Air Filter Question?

[cimack77]

I ran across a comment of placing a horse shoe shape pieces of foam on the top of the air filter on a 1st Gen bike.

 

What is the purpose to this piece of foam and in what orientation towards the driver or away.

 

cimack77

[Venturous Randy]

Never heard if it.

RandyA

[Squidley]

I have never heard of that either, when the lid is screwed onto the box it pushes the element down and makes a compression seal around the element.

[84xj1100]

Is it possible that you misunderstood the comment?

 

I seem to recall seeing a mod on this site that called for foam to wrap around the normal filter (after the paper was removed) to become a poor mans K&N....

[Squidley]

Is it possible that you misunderstood the comment?

 

I seem to recall seeing a mod on this site that called for foam to wrap around the normal filter (after the paper was removed) to become a poor mans K&N....

 

 

That could be...but I have never heard of that being done either

[Condor]

That could be...but I have never heard of that being done either

 

 

 

Yep, I remember that thread. Like already posted, a poor mans K&N. Nice job.

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=41382

[Squidley]

Yep, I remember that thread. Like already posted, a poor mans K&N. Nice job.

 

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=41382

 

 

I'll be, I learn something new everyday

[84xj1100]

Well I'll be.........I'm not going senile after all........finally able to lend a hand to someone else......thanks Condor that was the write-up.......