My air filter has bitten its last dust

[Mom]

Whatever you do, don't run it with that piece of shit in there. It will be fragmenting straight into your motor. Best remove it until you have abetter solution. Wifes nylons? Over the airbox hole, not inside the airbox.

Double layer please, unless really, really fine denier

[FJRider]

How concerned should I be about running the filter with a hole in it for a week or two,

Running it like that means it effectively running lean.

[The Reibz]

haha we had a similar situation at work. One of our inflatable boats sucked pod filter inside out and down into the turbo. Broke all the turbo blades and spat them through the intercooler. 15,000 worth of damage, was awesome.

I have heard of people using chicken wire and foam to make there own filters. May or may not work. What ever you do, dont try and run it on pods. Its an absolute nightmare to tune and you will definitely end up with alot of flatspots

[chasio]

haha we had a similar situation at work. One of our inflatable boats sucked pod filter inside out and down into the turbo. Broke all the turbo blades and spat them through the intercooler. 15,000 worth of damage, was awesome.

I have heard of people using chicken wire and foam to make there own filters. May or may not work. What ever you do, dont try and run it on pods. Its an absolute nightmare to tune and you will definitely end up with alot of flatspots

Jaysus. Luckily my bike is worth a fraction of that, so the damage wouldn't be so costly!

The KX65 filter was a bit tight around the intake flange*, but there was plenty of foam so I trimmed it back to make the hole a bit bigger and I think it'll do alright.

Cheers for the help, folks. I'll be finding a cheap Freewind one and stocking up. It will make it easier to have two when cleaning it, anyway.

* I don't care if it is not technically a flange. Flange is such a great word that I had to use it. Flange. See?