Removing the airbox forever?
#21
11-09-2009, 08:32 PM
LOL Dookie You can get on the bathroom scale before you crap and then again afterwards to check how much "weight" you saved.
Seriously though , do it , take pics , let us know how it works. I mean the air filter, not the dookie. Deej puts up enought dookie pics.
I think the only benefit is that it will look cool, but hey thats reason enough for me.
Dan
Seriously though , do it , take pics , let us know how it works. I mean the air filter, not the dookie. Deej puts up enought dookie pics.
I think the only benefit is that it will look cool, but hey thats reason enough for me.
Dan
#26
11-13-2009, 11:23 PM
Well you would be guessing wrong since I had PODS in my Z1 and ZRX. First off tuning for them was a huge PITA, second, having to check the weather and worry about or not ride on any day where there was a chance of rain was a second PITA, third, in cross winds it was a known fact that at least on these bikes you would get starvation (head to the ZRX site and read for yourself) and third, washing the bike was a PITA since you had to be sure to cover the filters 100%.
I don't know about you guys, but I have been caught in unexpected rain many times. Weatherman says 10% chance of rain, so I ride to work and it is pouring out when I am ready to head home. It happens.
I am also wondering if there really is a benefit? It looks great, but will you see ANY power gains over a good filter and an open airbox lid?
His bike, he can do what he wants, but he asked for opinions, more than one counts, no?
I don't know about you guys, but I have been caught in unexpected rain many times. Weatherman says 10% chance of rain, so I ride to work and it is pouring out when I am ready to head home. It happens.
I am also wondering if there really is a benefit? It looks great, but will you see ANY power gains over a good filter and an open airbox lid?
His bike, he can do what he wants, but he asked for opinions, more than one counts, no?
No, I'm not 'guessing wrong.' No 'guessing' involved here, Mark .
I ride the same bike he rides...a KLX...not a 4 carb ZRX. I have had none of the problems you speak of in over 24,000 miles of riding with a direct filter in a lot of windy and rainy weather.
I feel absolutely no difference of power in cross winds either. I believe you when you said your 4 carb ZRX was a b*tch to tune, but you're comparing apples to oranges. It took about 30 minutes to get my single carb KLX dialed-in and the jetting wasn't far-off to start with.
Let the guy play. You're acting like this is armageddon
#28
11-14-2009, 07:53 PM
Tremor, you're quick with the attitude, aren't you? Your exact words a page ago were "I'm guessing that most of the alarmist responses are coming from people who've never tried it. " and my response was directly your "guess" comment.
I have tried pods in the past, Dready asked for reasons why or why not to try this, I was giving mine from what I have had in the past. Some of my findings on past bikes are apples to apples to this bike (riding in the rain and washing the bike and honest power improvement) and some aren't. Less work on a single carb, sort of, but still work.
But frankly, Dready is really only interested in hearing people tell him to do this, not in listening to the reasons why he shouldn't so good luck to him, but when you ask for opinions, you should expect to get positive and negative taking both with a grain of salt since you have no idea if the person on the other side of the screen knows what the heck they are talking about.
I have tried pods in the past, Dready asked for reasons why or why not to try this, I was giving mine from what I have had in the past. Some of my findings on past bikes are apples to apples to this bike (riding in the rain and washing the bike and honest power improvement) and some aren't. Less work on a single carb, sort of, but still work.
But frankly, Dready is really only interested in hearing people tell him to do this, not in listening to the reasons why he shouldn't so good luck to him, but when you ask for opinions, you should expect to get positive and negative taking both with a grain of salt since you have no idea if the person on the other side of the screen knows what the heck they are talking about.
Last edited by marc11; 11-14-2009 at 07:58 PM.
#29
11-15-2009, 10:15 PM
(without reading back the entire thread, sorry) One of the functions of an airbox is it supports the carb. Maybe not an issue on a street only bike. But if your banging and bouncing around offroad having the support is a good thing. I've run pods on sled motors and never had a carb come off, but have had the rubber crack and chased a lean out problem from the carbs vibrating at a certain speed.
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