Ok, with a subject like that, I am bound to get a lot of thread hits!
Not wanting to open a can of worms here, but I thought I would share my experiences with pods to help out others. If your not already sick of the Airbox vs pods talk, please read on.
I feel I am pretty darn competent when it comes to carb tuning at this point, but no matter what I had done, my pods experienced turbulence at highway speeds or crosswind (CB750-K2). Some experience this with their pods, some do not . I also noticed that most people who had success (experience minimal turbulance) had K&N pods, while, I was using some cheaper (non-oil) ones from crc2onlinecatalog.
So, with the Cycle Recycle pods sitting in the garage, and the stock airbox sitting next to them, I decided to order the $92 K&N pods, at the risk of owning another set of pods that perform no better than the others. To my delight, the K&Ns worked MUCH better on the highway, and although I experienced a bit of turbulence on a really windy day, it was almost eliminated.
Not trying to dis Cycle Recycle, they are a great, reliable source for parts and VERY friendly, but the pods they carry seem to cause my turbulence related issues, albeit, much cheaper than the $92 K&Ns.
My take home message, K&Ns live up to their hype. If you notice on their website, they talk about turbulence issues that are eliminated with their pods. I did not notice that until writing this post.
Take if for what its worth. I am no pro, just a wanna-be mechanic who has a bit of insight after working on this issue for countless days over the past year! I am sure there are others who have no problems with the Cycle Recycle pods, but for those of us that do, there are alternative pods that worked for me and maybe you too!
Jesse
