Pod Filters advantages and disadvantages

First off, for the time being this is mostly for personal curiosity. I've heard a lot of things about converting from air box to pod filters, some good some bad, don't really know what to believe. I thought I'd put this out there, what are the advantages/disadvantages to converting to pod filters? Is it something that can actually benefit your bike (with proper carb tuning of course!)
Thanks!

You could research this subject on here. It has been discussed 1000 times. Roy

of course.with more air,fuel,and proper exhaust advantages are sure to be seen in fourms of power. it all depends what you want to do with the engine and/or what the bike is capable of doing.

Wow! This has been discussed thousands of times on this site. I respectfully suggest you use the search feature. You will find 6702 results (this is the actual figure from a search I just did) and you will have enough material to read for the next 6 months. Ed

650ed wrote: Wow! This has been discussed thousands of times on this site. I respectfully suggest you use the search feature. You will find 6702 results (this is the actual figure from a search I just did) and you will have enough material to read for the next 6 months. Ed

6 months? = Speed Reader!

DHshredder wrote: First off, for the time being this is mostly for personal curiosity. I've heard a lot of things about converting from air box to pod filters, some good some bad, don't really know what to believe. I thought I'd put this out there, what are the advantages/disadvantages to converting to pod filters? Is it something that can actually benefit your bike (with proper carb tuning of course!)
Thanks!

Don't feel bad about asking questions. That question and a few more is worse than starting a political debate.

I hope by now you have mad your choice.

I always recommend a rider to get the bike running perfect the way it came out before any mods are considered.

I bet there are hundreds of members that have joined this forum and have just bought a bike and the first thng they do is tear it down to the frame and getted stumped on some issue and the bike comes up for sale or is parted out.

We can help a lot but before I answer a question I read first if I can't remember how I done a procedure the last time.

I use pods!!! :laugh: :whistle: :dry:

Asking about pods here is like asking about Obamacare on a political forum.


This place needs Sticky's, so many redundant threads.

I had the same curiosity syndrome after replacing the (KZ1100-A2) stock exhaust with a header. Had to do it.
Only after removing the air box, did I find the solution to the severe lack of storage space on this bike. The resulting cavity was converted into a secure, semi-dry storage area capable of holding a camera, pair of gloves, Carhartt hat, water bottle, lunch, etc...
In addition to the function, it looks good!

I found a near-new set of K&N Pods on ebay for fifty bucks (incl. shipping), and just had to have them. It required some dedicated fiddling around, but I now have the carbs tuned in pretty good (not perfect), and that without using a designed jet kit.
It is a challenge...but if the time is right for you, go for it!

Thanks, yeah storage space is also an issue for me and one reason I was looking into it, along with possibly ease of access to the carbs, maybe performance and visual enchancement, but I've also seen quite a few people say that the bike will never run as well with pods and it's a waste of money and so on and so forth....was just hoping to get a few more opinions.

roy-b-boy-b wrote:

DHshredder wrote: First off, for the time being this is mostly for personal curiosity. I've heard a lot of things about converting from air box to pod filters, some good some bad, don't really know what to believe. I thought I'd put this out there, what are the advantages/disadvantages to converting to pod filters? Is it something that can actually benefit your bike (with proper carb tuning of course!)
Thanks!

Don't feel bad about asking questions. That question and a few more is worse than starting a political debate.

I hope by now you have mad your choice.

I always recommend a rider to get the bike running perfect the way it came out before any mods are considered.

I bet there are hundreds of members that have joined this forum and have just bought a bike and the first thng they do is tear it down to the frame and getted stumped on some issue and the bike comes up for sale or is parted out.

We can help a lot but before I answer a question I read first if I can't remember how I done a procedure the last time.

I use pods!!! :laugh: :whistle: :dry:

Yeah, this is something that i would possibly think about for the future, I first considered it a few weeks ago when i had to pull the carbs out to replace the head gasket and it was a major pain to pull them free of the airbox. I replaced the airbox sleeves and that helped, but I figured I'd ask the question.

Only if you are able/willing to spend time playing around repeatedly making adjustments, swapping jets, and raising/lowering needles...will you likely gain benefit from them.

But, your carburetors, ignition, engine (compression, valve adjustment accuracy), etc., all need to be top-notch (and synched) to make that beautiful music.

If you haven't yet found the following link regarding pods you should take a look at it. It contains an unbiased study performed by professional tuners using a dyno. The download page looks a bit confusing at first, so below the link I show where to click to get the pdf file. It's free. Ed

www.mediafire.com/?7ttgomzmmjz