• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

air cleaners?

  • Thread starter Thread starter Mattman
  • Start date Start date
M

Mattman

Guest
Question?
I have been told that the 4 little k&n airfilers I can get for my 83 1100e are so much better than the stock cleaner on board. Is this true? Why? and how much are they?
 
My little pod filters cost me somewhere around $2000.00 if you count my time as money, and I do.

They aren't any better. Someone a little less bitter about them will explain.
 
Yeah, too much trouble for me for something that results in a 20% reduction in gas milage and a performance increase so slight you cant detect it. Besides, the trials and tribulations of rejetting and trying to get the bike to run decently are a major turn off for me.

Earl

Jethro said:
My little pod filters cost me somewhere around $2000.00 if you count my time as money, and I do.

They aren't any better. Someone a little less bitter about them will explain.
Click to expand...
 
earlfor said:
Yeah, too much trouble for me for something that results in a 20% reduction in gas milage and a performance increase so slight you cant detect it. Besides, the trials and tribulations of rejetting and trying to get the bike to run decently are a major turn off for me.

Earl

Jethro said:
My little pod filters cost me somewhere around $2000.00 if you count my time as money, and I do.

They aren't any better. Someone a little less bitter about them will explain.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

They kill fuel economy Earl!???

Maybe that is part of my issue? Sorry, no thread hijacking here. Just chiming in to get info as well.

hmmm.
 
They are supposed to help with the airflow, but I've had bikes with pods and without and I can't really tell a difference. If you're not a racer or someone who's good at jetting I wouldn't bother. If you keep the stock air cleaner clean you should have no problems and no jetting headaches. It's up to you. Aftermarket pipes seem to make the biggest difference in regards to performance increases. Some pipes are just slip ons where you don't have to even re-jet and can get some extra ponies out of your bike. I would research well before going down this road. I've travelled it and it's rocky as f@ck.
 
If I had it to all over again I wouldn't. For awhile, after I got things sorted out I could tell that it did have a gain in power, but like everything else you get used to it and felt like stock again. As far as gas mileage goes, If you really ride hard all the time and are heavy handed, gas mileage drops into the high 20's. I can regularly get 42 mpg on my 1100e on the freeway. This is with a V&H meg exhaust and Dyno-jet stage 3 kit.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top