decannon04
12/9/2005 11:36:49 AM
I was talking with a tech at one of the local bike shops. He was telling me that if I cut the bottom part of my air intake to make the air go straight in instead of traveling the U, it will give me some extra power. Well, I cut the plastic which only took a few minutes. Duct taped the plastic where i made the cut. And about a half an hour later, I was up and running. It feels like it gave me some more power and my exhaust is louder. Has anyone tried this?
chainstretcher
12/9/2005 5:28:30 PM
Get rid of the duct tape! It'll clog things up if it ever lets loose.
isolated1523
12/9/2005 7:13:28 PM
I'm confused...what part of the intake can you cut, and what u? Air goes through the intake vents, the triangle shaped airboxes, then through the intake tubes....am i missin something?
-Adam
isolated1523
12/9/2005 7:15:13 PM
That said, when i had all my fairings off for paint i wired the headlight up and rode around town with it totally naked, and you could hear the thing suckin air like it was it's job. Could also notice a big difference in the amount of pull it had.
-Adam
FLYNBYU
12/9/2005 7:39:15 PM
When you rode without the air intakes it pulled harder? I wonder if this mode is similar to the resonator bottle on a car. You cap off the resonator and it provides a direct flow of air to the throttle body.
cjbettis
12/9/2005 10:29:23 PM
post a pic would ya? thanks
decannon04
12/10/2005 2:03:13 PM
I cut the triangle shaped airbox.
Jay
12/13/2005 4:31:25 PM
