voodooxx Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 i've noticed on a lot of pics of you guys bikes that yall have mesh grills in the ram air intakes. is this factory? looks to me like it is but my '03 doesn't have them. i tried looking for them on ronayers but no luck. if they are factory can someone show me where i can find them. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbird Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 They're stock on the carbed models- '97-'98 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodooxx Posted December 14, 2004 Author Share Posted December 14, 2004 thanks. anybody know if they stopped using them on the fi models. also do you happen to have a part # or microfiche link to them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northman Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 They use grilles on the FI, but they are inside the ram air ducts, not at the inlet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byrdman Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 I would assume hat the 97-98 intake grills create some nasty turbulence and probably slow the airflow quite a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helvet Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 I would assume hat the 97-98 intake grills create some nasty turbulence and probably slow the airflow quite a bit. Yes they do.... We had a guy here in Holland who tried it, and at higher speeds the difference was very noticable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOXXIC Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Odd. I haven't noticed anything, yet. I replaced the upper fairing on my 1998 'bird with an upper from a 2002 'bird. Actually tried, (not very hard) to reinstall the screens. The 1999 and newer fairings don't have the tabs to attach them to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Krypt Keeper Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 they are they to keep birds, and other objects from flying in :grin: I thought about putting some on my bike, but never did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdie_xx Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 The "mesh" comes with the #9 .... http://www.ronayers.com/fiche/200_0351/upp.../upper_cowl.cfm Part Number: 64221-MAT-000 Description: GUIDE Price: $73.43 As mentionned before, on '97/'98 XX this is a cooling duct for the oil cooler. The FI bikes have part #'s 37 and 39...... If you like the mesh acents, I'm sure you could find in in a hardware store. It seems people in UK like that. I've seen it few times, and this guy has them in every opening...... Cheers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBR-RR-XX-CESS Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Odd. I haven't noticed anything, yet. I replaced the upper fairing on my 1998 'bird with an upper from a 2002 'bird. Â Actually tried, (not very hard) to reinstall the screens. Â The 1999 and newer fairings don't have the tabs to attach them to. KEYWORD- At speed,poke,poke.poke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Krypt Keeper Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 love them rotors :cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartonmd Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Toxxic, You're in the same boat I am... BUT... I just ended up going to Lowes and getting some little brass L-brackets and attaching one side to the rear of where the 2 ports come together and the other side of the L to the bottom of the nose piece so it's at the rear right between the forks, above the fender. I did however use a flat, allen head bolt like is on the bodywork of the bike and the nut side is up inside the fairing. All you see from below is the head of the flat head allen head bolt. Works well and you only notice there's anything not stock if you get down and look up between the fender and upper, and even then, it doesn't look bad. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helvet Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 It seems people in UK like that. I've seen it few times, and this guy has them in every opening...... If that is the case, I think he has a big problem taking a crap..... :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOXXIC Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Good idea Mike! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartonmd Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Thanks Toxxic, You should have seen the SCCA Rally car we made 2 years ago... it was BOOTLEG AS HELL in the same fashon... "Hey, we don't have any way to mount this... hey... let's weld an L-bracket to the floor and bolt it to the L-bracket!" There was literally like 40lbs of weld in that car by the time we were done (I literally went through 2, 20lb spools of wire and then some). Specifically where I got the idea was, we mounted the Lexan windows in the car with a bunch of L-brackets. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOXXIC Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 Sounds like junkyard wars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartonmd Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 kindof, but we passed tech for every race... Actually, the first race of the year, we were really worried because the officials were giving everybody shit about their cars. The looked at the Rampulse ('91 Isuzu Impulse XS) top to bottom, looked at each other, and said "wow, somebody read the rules!" Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodooxx Posted December 14, 2004 Author Share Posted December 14, 2004 thanks for the info guys. the restricted air flow for the FI bikes makes sense. just wondering. to me the grills look cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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