Tadaa!! As for PFG/Husky and BMW as the "owner" of the whole shebang.... Took 'em 10 years to admit they screwed up big time on the final drives of their own product http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1055761 Our little TR airbox would've been next, I guess....about 2055 or so
Am I the only one who left the cut out of the air box off? I just didnt see a point of keeping it a sealed box after putting the UNI on. 500-800 miles on it since the pod mod and no issues yet. 3800mi on the clock before the mod, I wouldnt say it made it any faster. But it made it more FUN to get on it. Low end seems to have a smoother roll on, but i did the desmog at the same time as the filter so that could be partially that.
They sound like statutory recall items, not necessarily an importer wanting to do the right thing. Only defects which might foreseeably result in death or injury must be manufacturer recalled. Tanks, engine mounts and tank rubbers might all fall into that category. On a KLR they're probably going to be relatively cheap items anyway. It doesn't cost the dealer anything to replace a tank under recall twice, so it's not like they're doing anything charitable there.. most probably they can bill the hours back to the importer.
Without putting too much thought into it, the greatest surface are of the pod filter will probably be facing forward, with the connector between the throttlebody and the pod filter being mainly exposed by leaving the cover off, so whether or not it has any real effect will probably depend on the airflow through the airbox when the bike is moving. If it encourages airflow then it might be a good thing. If it starts sucking air from the back of the airbox then it might reduce the air movement through the pod filter, that might be a bad thing. Most people doing pod mods will keep some sort of pre-filter in place, which keeps the airbox dust free, and that can only be a good thing. Having dust sucked in through the open airbox lid is just going to increase the potential for dust getting sucked it, and it will get your pod filter dirty too. I'd say the cons outweigh the pros, - unless you can find an extra 15HP.
