air flow

kblahetka

Supercharged

Joined

Sep 10, 2012

Messages

330

Location

Bolingbrook, IL

Ride

2005 r3

• May 28, 2013

• #1

I have K&N tripple filters on the bike now. I'm debaitng cutting the claw and also putting the K&N outer wraps on. Do either of these change the airflow enough that I need to worry about it?

 

cardinal93

Top Fuel

Joined

Mar 6, 2013

Messages

1,837

Location

Ocean Springs, MS, USA

Ride

07 Rocket III Classic, 11 Street Triple R

• May 28, 2013

• #2

From what I understand, no scientific evidence either way. But there are much smarter folk than me around who will chime in I'm sure. As for me, you can tell, I let 'em breathe

 

Macrider

I,m a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride.

Joined

Oct 31, 2010

Messages

767

Location

Sutton ,Ontario, Canada

Ride

2010 Triumph R3T Black "Darksider" imitation 70cc motorized "Harley Davidson" bicycle

• May 28, 2013

• #3

filters

I have the outerwears prefilters on mine.
keeps the K&Ns clean and no difference in performance at all.

 

CanberraR3

Living Legend

Joined

May 27, 2010

Messages

11,337

Location

Canberra, Australia

Ride

Triumphs, but no Rocket just now.

• May 28, 2013

• #4

I reckon both make a very small difference. Cutting the bear claw really did seem to make it run a little better, probably not so much because of the air flow but because of the air temp. The pre filters probably don't add any restriction at all but I felt they did a teeny bit at high revs. I used them anyway.

I also moved the overflow bottle so it wasn't sitting directly in front of the filters. Mine's under my seat now.