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I know that so many people have already done either the Chimera Cold Air Intake, or mnnthbx Intake, or the Velocity stack, or the free upgrade with a Unifilter,etc.
Since I am a minimalist on mods and am a little OCD I went a different direction. I am aware that this little mod probably does not help much, but I do not think it will hurt. I was trying to get some more air into the factory air box without heavy modification or risk of running it too lean.
So I took 3/4" pvc elbow, drilled a hole in top of the air box with a 1" hole saw right in front of the, tiny factory snorkel intake. I cut the threads off some on the pvc too so that it was not protruding too far in to the air box in front of the factory intake hole. With the 1" hole saw the 3/4" threaded elbow screwed right in with a very snug fit. I angled it toward the little vents in the fairings so that at speed ( haahahaaahaa ) it will force a wee bit more air into the air box.
I spray painted it black so that it would not be very noticeable. Did a crap job because I used some old paint and rushed it. Thus too thick. Anyhoo, it is blacked out.
It seems to start a little easier. I did the "hold a paper towel" in front of it and when you roll on the throttle it does draw the paper towel into it. No check engine light either.
I have not ridden it yet to see if there is any difference.
Like I mentioned..... It may not help any but I do not think it will hurt either.
Since I am a minimalist on mods and am a little OCD I went a different direction. I am aware that this little mod probably does not help much, but I do not think it will hurt. I was trying to get some more air into the factory air box without heavy modification or risk of running it too lean.
So I took 3/4" pvc elbow, drilled a hole in top of the air box with a 1" hole saw right in front of the, tiny factory snorkel intake. I cut the threads off some on the pvc too so that it was not protruding too far in to the air box in front of the factory intake hole. With the 1" hole saw the 3/4" threaded elbow screwed right in with a very snug fit. I angled it toward the little vents in the fairings so that at speed ( haahahaaahaa ) it will force a wee bit more air into the air box.
I spray painted it black so that it would not be very noticeable. Did a crap job because I used some old paint and rushed it. Thus too thick. Anyhoo, it is blacked out.
It seems to start a little easier. I did the "hold a paper towel" in front of it and when you roll on the throttle it does draw the paper towel into it. No check engine light either.
I have not ridden it yet to see if there is any difference.
Like I mentioned..... It may not help any but I do not think it will hurt either.
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