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Old May 26, 2014 | 02:10 PM
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I already have a spiffy air cleaner, open round thing, what are the thoughts on the following picture? Anyone have this unit? Good bad? Opinions
 
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Old May 26, 2014 | 02:12 PM
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None of my thoughts are good. Personally I think they look stupid. You asked.
 
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Old May 26, 2014 | 02:25 PM
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Ha! A buddy pointed out it hides the front cylinder, taking away from e motor
 
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Old May 26, 2014 | 02:27 PM
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I'm not a fan.
 
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Old May 26, 2014 | 04:43 PM
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To be honest, I dont like the look. It seem like it would create a lot of intake turbulence?
 
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Old May 26, 2014 | 05:11 PM
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Theoretically, the more mixed up the charge is the better the burn, I cant find anything on it having unsmooth in take
 
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Old May 26, 2014 | 05:26 PM
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Double donged *****? Not for me.
 
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Old May 26, 2014 | 05:59 PM
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Any proper Stage-1 intake will provide the same performance gains as another brand or style. A cylinder can only draw a specific amount of air on its intake stroke. There are hundreds of Stage-1 intakes on the market all providing the same performance. The only differences are style and appearance. I personally prefer the simple design of my Arlen Ness Big Sucker.
 
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I use to hate the look of them too, but I look around and everyone seams to be running either a round pod like a/c or SE heavy breather (no offense to those as they look great). While I still think this S&S a/c looks bad on a lot of bikes, sometimes, just sometimes I think it does work on the right bike. It also came in wrinkle black too, so I thought I'd be brave and give it a try and hoped I could rock it on my ride. I blacked out all the brackets etc, and I feel as though I've pulled it off, most might disagree, but I'm liking and it's grown on me
 
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Old May 26, 2014 | 06:22 PM
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Very nice bike and very dialed outlook, ....on the rite bike with the rite detail, that everyone kinda runs the same form of a/c, ..........imo, you should copper everything silver on ur bike, everything.
 
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