Breather filters

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sgoaty
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Hi

I went to change my air filter today and found the foam filters for the breathers were in bits. My nearest dealer is a 75 mile round trip and i doubt they keep them anyway and David Silver Spares dont have stock so they will be 5 to 7 days too.

This maybe a silly question but has anyone made a set from an old sponge or similar?
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Yip, women's make up sponge :D No wise cracks! :lol:
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Watty wrote:Yip, women's make up sponge :D No wide cracks! :lol:
wide cracks !! poly filler mate :thumbup: make up wont cut it
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sgoaty wrote:Hi

I went to change my air filter today and found the foam filters for the breathers were in bits. My nearest dealer is a 75 mile round trip and i doubt they keep them anyway and David Silver Spares dont have stock so they will be 5 to 7 days too.

This maybe a silly question but has anyone made a set from an old sponge or similar?
Thanks
Scott
Very strange this, someone posted about this subject only the other day :D
See Link below :thumbup:

http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic ... 38&t=33064
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Great thanks Ive ordered the foam from the link :)
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If you just buy some air filter foam from your local mx or trials shop; get the 20mm thick stuff, you get loads for a tenner.
I bought some years ago, still got some left and I've made loads for people.
The thicker stuff works well because you only have to chop the shape out once, then cut it in half with scissors- Bingo!
You have the two filters you need.

Piss easy, and if you scrap a couple on the way it's cost you a few pennies, so what.

Oil it if your'e fussed, tbh the air flow speed through these is so low I don't usually bother. It's just a mechanical filter stopping crud getting to the sealed side of the carb slide, above the diaphragm.
And having pulled loads of those apart, you never see a dirty one...
It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.
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Nothing is local to me Tony :( but thanks for the input :biggrin
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Watty wrote:Yip, women's make up sponge :D No wise cracks! :lol:

me too :thumbup:
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what's likely to happen if you don't bother with the sponge and put it back together without any?
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result will be the risk of lumps of contamination of dead flies getting into the oil
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Wouldn't go into the oil .
But large particles could stop the slides from opening or even damaging the diaphragms
Then it wouldn't run right
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arrh, you are right lloydie, I was thinking of the wrong pipes into the airbox. there ones go to the carbs like you say
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cheers for the replies, mine were wrecked when I changed the filter last week so I figured the bits of sponge floating about would do more harm than good so I throw them out, I've just orderd some filter foam so when that arrives I'll cut some to fit I wouldn't want dead flies in my carbs :D
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I checked mine about 2 months ago and they were all falling apart. Luckily I live about 50 miles from BikeBandit.com's distribution center so I usually receive products in the mail the next day of I order them before 12pm. So I got a whole new main filter while i was at it. The little ones were like $1.00
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$1 is about the price they should be. Id happily pay £3 or so for them but what honda charge is taking the piss a bit.
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