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oldhemi		#11	[-]
Posts: 1891 (04/30/08 6:05 PM) Senior Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I'll be the asshole here. I have riddin in rain on 2 continents and Canada too :D with my K&N Pods and NEVER had a problem with them. For example: I ran from the heel of Italy to Holland on a banzai run. Hit rain from Perugia until I got to Innsbrook Austria. Rain stopped, I pitched a tent and woke up to 2" of snow. Ran through the rainy Alps into Germany. I had to stop somewhere in Germany at a hostel that had hot running water. I just walked into the shower with my cloths on and backpack. Next freaking day started out sunny and then hit rain all the FUCKING way to Rotterdamn. 800 miles in 3 full days of rain and no problems with the pods. Was I just lucky, or was it my hunkered down riding position, or GOOD pods, or a combination all of the above? Note: Very cool hostel. They let me bring my bike right into the lobby. The hostel was part 14th century castel and part modern addition with plumbing. I was too tired to worry about the damn vampires. "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately." Ben Franklin at signing of Declaration of Independence or was it Dawg at the WHCM to the other HCMF's. oldhemi@sbcglobal.net
Houndog750		#12	[-]
Posts: 1784 (04/30/08 7:14 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	All screen pods won't choke out near as bad as pods made of screen and fabric composite. Mine are and were the composite. Where the back of my tank spills off didn't help anything. It was Honda first, all through the middle, and if I have my way, till the end as well. Most people say what they'll do. Very few actually do what they say.
woogaus		#13	[-]
Posts: 493 (05/01/08 3:08 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Hmmm, pods or no pods, checking out these comments I doing some heavy thinking, my bike is my primary transportation so I've ridden in the rain more times than I can count. Having fun, whether the man likes it or not!!! Woogaus Domain Winnie's Creations
armuss		#14	[-]
Posts: 23 (05/01/08 6:30 AM) Senior Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I'm running K&N pods with a shield, and have ridden through some heavy downpours. It rained about 300 miles of the trip back from the Smokeout two years ago. I didn't have any problems with how the bike ran. I attribute a lot of that to the shield. Having the K&Ns properly oiled is a plus too. It helps to shed some of that water. I would think foam filters would suck up water like a sponge. www.homemadehonda.com
constriktor		#15	[-]
Posts: 462 (05/01/08 6:58 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	that's a great story, oldhemi! n "It'll destroy you if you try to make it mean anything to anyone but yourself." - Henry Rollins
JaySco		#16	[-]
Posts: 603 (05/01/08 7:01 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	oldhemi wrote: I'll be the asshole here. I have riddin in rain on 2 continents and Canada too with my K&N Pods and NEVER had a problem with them. For example: I ran from the heel of Italy to Holland on a banzai run. Hit rain from Perugia until I got to Innsbrook Austria. Rain stopped, I pitched a tent and woke up to 2" of snow. Ran through the rainy Alps into Germany. I had to stop somewhere in Germany at a hostel that had hot running water. I just walked into the shower with my cloths on and backpack. Next freaking day started out sunny and then hit rain all the FUCKING way to Rotterdamn. 800 miles in 3 full days of rain and no problems with the pods. Was I just lucky, or was it my hunkered down riding position, or GOOD pods, or a combination all of the above? Note: Very cool hostel. They let me bring my bike right into the lobby. The hostel was part 14th century castel and part modern addition with plumbing. I was too tired to worry about the damn vampires. If thats you being an asshole, I have to be honest with you.....it needs work. But seriously, not sure why some have problems and some don't. I have a theory, if you rode all that way you might have had a little bigger tank covering them, this is what I have http://s119.photobucket.com/albums/o131/jay_sco/The%20Bike/?action=view&current=airfilters.jpg. Sounds like you've had some insane (in a good way) trips.
oldhemi		#17	[-]
Posts: 1895 (05/01/08 9:44 PM) Senior Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	What I meant about being the asshole is that contrary to almost everybody else - I meant that I had very good luck with pods. LRT says that most folks had a leaning out problem also around 55-65mph. I can understand his explanation cause I hardly ever did that speed (young dumb etc). Jaysco, you are correct. For reference - My tank was a shallow tunnel Mustang 4 gallon deal. Little bit wider than yours - really a lot wider. We had just went through the '73 Arab oil embargo and I wanted a big tank. I did a lot of planning for the Europe trip. I picked a Honda because of the notorious reliability problems that AMF/Harly was having at the time. AMEN kits looked very good and were cheap. And, being the asshole that I am/was - 750 chops were rare and different! Nothing has really changed over the years. So, I picked a large tank, left the entire front end stock with the exception of the 6" over tubes. Pulled the 6" up an inch on the trees. I had a 305 previously with a chopped front fender and it was a pressure washer when it rained. The stock fender stayed as did the guages and big headlight. Not exactly chopping at its finest, but very functional for wet riding. Also, I was worried that some countries might not like no fender. I think that maybe those big ass gauges with the "unicorn" K0 top tree helped sheild some of the wind and rain. BTW, those trees look very good with chroming and chrome guage covers. Good enuf for Carlini - good enuf for me! I have seen some very nice shields that guys have built here for their pods to eliminate leaning at speeds and the water issue. BTW, my pods were screen and fabric as Houndawg describes. Round no taper. Oiled them also, as Armuss said. They still look brand new, even the chrome. I have a very few pics of the trip. If i can find them, I'll have my wife scan them and post them. "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately." Ben Franklin at signing of Declaration of Independence or was it Dawg at the WHCM to the other HCMF's. oldhemi@sbcglobal.net
Steffen777		#18	[-]
Posts: 790 (05/02/08 12:39 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	a big difference is k&n filters vs $10 efuck filters. even if you are having problem with the pods just take the fuckers off, i beat the fuck out of my bike with no filters (i was broke) and it ran like a champ, rain sucks no matter how well your bike runs. Nick nick's ride

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