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Old 06-12-08, 09:43
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Originally Posted by josephau View Post
Exactly. I was staring at the pic for a long time and wondering what the big deal it was. Besides, my experience tells me so far the additional air intake significantly increases the gas consumption, i.e. by a 100km give or take. Can it be that much?
If you add more air, then the EFi will correspondingly add more fuel to keep the air/fuel ratio the same (I believe the optimum is around 14:1) for correct combustion and therefore yes, if you increase the airflow by a certain percentage, then you can expect the fuel consumption to go up by a certain amount too...

Kev - to clarify, the new OTR part simply replaces the original and fits over the same aperture in the top of the airbox, it's not a second intake - it just scavenges from under the seat area rather than from directly behind the cylinder...

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