| Author | Message | ||
     Cort |
I would like to build my own forcewinder elbow. Is there anyone who allready tryed it?? drawings?? please let me know | ||
| Captainkirk  |
Several people have hung a K&N on the end of their stock Helmholtz snorkel tube (after plugging the two resonance holes) with questionable results. I don't know of anyone who has actually fabbed a tube up from scratch. I looked into it myself but decided by the time the smoke cleared I'd have spent as much as I would have buying a new Forcewinder. | ||
| Sleez  |
dr. Steve fabbed his own from some exhaust tubing, works great, has a K&N filter with the filtered end, looks great. i'll call him and ask him to chime in. | ||
| Blake |
So did Big Hairy Ralph. Check the KV under Engine - Intake. You'll find it sooner or later. | ||
| Djkaplan  |
I saw a Sportster that had an elbow made out of PVC tubing. It looked pretty bad, but it looked like it would have broken off pretty easily if the bike was laid on its side. I've heard that Forcewinders can potentially cause carb damage in situations like that. Not sure if I really want to keep using mine. | ||
| Reepicheep  |
I watched somebody bounce one (mounted to an absolutely beautiful S1) off the pavement. Ripped out the filter, dug a good two inch wide groove in the pavement (the forcewinder did) and had a nice scoop of asphalt inside it, but did not appear to damage the carb or bracket. I can't imagine breaking a carb unless you had some sort of catastrophic damage, the forcewinder is weaker then the support bracket, and even if that was ripped off, the carb would just pop out of the boots. I could see the thing scooping some crap in an accident after the filter gets ripped off though, which could lead to engine damage if the bike is still running I suppose. That same kind of accident could easily send crap into the stock airbox as well though. I never worried about mine, I always seemed to drop the Cyclone on the other side for whatever reason. | ||
| Djkaplan |
"I always seemed to drop the Cyclone on the other side for whatever reason." Heh, heh - two lowsides and one highside, but my Cyclone always landed on the left side too. I have quite a collection of broken shifters. | ||
| Koz5150  |
I try to ride under the "No Drop" policy. I like my Forcwinder best because of the extra clearance for my knee. It sucks being 6'3" sometimes. |
