wrongway
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posted November 24, 2011 05:31 AM
stock air filter design
I always thought that the metal plate behind the air filter was unecessary and only added a restriction. How much support would you need for a pressure drop across an air filter?
Well, It looks like kawasaki expects the worse out of their owners....
after 23k miles , I did pull the filter out to take a look at it .... but only after the bike slowed down by 1 or 2 mph at the dragstrip .
On the upside, it does look like I killed a few yellow jackets and some other bugs :-)
Roy
  
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1badzx12r
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posted November 24, 2011 05:35 AM
Roy.. i wouldn't post that air filter .. you my need a haz-mat team to depose of it
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eklipse636
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posted November 24, 2011 05:38 AM
Wow...
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posted November 24, 2011 05:44 AM
Think of what gets through without one in there at all.........................
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wrongway
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posted November 24, 2011 05:51 AM
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Think of what gets through without one in there at all.........................
Race filters do about the same thing as not having one at all.....
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posted November 24, 2011 04:11 PM
Ive pulled plenty of bugs out of my K&Ns. no way in hell will i run without a filter
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posted November 24, 2011 05:03 PM
Wow, that is brutal... poor bugs. What is better these days? K&N or BMC
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speedgene
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posted November 25, 2011 08:41 AM
We have the same mileage. Check compression. I'd be curious to see if it does not matter what filter you use. 228 psi is max, 149 psi is min. Mine is 220-210-220-220 psi ~ Before I gave it a valve adjustment.
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posted November 26, 2011 08:57 AM
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My BMC looks like that at around 20k or so too. Ram air bikes are awesome for sucking up dirt and road debris.  
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kawpower
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posted November 26, 2011 02:21 PM
I clean my filter every 2500miles with oil change.u guys are crazy for goin that long without checking or replacing your filters just asking for trouble!!!
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Wheelie
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posted November 26, 2011 02:38 PM
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I always thought that the metal plate behind the air filter was unecessary and only added a restriction. How much support would you need for a pressure drop across an air filter?
Well, It looks like kawasaki expects the worse out of their owners....
after 23k miles , I did pull the filter out to take a look at it .... but only after the bike slowed down by 1 or 2 mph at the dragstrip .
On the upside, it does look like I killed a few yellow jackets and some other bugs :-)
Roy
are you the guy that never lubes his chain? Can we call you negligence? lol
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wrongway
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posted November 26, 2011 03:36 PM
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are you the guy that never lubes his chain? Can we call you negligence? lol
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Negligence ? nah ,,,, I did look at it when the bike slowed down at the track:-)
And for the record, I did clean the chain once .
Roy
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speedgene
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posted November 26, 2011 09:53 PM
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My BMC looks like that at around 20k or so too. Ram air bikes are awesome for sucking up dirt and road debris.
And they laughed the first time with me street sweepers exposed. 23K later, I'm laughing at 220 pee yes I am in the har dee har har mode. I need a pop piss corn icon geeeeeeeeee haaaaaa!
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posted November 27, 2011 08:32 AM
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epd345
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posted November 27, 2011 05:51 PM
Wow that is dirty! I guess I am safe cleaning mine once a year!
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