Now wouldnt this be A nice street bike LOVE the ram air fairing

[roxxx]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4LHnh1QEiA&NR=1

anyone ever ever see the ram air setup for street

 

[2004xb12s]

Looks cool but I wonder if it actually does that much extra? are there any numbers on it anywhere?

 

[Jobe Zeebuh]

weird

 

[upthemaiden]

I've seen them around on the internet over the past few years. Never seen one in person. I bet if you put in the effort you could fiberglass something like that to a stock airbox.

 

[BuellerPilot]

anyone ever ever see the ram air setup for street

Nope, at least I haven't. I've only seen this one from the XB9RR. I have seen one on eBay before (again, this same exact piece, not an aftermarket "street" set up).

Looks cool but I wonder if it actually does that much extra? are there any numbers on it anywhere?

Nope, your not gonna find any exact "numbers" anywhere. That bike is the XB9RR, it was a XB re-desiged from the ground up to be a RACE bike. Hell, even the engine shares only a hand full of small parts with our production bikes. I highly doubt the race team would waste time testing an intake like that when it is a "no Brainer" that putting the intake inlet in one of the highest pressure zones of a bike that it would work. Would their be noticeable gains on a street bike? Probably not much at all below 50 MPH, and even above that not much. And the gain wouldn't be from any sort of "Ramming" effect. It would only be a gain from an intake that was placed near engine heat or having an intake in a turbulent low pressure zone (like behind our gas caps or those silly aftermarket air box scoops).

"Ram AIR" is a miss-used term and misunderstood theory and gets thrown around by shade tree Mechanics and some gear heads who know just enough to be wrong. It's a myth. You won't see any "Ram Air" at any speeds that a typical land vehicle is capable of. Nope, NONE. It does however make sense to place an intake inlet near an aerodynamic high pressure zone as opposed to a low pressure zone. Also away from any radiant heat.

~Mike....

 

[roxxx]

Nope, your not gonna find any exact "numbers" anywhere. That bike is the XB9RR, it was a XB re-desiged from the ground up to be a RACE bike. Hell, even the engine shares only a hand full of small parts with our production bikes. I highly doubt the race team would waste time testing an intake like that when it is a "no Brainer" that putting the intake inlet in one of the highest pressure zones of a bike that it would work. Would their be noticeable gains on a street bike? Probably not much at all below 50 MPH, and even above that not much. And the gain wouldn't be from any sort of "Ramming" effect. It would only be a gain from an intake that was placed near engine heat or having an intake in a turbulent low pressure zone (like behind our gas caps or those silly aftermarket air box scoops).

"Ram AIR" is a miss-used term and misunderstood theory and gets thrown around by shade tree Mechanics and some gear heads who know just enough to be wrong. It's a myth. You won't see any "Ram Air" at any speeds that a typical land vehicle is capable of. Nope, NONE. It does however make sense to place an intake inlet near an aerodynamic high pressure zone as opposed to a low pressure zone. Also away from any radiant heat.

what is it called then ???? The tubes over the handle bars. they seem to be some kinda AIR intake My Bad AIR intake is that over used

 

[levi]

I looove the personality of that engine.

It revs so quick for a 45 deg. pushrod twin.

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