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New "Pool" Idea

Discussion in 'Hangout Lounge' started by k-moe, Feb 4, 2016.

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Should we start an airbox pool for members who insist on switching to pods?

  1. Yes, an exchange pool.

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  2. Yes, a nominal fee pool.

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  3. No. People should research and plan accordingly, or suffer with the consequences.

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  1. k-moe

    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    Given that this seems to be an undying issue:
    Should we start an airbox pool for members who insist on switching to pods?
    If we do should it be like the shim pools (exchange basis), or should there be a nominal fee when someone wants their airbox back?
     
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    Stumplifter Well-Known Member

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    Unfortunately it seems that there is a large portion of XJ owners who raise a flag here AFTER they hack sawed their air box out of the bike.

    We should start an XJ Airbox Awareness Campaign.
    Stop them before they go down that path . . . .
     
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  3. hogfiddles

    hogfiddles XJ-Wizard, Host-Central NY Carb Clinic Moderator Premium Member

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    Should ther be a minimal fee if they want their airbox back?

    No, it should be a hefty RANSOM
     
  4. jayrodoh

    jayrodoh YimYam Premium Member

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    I'll stock up on cheapy eBay pod kits if people want to trade their airbox for them. I know which one isn't being made anymore. Quentin and his KZ440 is a great example, PO's couldn't figure out how to install the filter so most got broken/trashed/left behind. Might save a few airboxes if we offer a trade for pods. They're gonna get hacksawed/forced/melted out other wise.
     
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  5. quebecois59

    quebecois59 Well-Known Member

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    When I read about the airbox pool on another thread, I thought it was a joke.
     
  6. hogfiddles

    hogfiddles XJ-Wizard, Host-Central NY Carb Clinic Moderator Premium Member

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    Uh.... I put it there kind of as a joke----;)
     
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    as well as data on what they did to attempt the pod setup. would be nice to know what does not work.
    then that info could be sent with the pods.
    here are your pods and here are things that did not work
     
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  8. hogfiddles

    hogfiddles XJ-Wizard, Host-Central NY Carb Clinic Moderator Premium Member

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    Add the following:

    when you're done messing around with the pods, return them along with your additions to the list of "more things that didnt work"
     
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    Been looking around here for days trying to figure out what pods are. Now I know. Thanks
     
  10. Ribo

    Ribo Prefectionist

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    Gentlemen - everyday an airbox is left abandoned, beaten and brutalized. These chambers of calm are being abused and discarded like TX750's.
     
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  11. hogfiddles

    hogfiddles XJ-Wizard, Host-Central NY Carb Clinic Moderator Premium Member

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    ...and that's exactly why jayrodoh came up with the idea of an airbox pool....

    Hey, jayrodoh, you can be known as the Great Anerican Airbox Hoarder!!

    Dave Fox
    East Coast Parts Hoarder
     
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  12. jayrodoh

    jayrodoh YimYam Premium Member

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    Actually it was k-moe's idea, I just mentioned that I would trade pods for airboxes. Then we'll have a stash for members buying bikes where they're already missing or the ones that figure out pods suck for this application.
     
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  13. hogfiddles

    hogfiddles XJ-Wizard, Host-Central NY Carb Clinic Moderator Premium Member

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    My bad..... Ok, k-moe came up with the idea, you came up with the place, I came up with the name...
     
  14. BaldWonder

    BaldWonder Innocent Bystander

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    Sounds like an episode of Man, Moment, Machine. (Yes, I'm still lurking.)
     
  15. hogfiddles

    hogfiddles XJ-Wizard, Host-Central NY Carb Clinic Moderator Premium Member

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    Hey! Good to see ya!!
     
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  16. schmuckaholic

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    Meh. I keep thinking they were trying to overhype whatever it was they were talking about.

    That aside, I just had a Brilliant Idea (tm). Two words: 3D Printer.

    Come up with a design for each model. Perhaps make it modular so that the user could assemble it in the bike without having to go through all sorts of gymnastics and/or plastic origami.

    Anyone got a makerbot laying around?
     
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    BaldWonder Innocent Bystander

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    There's one in the Fab Lab at my local community college. Free to the public. BYOF. (F = filament)
     
  18. XJ550H

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    can you reproduce tank emblems on it?
    how about right side seca 550 side covers?
     
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    3D printing an airbox that can attach to pods is an interesting idea - having something lower profile than stock airbox that still creates a calm and even distributed air environment for the carb air intakes but can use pods on the other side as filter.... hmm -
     
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    3d printings the future guys!

    Try making some side panels while you're at it.
     

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