The Best Pods To Use

OK before all you Pods Nazis get your knickers in a twist,
This is not a Pods V.S. Air filter box question!!!!!

I Understand Yamaha nailed it with the air box and that switching to pods means im walkinging into a tuneing nightmare but I want to chop the ass off my Maxim and weld it ridged. There will not be enough space to keep the air box and besides the pods just look so damn cool!!!

So My question is.....

What type of pods do you use, what did they cost, did you have to rejet.

Thanx Bugz

 

Uni foam with chrome endcaps, $$$, and yes I rejetted. My bike is a 400 twin though...I know that the EMGO pods are junk...

 

Cheers thanx DW

Anyone else useing pods?

 

i have the uni foam pods, and they sit right inside my thigh when i put my feet down, and as a result, i have worn through the foam on both sides. i will be swapping them out for k&n pods, me thinks.

 

Im using the cheapy pods. Now they do their job but they are a b*#$%! I have one that likes to fall off, and another that doesnt like to mount right unless I put a little extra attention on it.

They work though and will save you a few bucks initially compared to the uni or k&n's.

Good luck the tuning and re-jetting is the best part, but youll know youre carbs once you get it tuned.

 

i run cheap ebay pods no problem yet and no rejeting it runs perfect

 

Yeah dqnjuan I have heard you either learn to love tuneing or you drive your bike off a cliff!!! Im hopeing I learn to love tuneing!!

I am just starting to get into the wrentching side of rideing but haveing a blast. I am gonna get the pods then go to my mechanic and try and get him to teach me the ways.

P2 I just checked your build looks good man....I mean Guys. What type of cheap ebay pods are you running? If they are workin well with no rejetting maybe that what I should be aiming for.

 

I have used the unifilter foam pods on several bikes. IMO, they suck. The black rubber around the clamps split. The chrome caps that are glued on come off.

I just bought a few sets of 'Standard' pods from SportingForLess on ebay for a few of my bikes. They were only 30 shipped for four. That's a lot cheaper than the Uni's. I have had them on for a week or so with no problems. Judging from the construction, they are better than the Uni's.

K&N would be primo, but I don't have deep enough pockets

 

Heard that. $$ makes all the differance sadly.

 

Oh yea, Uni's fall off too..... damn them!!!

 

That's good to know Crath, Thanks for the info. I too will like to add some pods on my bike in the future.

 

Crath- thanx for the advice I will check those out. It seems your becoming a bit of a legend on this site!!! so with out to much ass kissin, your thread was the first I read and has been a huge insperation. Keep it up.

SLKid- good lookin ride and a good lookin GF!! you seem to be doin things Right.

Lets keep this goin I know more of you have PODS out there!!

 

haha, I didnt realize that. I'm just doin what I do - lovin' motorcicles.


BTW, Emgo's are another alternative.

One thing to watch out for though, there are two holes near the bottom and one slot at the top of each carb intake. You don't want to block these passages with the pod's housing.

Uni's are good about not blocking this, but bad about everything else. Emgo's and Standard's run the risk of blocking these ports. I havent had any problems with my standards though. As long as they arent pushed way down on the carb body, there shouldnt seem to be a problem.

 

I bought 4 52mm pods off oldbikebarn.com, they run around $15 each, I've put 12,000 miles on my bike in less than a year, and I havent had not one problem with them...and yes you do have to rejet, and since your doing that might aswell up grade your ext/muffler, since you'll have to rejet for that aswell, good luck with your build

 

I'm running pods at the moment but am fabing a 4 into 1 manifold to accept an air induction kit from a car mounted up front next to the top of the head, i hope it works because it looks the business

 

on my 74 cb550 im running emgo pods and i actually had to lean out my bike...go figure. either way i have had no problems with them staying attached or anything

bought them from
http://www.crc2onlinecatalog.com/pod_filters.htm

cost about 50 bucks but i think it was well spent...


let you know when i get some on my maxim 650

 

My bike had Uni foam filters when I bought it, no idea if they rejetted or not, but they wore through on me, just like yourownself's did. I replaced them with a pair of K&N RC-2372 filters I found on eBay for $80 - not only do they LOOK better than the foam pods (the nice red pleats with a chrome backing) but there's no way they'll fall off, AND the bike runs better than ever now, with no additional tuning changes from when the foams were on it.

Huh...just found a better price than even I paid:

http://filtersandintakes.com/catalog/pr ... ts_id=3104

 

im running the 30 dollar pods off of ebay, they work great, i didn't rejet and everything runs sound

 

same here I have ebay filters and my bike runs great with no jetting...so far