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From: Glen Rose TX
I will stand by my defense of Boyesen as a company, they are a very reputable motorcycle performance company that has been selling parts for decades and the science behind it is sound.
This reminds me of the bozos that sit in a meeting and pounds on the desk and shouts out ... Something must be done and Somebody must do it!
Oddly enough there is a similar thread on the Touring section that these get pretty good reports on.. several people all stating the same thing, that they can feel a small improvement. Is that Inconsequential as you say somebody friend of a friend said... I guess it depends on what your definition of Inconsequential is, and how hard you pound on the desk.
I'm not saying I'd go out and buy one but if I was buying a intake/filter for my bike I might make it one of the Boyesen intakes that includes their X-Wing in it.
If I was doing a build I would probably upgrade my head work a little before doing this.
If I was just trying to pick up a couple of TQ/HP in the low end to help my roll-on I think it would be worth a try.. especially considering that it has a 30 Day Money Back Guarantee
Oddly enough there is a similar thread on the Touring section that these get pretty good reports on.. several people all stating the same thing, that they can feel a small improvement. Is that Inconsequential as you say somebody friend of a friend said... I guess it depends on what your definition of Inconsequential is, and how hard you pound on the desk.
I'm not saying I'd go out and buy one but if I was buying a intake/filter for my bike I might make it one of the Boyesen intakes that includes their X-Wing in it.
If I was doing a build I would probably upgrade my head work a little before doing this.
If I was just trying to pick up a couple of TQ/HP in the low end to help my roll-on I think it would be worth a try.. especially considering that it has a 30 Day Money Back Guarantee
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From: Doghouse... mostly
There was a Mythbusters program on The Discovery Channel where they were trying different methods of improving gas mileage and/or performance and one of the 'new' inventions they tested was the same X-wing principle only designed for an automobile engine and the results came back as negative, no improvement one way or another for either mileage increase or performance. These two guys do have a tendency to tell it like it is. Sort of like Consumer Reports, who in fact did the same testing some years previously and came to the first conclusion that the X-wing technology was frivolous at best.
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I generally don't get too fired up but this topic is "Pure Science Fiction" in my world. Here's a reply from another thread about the same "rocket technology" ....
As is stated by many in this thread and many others like it ... this is a bunch of snake oil and there is no scientific data to support it. Been turning wrenches ( ASE Certified Master ) and racing for more years than I care to remember and this "crap" surfaces every so often. You can "theorize" all you want but it's just conjecture, plain and simple.
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As is stated by many in this thread and many others like it ... this is a bunch of snake oil and there is no scientific data to support it. Been turning wrenches ( ASE Certified Master ) and racing for more years than I care to remember and this "crap" surfaces every so often. You can "theorize" all you want but it's just conjecture, plain and simple.
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From: Glen Rose TX
I've seen plenty of Mechanics who are excellent at bolting bits together but aren't worth a damn at tuning or understanding principles of flow... which is what and engine is and actually what Boyesen specializes in. Neither one of you seems willing to offer any contradiction, other than chest beating, to what others have noticed, people who seem pretty in tune with their own motorcycles (albeit seat of the pants) or to the benefits of increased velocity or flow of intake air.
Plain & Simple I don't think I'll be putting much stock in someone who quotes Mythbusters or lists a trailer to haul his motorcycle with in his sig.. but we all get to make our own choices don't we.
Plain & Simple I don't think I'll be putting much stock in someone who quotes Mythbusters or lists a trailer to haul his motorcycle with in his sig.. but we all get to make our own choices don't we.
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I've seen plenty of Mechanics who are excellent at bolting bits together but aren't worth a damn at tuning or understanding principles of flow... which is what and engine is and actually what Boyesen specializes in. Neither one of you seems willing to offer any contradiction, other than chest beating, to what others have noticed, people who seem pretty in tune with their own motorcycles (albeit seat of the pants) or to the benefits of increased velocity or flow of intake air.
Plain & Simple I don't think I'll be putting much stock in someone who quotes Mythbusters or lists a trailer to haul his motorcycle with in his sig.. but we all get to make our own choices don't we.
Plain & Simple I don't think I'll be putting much stock in someone who quotes Mythbusters or lists a trailer to haul his motorcycle with in his sig.. but we all get to make our own choices don't we.
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