has anybody tried pods in lieu of the stock airbox?i'm interested in tackling this project. sure would be nice to free up some space. cuz space is something we don't have...

 

i did. i love it. It sounds real mean in the mid range

 

Enclosed body work... no cool air intake..prolly a 50+f ,increase in intake ambiant air temp, consider valve intake cooling, greatly diminished!!!!... no jet kits, made for "no airbox"... bet there are "holes, "in the HP/Torque curves and tractability issues. Then the rad fan ,will blow the heat, right to your pods. Just what,would you use the (under the tank)"free'd up space" for????? I see VERY little pro..." mid range sound"...Any of the things mentioned, are serious considerations... some w/ potential valve/piston disaster. Honda ,you can bet... figured out how to make that engine survive, that racey enlosed body work...I wouldn't bet a junk motor...I could do better... Oh, total intake length changes...Read up about "revision therory" and how this change,WILL effect power...
Free and clean, Ripp'n

 

I don't like the idea either. The fairing is so closed in that apart from the above mentioned reasons, I can't see the pods getting enough air evenly through the existing intakes on the side panels, and this might cause dodgy balance issues.
This would be fine on a streetfighter with no fairing to restrict the air flow around the pods.
More space would be good though. I put pods on a Z650 once, and used the free space for twin tone air horns and the compressor. The car drivers used to **** themselves! It was great....
Dave.

 

I wanted to go to pods too!! Looks cool, but no one will see it. I also found out that you loose Air Box Resonance.

Paraphrased from Sportboke Performance Handbook by, Kevin Cameron.

Airbox resonance is like the effect you ger when you hum into a bottle. At just the right tone the airbox resonates in step with the tune being hummed or whistled.
If a suitable volume is connected to an engines intake stacks, it can resonate in the same way, its pressure is high just as one cylinder begins its intake stroke, and it drives more air into the engine. As the engine takes in air, box pressure falls, but more air is on the way through the engines intake snout.
If everything is sized correctly ( like from the factory for biked built after 1980), box pressure is high again just as the next cylinders intake stroke begins, and so on. The result is a substantial boost.--like free supercharging-- within a particular rev range.This can amount to 10 - 15 % more power.

This ia a great book I am learning alot. With that and this site, I will be unstoppable!!! [sm=badbadbad.gif]

Patrick

 

Just dont hit anything Unmoveable [sm=headbang.gif]

 

Thankyou, That is the BEST advice I have encountered on the net, much less this site!! [sm=youreright.gif]

 

Uh, I wouldn't hit anything moveable either- not with my bike at least.

 

Especially if moving towards you!![sm=jawdrop.gif]

 

Some bikes do well on Pods some don't. But no matter what there is always trouble with smoothness. Also heat from the engine is also an issue.

If you are absolutely determined to do it you need to make a custom blanket that goes between the carbs and the engine and covers the carbs and filters.

You make it out of the silver heat reflecting foil that they use in race cars. I did this for my old GSXR as it was air cooled and it made a big difference to the performance of the carbs.

But it will rob you of power down low. So unless you are going on the track and really need that extra power then give it a miss.