Suzuki AX100 - pod air filter

[n ritchie]

Hey team new to this forum and bike mechanics without the old man over my shoulder (or the other way round) so hopefully some good bastards on the internet can stare me in the right direction.


i just bought a sweet little AX100 and im not a fan of the airbox, mostly because i want the bike to look less clustered and more simplistic, so trying to get some thoughts on how a pod filter will go.

i'm aware the air/fuel mixture will be different (more air?) and that i will have to adjust my jetting/mixture. does that mean my mixture should be more lean? or rich? im unsure.

does anyone have some experience with pod filters? is it a good decision? and how do i go about tuning my carb accordingly.

Thanks!

[F5 Dave]

Most pod filters are super crap. K&n are worth more than the bike and putting bigger jets in will be required or it will blow up. The right jet may retain std power. Too big a jet will lose power but likely you won't get it running smoothly through the range and if it gets wet it'll stop.

Spend your money replacing the dangerous tyres that are on it and trying to get the front brake half reasonable.

Old people huh?

[jellywrestler]

so hopefully some good bastards on the internet can stare me in the right direction.

I think I can help, the correct spelling is Steer.

[F5 Dave]

Anyway welcome first post guy. We're not very nice.

[n ritchie]

yeah i had heard they're bad news when its wet. thanks for your sensible advice. some nice proper road tyres are already on my to do list. drum to disc conversion might be a bit of a mission.

[F5 Dave]

It gets worse than that. Such a conversion would be frowned upon by the Nazis and require a LVV cert. Just work with what you have to make it safe until you can afford a VT250 Sparda or some such.

[awa355]

Might be a dumb question here, several actually, but I will ask anyway. Why should going to a pod type filter require re jetting? I would've thought the engine will draw in whatever air is required regardless or is the rate of air flow determined by the restrictiveness of the filter material?

If a K&N filter is fitted and meets up with rain, will the water be drawn through the oiled cotton filter, or does it simply block air from passing through.

[F5 Dave]

restrictiveness, its observable in results.

Certainly blocks air, not sure if it sucks water or not, but bikes can stop if wet enough.