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Ortegakid
Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 08:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Can you please advise;what is the best money spent on gaining more power on my xb9r,have the race ecm,pipe,filter,looking for minor tweeks,will probably go big bore,etc,next year,any ideas?(Am new here,excuse if too stupid a ?,thx!)
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Dogboy6464
Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 08:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I am also looking for more upgrades for my XB9S I have buell race kit and XB12 airbox were can I go from here. Any ideas I dont want to do anything to the motor yet I havent even had my 1000mi service yet.
Thanks
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Mcgiver
Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 09:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

hi derek, havent seen you on the hill in a long time. call me lets ride Brian
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Henrik
Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 09:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ortega - if your dealer installed your pipe and ECM, I'd check and make sure they removed the rubber thingy in the intake on the frame (can't think of the name - help?) Also, the XB12 airbox would be the final low-buck tweak for your set-up.

Henrik
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Xb9er
Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 10:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Henrick, it's called a snorkel.

Yeah, the XB12 airbox would be a worthwhile purchase. And, in no particular order:
get Sportec M-1's or Pirelli Diablo's.
Switch to synthetic oil and synthetic primary fluids.
Get higher performance spark plugs.
Get the upgraded Gates drive belt (I have yet to do this).
Find creative ways to shave weight off the bike.
Get your suspension dialed in to your style and weight.

Mike.
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Daves
Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 11:38 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Do a track school, it will make you faster than the mods!

Ride to the edge!
Dave
daves@h-dappleton.com
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Chainsaw
Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 11:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

...pssst!

The rubber thingy is officially called a Velocity Stack. (I call it a snorkel too)
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M1combat
Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 12:07 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Velocity stack is different...

V-Stack is on the internal side of the filter and helps to direct airflow (and increase air velocity) down the throat of the throttle body.

The "snorkel" is the rubber tube that runs from outside the filter down through the frame/gas tank to the left side air scoop.

Do NOT remove the V-Stack... remove the snorkel.
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Prof_stack
Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 12:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

snorkel and stack
This was posted some time ago but useful here.
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Ortegakid
Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 12:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Thank you all for the tips,and for those who don't know me,see my profile,might just have an idea how to ride,(will see you,Brian,on sunday,just not too early).Will try the box and the inlet tube removal,thx agin!
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Daves
Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 06:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Guess I should've checked that before I said "track day"!

Sorry!
Dave
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Chainsaw
Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 09:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

so that's what ya'll have been talking about! I stand corrected. : )
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Henrik
Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 02:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Yeah, snorkel - that's the word I was looking for ... : )

Thanks
Henrik
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Ortegakid
Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 04:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Thank you all again,great info on this site,will make it my fav,and plz,I would never take offense at anything said,especially if we've not ridden together.I wave to EVERYONE!Always have,always will.
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