foam triangles

[BigVeeGrin]

I think this has been covered before, but the two little foam triangles in te air box, what do they do and how essential are they? Mine are getting a bit manky and fragile, so wondering what others use/do, or just replace - at £5 a pop seems a little steep!

[macdee]

I think this has been covered before, but the two little foam triangles in te air box, what do they do and how essential are they? Mine are getting a bit manky and fragile, so wondering what others use/do, or just replace - at £5 a pop seems a little steep!

hi bvg
the foam is a breather for the heads
i got this off the bay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360795893941? ... 1497.l2648

[Watty]

I think this has been covered before, but the two little foam triangles in te air box, what do they do and how essential are they? Mine are getting a bit manky and fragile, so wondering what others use/do, or just replace - at £5 a pop seems a little steep!

hi bvg
the foam is a breather for the heads
i got this off the bay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360795893941? ... 1497.l2648

I may be mistaken but I believe they filter air for the vacuum side of the carbs!

[Stephan]

there must be better price somewhere (David Silver?), even though prices in UK are higher. Reasonable price is up to 3 pounds.

For example:
http://www.cmsnl.com/xl1000v-varadero-2 ... 254mbb000/

e: I´ve just realized David Silver is not an option :-)

[macdee]

I think this has been covered before, but the two little foam triangles in te air box, what do they do and how essential are they? Mine are getting a bit manky and fragile, so wondering what others use/do, or just replace - at £5 a pop seems a little steep!

hi bvg
the foam is a breather for the heads
i got this off the bay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360795893941? ... 1497.l2648

I may be mistaken but I believe they filter air for the vacuum side of the carbs!

dont no what i was thinking watty

[BigVeeGrin]

David silver is £6.60 each inc VAT plus delivery. A Dutch site is €2 each plus €10 delivery. Think I'll pop into the honda dealer down the road, at least you wont pay delivery charges for the oem part etc etc

[agentpineapple]

just buy some air filter foam and cut it to fit, iirc its less than 5mm in thickness.

[VTRDark]

Yep or you can get a bit of filter foam from an aquarium shop. If you get prper filter foam from eBay (it's cheap enough) you will have loads, enough to last you 10 years.

(:-})

[BigVeeGrin]

good stuff - wasn't sure if there is a certain 'grade' / density / type of foam that is critical, or whether I'm over complicating this!

btw £6.0 each at the honda shop

[VTRDark]

You don't want anything too course otherwise crap will get through They should be lightly oiled too which helps catch fine particles.

(:-})

[tony.mon]

Trim a washing up sponge with scissors.