Baehr Concepts Yamaha Dry-Break Cap

What it is

• 3D Printed Seat Cap + Dry-Break Cover All In One.
• Includes the cover, seat cover, probe, and all necessary pieces.

The newest generation Yamaha four-strokes have a unique and sleek design. It takes one of our small gripes with the previous gen bike and covers up the front of the gas tank when running a dry-break ready tank on the bike, allowing you to run the extended section of the seat. However, when racing, this complicates the refueling process and leaves you prone to misattaching the front seat section, which could ultimately leave the air filter exposed and able to fall off of the bike. Likewise, pulling the front of the seat off, pulling a dry-break cap, then reinstalling the seat takes more time than most would like in the pits.

Baehr Concepts, a longtime friend of DBT and engineer with 20+ years of dirt bike racing experience, saw this problem and came up with a solution --build an all-in-one cover that fixes the extended seat and dry-break cap into one piece and attaches to the bike quickly and firmly. His 3D printed design is used by the Purvines Racing Yamaha squad out west and has been developed to work with both an IMS/SRT dry-break receiver and a Modified Machine Works dry-break receiver. The plastic cover is made of ASA plastic and a nylon strap is used to make removal simple and swift in a pit stop. Retail price is $200 and is available in Blue, or can be custom ordered in various other colors on request. To order, contact @Baehr_Concepts on Instagram.

How it works

• Simple install.
• Very effective and secure design.
• Eliminates steps in the pits and speeds up the pit.

The cover comes with just about everything you need to install. The entire cover is put together with the button, strap, and seat cover material already installed, along with a separate probe piece ready to mount. When installing, it’s easier to do with the tank off, but can also be done with the tank mounted. You remove the stock plastic piece that the zeus fastener clips into and install the supplied probe piece in its place. Next, you’ll need to cut out your airbox cover around the probe, approximately one inch on each side, to allow for the button to clip into the probe when installed. Once the hole is cut to size, simply slap the dry-break cover on and you’re ready to race. To ensure that the cover is secured, the button should be completely flat letting you know it is fully on. If it isn’t, there will be a dimple in the button and it will fall off while riding. This is important since if there is no cover on the bike, the airbox cover will likely fall off and the air filter will be flimsy in the airbox, ultimately leading to it falling out as well.

The build quality of the system is very high. All of the components used are durable and functional, every nut has light threadlock on it to keep it secure together, and the tolerances are spot-on and looks like it was developed at the factory with no gaps and a perfect fit all the way around.

This piece saves 10+ seconds per pit stop and is much more efficient in ensuring the cover is secure and the airbox lid won’t fall off. The stock zeus fastener can be tricky to put in place and hard to tell if it’s truly secure, but the Baehr Concepts model is quick and easy. It’s a little pricey when compared to a standard dry break cap, but you’re getting a lot in this piece and is well worth the stress-free, quick pit stops and safety of having a secure airbox cover mid-race. We recently used it in the 24 Hours of Glen Helen where we had ~24 gas stops throughout the race without a single hiccup or issue with the cap, and have continued using it ever since with no issues. 

You can check out a video of the cap in use below ~ watch HERE

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MN3rFMMMZ_s