to help if you put that in your profile.

I'll leave it to others who might know more about the blow-by stuff than I do.

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