What's the evap canister for? Does it need to be serviced or changed? I never even noticed it before, except the rubber cover tore off. I just glued it
back to the canister.
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What the evap canister for?
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You must have a California bike. As for maintenance, I dunno, I live in Michigan.
You meet the nicest people on a Honda (forum).
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Evap can collects gas fumes to keep the greenies happy. It holds it until the next time the engine is started and provides it back to the carburetor.
There should not be any maintenance requirements (check your manual), but I do recall the simple check for the evap can on cars was to shake it. If you could hear the charcoal shaking around like a can full of gravel, it needed replacement. Of course, all we ever did was throw it away and cap off the vent line with a breather. 
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duke,
you must type faster than I as when I started to write this you had not yet posted and there is a 9 minute difference in the post times!! Tony
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I think it's just the time zone difference.
 
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It is not necessary for the bike to run. however
if it gets clogged in it's old age you could have problems with the tank not being vented and the liquid gas not getting to the carbs correctly. In this
case the easiest thing to do would be to cut the vent tube and route it the bottom of the bike like on the 49 state bikes. If your bike is running ok it is a
hands off thing. I don't think it has a prescribed replacement interval.
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