installed factory air box today

well i done away with the pod filters on my 82 j model and now i wonder what i was think for even taking it off!!!! resynced the carbs and wow what a difference!!!!!! if your trying to run pod filters on these cv 34 carbs do you self a favor and install the air box!!! i do have new intake manifolds and new intake boots and man money well spent!!!!!!!! and it has a dyno jet kit in it with 135 mains i believe.. i went with the middle main jets in the kit...cylinder head had 3 angle valve job, new viton valve seals, a.p.e valve guides, all new cam chain guides, a.p.e manual cam chain adjuster new piston rings block off plates, new fork seals new dyna coils, taylor wires, new high flow petcock god i got some money in this old girl lol

Congrats on coming back to the airbox! I'd love to see someone do a pods vs. airbox comparison on a dyno that shows the full power curve from idle to redline. I'm sure the airbox would show more consistant power across the range. Ed

there is no doubt in my mind about that!!!!! major improvement thru rpm range!!!!! just kinda makes me mad i have a brand new set of ape air filters that are now on the shelf!!!

This should be a sticky if I ever saw one Smart move!

the air box is the only way to go!!!!!!! with these carbs!!!! i cant afford 600 dollars for smooth bores!!!! )

lol i just know the difference it made to me!!!! i really like the design of that air box.. obviously after i went thru the misery of trying to tune these carbs with pod filters.. never again

Isn't it just the greatest thing to read a post that says "wow my stock airboxed KZ runs the balls" ?? Now if we could just sucessfully beat some sense into the other 95% of the "pod junkies" :laugh:

Looks as though there will be plenty of riding, instead of carb tuning for you this year.
Does it run good with those big 135 mains? Sounds like that is a pretty big jet. Maybe you don't run with the "Snorkel" that comes out the rear/ intake of the box?

ran the best that it has in a long time...i even bumped them main jets down to the middle size..the kit came with 3 different main jet sizes...i also set the float levels with the clear tube method..

it will never see pods on these style carbs again!!!!!! i also synced them again when it was all back together with factory air box

yes thats with the rubber snorkel under seat on it also..im just happy i didnt pitch it all

Shhhhhhhhhh! Everyone will be doing it .....

If everyone starts running airboxes there won't be as many people getting rid of their bikes cheap because they can't get them to run well or are sick of fiddling with them.
Plus I really looked forward to people making statements like "My bike runs great with PODS...except for that large hickup or flat spot or wind problem. But really other than those things it really runs great!" Comedy at it's best.

Hey some people like to fiddle with things and some may not even notice the drawbacks because the pods look cool. 2 each their own