Hey guys, I have printed the 13 pages of detailed pod mod for the TR 650, and I have purchased the filter, silicone tube and connector. This article was written in 3/13, and I see their are a number of updates, and opinions regarding removing the airbox, cutting the airbox, cutting a larger hole in the base for the silicone tube to fit over the throttle body, and cutting for the fuel rail. Is there a definitive, or updated procedure for this mod? Thanks, loving the TR so far, and this café husky is a valuable place for info. Greg
For me, I only cut the lid. Removed the rubber grommet around the throttle body to trim it before refitting, this negated the need to cut clearance for the fuel rail as the remaining rubber supports the air box and allows enough throttle body to be exposed for the silicone hose to clamp to. Found that the silicone hose end that connects to the throttle body needs to be cut quite short and close to the start of the bend, make sure you use good quality hose clamps. I used a scrap piece of pipe to help cut the rubber grommet and silicone hose nice and square (think this info was posted in the original thread). Also use the American pod filter, believe the angle is different to the Australian one.
Thanks Geeza. Are you the one who put this on you tube? Is this the same mod? On another subject, has anyone tried that 3D airbox modification? Was it AM.E who was making the parts? Greg
Make sure you do your homework on the 3d mod. There are problems with some (not all) of the printed 3d frame breaking. The Pod Mod was posted by me on Cafe Husky and High Five on ADV. You can cut the air box lid without removing it from the bike. The butterfly on the throttle body remains closed when the bike isn't running. Any debris that gets in there can easily be vacuumed out without harm to the bike. As for the air box door, my opinion is leave it in place and look into to Geezas pool sock mod as a prefilter. Having an open air box invites water ingestion in my opinion, but that's just me. Dirt will be caught by the filter pod but ramming water into the box and thus the pod filter at speed is another story.
Thanks drz. I think I'm going to do the pod mod. I take it the stock air filter comes out, and the pool sock filter goes in?
Before cutting the airbox lid I put a cabletie tight around the throttle and brake to make absolutely sure the throttle did not get absolutely bumped .
Just did this mod after a broken 3D filter mod. was discovered. I did as others here have stated. Pull the left side plastic, covering air box. Then with all the screws still in air box used a keyhole saw to cut an opening in the air box. Remove three screws an you are in. I think this part of mod can be done in about thirty minutes, but as drzcharlie says I still need to work on pre filter.
Pity you didn't use the latest version of the filter frame. The one that uses a screw to hold the two halves together. None of these have broken.
Greetings everyone. Is there a way to access the cylindrical foam filter I am seeing in these "pod mod" youtube vids without cutting the plastic apart? My mechanical savvy may not be what some have on this forum, but at least I could clean and re-oil the filter periodically. Thanks!
you can remove the airbox lid to access the foam filter. Imho the proper way of doing it but more cumbersome and time consuming. There are other options that retain the original filter or use a Unifilter foam filter. Main culprit of the original set up is that the original filter only seals on 3 sides. The seal at the upper side of the filter is inappropriate. I have modified the airbox to improve the seal at the upper side and while i had the airbox apart replaced the rubber seal on the outer edge with a thicker one and put a seal at that divider inside the airbox. Still using the original paper filter which i prefer over foam filters. I feel it's important to grease the airfilter seals to improve sealing and help it to slide into place properly when mounting it. I also added the missing o-ring seal at the AIT sensor. Since then the airbox is clean. I've put a peak hole into the airbox lid just above the throttle body so i can inspect the inside easily when i feel the need.
I had a K&N Filter for about 8-9k miles. I ride some very dusty roads (70% of my riding is of pavement), almost always behind another rider, and when I finally did the pod mod I found the interior of the air box to pretty darn clean. If I hadn't already cut the air box and been sitting on all of the parts for the pod mod I might have skipped it. The pod mod give a bit of piece of mind since you make it impossible for dirt to bypass the filter. Have had the bike since new, and hope to ride it for a long time... so it was worth it for me. Combine the pod mod with a pre filter and the thing that finally kills your engine won't be dust. Word of advice if you do pod mod it: Even if you accidentally pull the rubber spacer for the throttle body out when doing the surgery you can cut the "rubber circle" with a blade and then just put it back into place under the airbox. That's what I had to do, because the spacer pulled out when I was prying and cutting the excess rubber to make the silicone hose fit snugly. If you don't ride much dirt... put a K&N on that thing and forget it.
Yep, I inspected my airbox regularly for the first 4000 km of mixed riding and came to that conclusion - waste of time and $$ Yep, did that at 2500 km and it works - inside of airbox at 8000 km is still clean as a whistle.
Part Number is K&N BM-6507 I may have one in the garage on the work bench. Can't remember if I gave it away or not. Newfoundlander, PM me if you're interested in a used one. Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/BM-6507-High-Performance-Replacement-Filter/dp/B0030BBHR6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468963977&sr=8-1&keywords=K&N BM-6507
