Under bear claw filters

That reminds me I must look at it and give it a clean - doing it now.....
 
DIRTY LITTLE BUGGER
Just checked and it is filthy.... but the stubborn little bugger won't come out - so I guess it stays dirty...
 
I have used foam stuffed into the breather hole at the bottom of the stock air box for four years with no problems.
I clean it along with my filters and the tools I now carry in there stay clean.
Yeah I tried that too on some badly given advise and after a spirited run the Hot oil fumes had actually impregnated the foam enough to the point that the next day after it had all cooled down and returned to its liquid form in the foam caused enough back pressure in the crankcase about 2 km from home just on the outskirts of town before I sped up to the highway speed limit that I felt a thump against the inside of my left leg followed by a rather warm wet feeling inside of the same leg ... fortunately I looked down to see there dip stick bite the dust just of the side of the road so I pulled up and was amazed that the only damage to the dip stick was a small scratch in the end of the stick, I Replaced it in the tank and slowly rode back home watching it as it started to lift again. upon inspection of the foam when I got home found the foam drenched in oil I took it out bought the little filter and have never had a problem with the dip stick coming Loose.
@dave64 if you still have the little foam filter that came with your original Ramair why not just put that on or buy another don't risk with shortcuts
 
if you still have the little foam filter that came with your original Ramair why not just put that on or buy another don't risk with shortcuts
Sound Advice mate.
 
Pulling the hot gases from the crankcase into a throttle body and into a cyclinder is not a good idea
Very Rare that I would Agree with Art but in this case I do, in the Air box the breather breathes into air that is not under a vacuum, if you really need to put it in to the filter you really should have it breath in to a catch tank so it can condense and only a smaller amount of oil fumes are dragged in also you can drain of the oil away instead of coating everything in the throttle body and then causing excessive carbon build up in the top of the combustion chamber
 
@HansO,
Never in over four years a problem with the foam in my box.
Never has it become even damp let alone wet.
I do clean it every 2K - 3K miles and I do plenty "spirited" riding.
Never had an issue with the cap as well.
Perhaps the used nylons you use are not as efficient as real filter foam!

I also agree that I would NOT dump that crap into my intake!
 
Geeez you ARE full of it!! I would have thought "used nylons" would be more your caper
 
unifilters. work great and fit under the claw.i can raise and lower my tank without removing the claw.buy 2 sets and you always have a fresh set to put on
 
OK do as you please IM warning you not to do this but you choose to do it your way so dont say I didnt warn you
 
If it's unsafe, please, do explain, why 99% of passenger vehicles manufactured in the last 25 years have their PCVs routed this way, and have no issues with it.