Pod Filters

Big fan of the ramair foam type. MR006 fits Dells or MV 015's for Mikunis.
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    Keith
 
Keith
I'm curious about the tie rod from carb rack to cam box. is that to stop frothing or stop carb rack moving?

Regards, Andre
 
A mate of mine is a wheat farmer in Western NSW Oz, lots of fine red dust about and so he is something of an expert regarding air filtration on everything from his Lav to his $650k 'lawn mower' as I call it (wheat header). He's a big fan of the oiled foam type of filter, when he saw the DNA filters (similar to K&N) provided by Red on the Mikuni kit I was fitting for him he insisted that I change them to foam jobbies.  I used ones from Uni Filter Australia, but these things tend to be a bit regional so your best option might depend a bit on what country you're in (ie RamAir in the uk as Keith has suggested). 
 
andre said:
Keith
I'm curious about the tie rod from carb rack to cam box. is that to stop frothing or stop carb rack moving?

Regards, Andre
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Keeps the carbs on nice and snug when not using the factory airbox.

    Keith
 
Breganzane
What Uni?s do you suggest? The ones for my Yamaha are near 114mm long and 76mm diameter. I?m not sure three of these would fit between the side covers.
Dave
 
Sporteous said:
I used BMC brand, the same as K & N but cheaper.
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If they are the same they won't be cheaper.  Ya gets wot ya pays for...  :D

Found huge differences in flow rates with various types of pod filters, most are simply way too small to satisfy the needs of a big, healthy triple.  If it has to be of this type, use the largest you can fit.

Keiths' foam type are a far better option.

piet
 
Personally i would go for  as large a foam or paper filter as you can fit I wouldn't bother with oiled filters unless you are in an environment that means you need to wash them out very regularly which i doubt on a Lav unless you are off road in the desert  ;) The fact is you will draw a fine film of oil into your carbs airways with oiled filters. Paper will probably flow best but is not always practical, Foam will give a straight inlet track usually . horses for courses.
 
Got a set of DNA pods (supplied by Red) on the Jota's Mikunis. They don't seem to restrict flow. No idea how well they filter, but I haven't found any seagulls or lost children in the carby throats.
 
Never say never.Last Snowy Run we are heading to Dalgetty on The Barry Way,road caption Marty misses a turn and 10ks later we hit the dirt,very very dusty dirt.After about 50ks and a Snowy Mountains Nation Park sign the penny drops,and we turn around.Did I mention it was dusty,and would have continued dusty for the next 250 ks all the way to the next state.Did it once on the Laved 20 years ago and that was enough.
 
Paddy said:
Personally i would go for  as large a foam or paper filter as you can fit I wouldn't bother with oiled filters unless you are in an environment that means you need to wash them out very regularly which i doubt on a Lav unless you are off road in the desert  ;) The fact is you will draw a fine film of oil into your carbs airways with oiled filters. Paper will probably flow best but is not always practical, Foam will give a straight inlet track usually . horses for courses.
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You've never ridden in country Orstraya then Paddy?
 
Vince said:
Never say never.Last Snowy Run we are heading to Dalgetty on The Barry Way,road caption Marty misses a turn and 10ks later we hit the dirt,very very dusty dirt.After about 50ks and a Snowy Mountains Nation Park sign the penny drops,and we turn around.Did I mention it was dusty,and would have continued dusty for the next 250 ks all the way to the next state.Did it once on the Laved 20 years ago and that was enough.
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Hey Vince, the secret is not to ride in each other dust. When riding off road with my 2 GS mates we could be kms apart. Usualy every 10-15 kays we slow to get a sight of the guy following.
If I start eating dust I just slow down till the air is clear again. On the odd times a vehicule passes in the opposite direction I kill the motor till the dust almost clears.
 
What a luxury, Rob, so little traffic and so much time!
You don?t need to have visual dust in the air to need good filters.
Here in Norway you don?t often see dust in the air but everything seems to be covered in dust and filth very quickly. Apparently it is pulverised asphalt as the bitumen mix here is special to cope with big extremes of temperature, it is probably so in many parts of the world. So good filtration is vital. I go for oiled foam. On the SF I have removed the back of the airbox and have big unifilters fitted to the rubber connectors to the carbs, they fit ok forward of the battery. When I used K&N I had problems with the slides sticking in wet weather.
One of the main victims of poor filtration is the carbs, particularly Dell slides.
If anyone fits foam pods, stay clear of the ones with metal end caps, they can get sucked flat to the carb inlet.
 
Hanging back out of the dust would be a great idea,except the nut jobs I was riding with were virtually racing each other,not really but when I would do the same trails with others at a more leisurely pace they would point out sights I had completely missed,small things like massive rock faces a couple of hundred feet high.I was mainly scanning the trail 20 feet ahead and pushing hard to keep up.Mostly ex enduro racers fitter and younger.
 
Tippie said:
What a luxury, Rob, so little traffic and so much time!
You don?t need to have visual dust in the air to need good filters.
Here in Norway you don?t often see dust in the air but everything seems to be covered in dust and filth very quickly. Apparently it is pulverised asphalt as the bitumen mix here is special to cope with big extremes of temperature, it is probably so in many parts of the world. So good filtration is vital. I go for oiled foam. On the SF I have removed the back of the airbox and have big unifilters fitted to the rubber connectors to the carbs, they fit ok forward of the battery. When I used K&N I had problems with the slides sticking in wet weather.
One of the main victims of poor filtration is the carbs, particularly Dell slides.
If anyone fits foam pods, stay clear of the ones with metal end caps, they can get sucked flat to the carb inlet.
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Hi Lee, you.ve probably forgotten how dusty our gravel roads can be in the dry! Yes it is a luxury to ride for days and only encounter a couple of 4wds. One thing I notice on my GS is the fuel consumption, dirty filter can cost 2km/litre. I go out of my way to keep the dust at a minimun.
 
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