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[chris.p]

Originally Posted by bally71

at the moment its lid off with no filter.

i didn't expect to get any extra horsies .. just want to lose the weight and gain some space

Not the best of ideas, you really need a filter, it only takes one trip into the kitty litter for the engine to ingest gravel or any other foreign object to play havoc with your engine internals. Remove the lid, but leave a performance air filter in place.

Did a dyno run a few years ago on a 583 class B, very little gain in hp, less than 1bhp.

If weight saving is your main aim, look at other items, the battery is the biggest area to lose weight, trim the frame of excess bits, make sure your fairing is as light as it can be etc.


Chris