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Pod Filter - Removing Stock Air Box

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J6G1Z:
Take a look at the battery mount & decide how you want to address that issue, or leave the air-box on. The air-box rubber inlet snorkel can be removed to allow more breathing.

I ended up using an AntiGravity LI 12 cell battery that only weighs about 3 lbs. I found a pre-fab battery box on eBay much like this one for a 12 cell battery: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIGRAVITY-Chopper-Battery-Box-Tray-Motorcycle-Bobber-SMALLCASE-PREFAB-8-CELL-/221693999352?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item339dfdf8f8&vxp=mtr  It comes to you as a flat piece of steel that has been cut out. You need to fold up the sides & then weld up the corners & the threaded collars. I then had a welder mount the box to the rear upper motor mount cross bar so it sits just above & parallel to the swing arm pivot. This modification removed about 10+lbs of high mounted weight. The steel piece that runs across the top of the battery to retain the battery, I took & dipped in black Plasti-Dip to provide some insulation: http://www.plastidip.com/home_solutions/Plasti_Dip

Mounting the battery securely will be the toughest part of removing the air-box, then jetting properly.

Good luck
J.

PS. Here is a link to how I did my FT: http://ascot500.com/index.php?topic=79.msg307#msg307

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