Air snorkel removal ??

[CanberraR3]

Ripping the "thread" from his tyres?? Better than ripping the tread off I suppose.

 

[64Herald]

I do a lot of distance riding almost always get rained on. Won't water get into the triples?

 

[Dennsell]

I do a lot of distance riding almost always get rained on. Won't water get into the triples?

Nobody has had water problems with the triples as far as I know and I ride in all weather's last couple of weeks in rain with no problems.
Infact the bike performs great in the dense damp air

 

[Battersea]

The only other bike that I've owned with an under-seat snorkel arrangement like the Rocket was a 1968 Bultaco Bandido scrambler.

When the Bandido first came out I remember Bultaco making great play about the air directly behind and below the seat being the best place for clean air entry. Don't know if that is really the case but who's to say its not!

 

[JRock]

Because they are oiled, K&Ns shed water.
Should be no problem in the rain.

 

[R-III-R Turbo]

Hi all,

I've read so much about removing the air box 'snorkel' but for the life of me, I don't know where it is. I've searched the net but nothing. Can someone point me in the right direction please.

Does it make a difference to air flow? Is it really worth removing?

Thanks.

my understanding of the snorkel is the stock ductwork under the tank. as in, the 3 throttles are fed by a manifold which has 2 entry holes and these 2 holes are fed by a single pipe which goes back to the air filter under the seat.
which is why you'd refer to the single undertank K&N RU-5111 as the snorkel filter.

anyway my bike gained a whopping 3 hp by replacing the stock intake with htis single K&N RU-5111 undetank snorkel filtewr

I do a lot of distance riding almost always get rained on. Won't water get into the triples?

i worried ab ot this too as i live in ireland where it is always damp and drizzly and ****ty. so i stuck them K&N "drycharger" moisture socks over the triple 2780 filters.
anyways i got caught out in probably the heaviest rain iv ever seen never mind been on the bike in, and the bike ran like it was a sunny day in denver.
now this was with the uncut (uncircumcised lol) bearclaw

now this rain was so bad that the cars on the freeway were todd;ling along with haxard lights on, some even inside the hard shoulder line. i was flyoing past them all wondering what all the fuss was. they probabluy thought look at htat maniac on the bike.

 

[CanberraR3]

Mine are pretty much exposed and no problem at all in the rain.

 

[HansO]

My extra large RX-4040 K&N's stick out even further and have been in torrential rain with no issues at all

 

[R-III-R Turbo]

My extra large RX-4040 K&N's stick out even further and have been in torrential rain with no issues at all

no mioistue socks evenb? you bastard. im gonna hacve to get them now too

 

[HansO]

no mioistue socks evenb? you bastard. im gonna hacve to get them now too

Yep no covers... don't need them


"Ripping the "thread" from his tyres?? Better than ripping the tread off I suppose" one Letter typo
"Yeapram"???? A whole new word huh!!! http://www.r3owners.net/bearclaw-corner/13444-exedra-max-michelin-commander-2-go-pro2-7.html