Pods, 4-1, Jet kit: Should I do it?

[Skyboy8950]

Way to be a downer. What are you trying to do to me here. I don't come to your thread and say "I wouldn't look at your bike". Sheesh.

[Baatfam]

Way to be a downer. What are you trying to do to me here. I don't come to your thread and say "I wouldn't look at your bike". Sheesh.

Sorry friend...I'd love to "look" at your bike, post some pics...
I just don't do green...that's just me...
I don't wear green clothes, either...

The history of "bad luck green" goes way back...

http://www.snopes.com/autos/cursed/green.asp

[Skyboy8950]

I love it that is says theatre people don't like green. I just got my masters in theatre (technical, not an actor) and have never heard that. Well, I'm going to go ride my death trap.

[dtkid]

Baatfam:

So, the whole 'green-thing' ain't just an ignorant Kentucky family thing!?! I never was sure...I'm glad to see that someone else has suffered, or learned, the same proven, logical, historical, relevant knowledge that I have been so wonderfully exposed too.

[Skyboy8950]

proven, logical, historical, relevant knowledge

Nice. Lets get back to my pods, 4-1, and jet kit...

[Baatfam]

Nice. Lets get back to my pods, 4-1, and jet kit...

LOL....sure....my DynaJet kit is due tomorrow from DennisKirk...I got the bike with K&N pods, plus SuperTrapp 4 into 1....
The PO had put in 147.5 mains, but left everything else stock...

[dtkid]

What other questions do you have about your pods or jets?

[Skyboy8950]

As of right now, I am on board to do it. I just want to know how much "tuning" there is. Replacing the jets is easy. Even moving the needle up and down is easy. The instructions with the jet kit tells you which jet number to put in and what notch to set the needle. Is that going to work?

Thanks.

[salty_monk]

The whole process is pretty simple to be honest whether you go for the pods & jet kit or play with stock parts. The thing to remember is that you might not get it right first time & it can be a lot of hassle messing about with it to get it right.

You can prob get pretty close by heeding the advice on here first go though... I did.

Dan

[Skyboy8950]

Thanks Dan, I like words of encouragement.

[dtkid]

Fact is, from where I stand, if you pay the money and get a DJ-kit and K&N pods...there is no question about success (don't know what type of exhaust you're runnin'). Your bike WILL run perfectly. The engineers that designed these fairly high priced items wouldn't have a job if they were sellin' "guess-work".

The kits and pods absolutely work together...the only problem people run into is when they try to save a few bucks by guessing at the jets or needle settings. If you pay the $230.00 or so bucks for a DJ-kit adn K&N pods your bike will run wonderfully. In absolute fact........if you don't have a 4-1 exhaust...all you have to do is remove the mufflers and run it on straight headers (I can get by with that up here in the secluded mountains).

I truly have never run a Stage 3 DJ-kit with pods and a stock exhaust....but I'm sure someone here has. Truly, again, with the price of gas, unless you live in a major metro-area I can't believe that anyone would have a problem with you riding and being a little loud. (Of course you might...the republicans are still in charge..and I'm pretty sure that they think that it is better to drive a gas guzzlin' tahoe than a gas saving motorcycle.)
(Riding a gas saving motorcycle, that is a bit loud, but saves gas, doesn't allow them to the much needed priviledge/attention of 'showing off' in their self-absorbant tanks.)

Good luck: sorry about the politics......but since W. has taken over, my life as an educator has been hell (poverty and total lack of respect will anger a blue collar highly educated man). I can't escape him or it.

Good luck..if you need any help just ask: kid

[Skyboy8950]

Kid,

Thanks man, I'm ordering stuff tonight. I am getting a 4-1 V&H, K&N Pods, and DJ Stage 3. I can't wait...

[TheCafeKid]

Fact is, from where I stand, if you pay the money and get a DJ-kit and K&N pods...there is no question about success (don't know what type of exhaust you're runnin'). Your bike WILL run perfectly. The engineers that designed these fairly high priced items wouldn't have a job if they were sellin' "guess-work".

The kits and pods absolutely work together...the only problem people run into is when they try to save a few bucks by guessing at the jets or needle settings. If you pay the $230.00 or so bucks for a DJ-kit adn K&N pods your bike will run wonderfully. In absolute fact........if you don't have a 4-1 exhaust...all you have to do is remove the mufflers and run it on straight headers (I can get by with that up here in the secluded mountains).

I truly have never run a Stage 3 DJ-kit with pods and a stock exhaust....but I'm sure someone here has. Truly, again, with the price of gas, unless you live in a major metro-area I can't believe that anyone would have a problem with you riding and being a little loud. (Of course you might...the republicans are still in charge..and I'm pretty sure that they think that it is better to drive a gas guzzlin' tahoe than a gas saving motorcycle.)
(Riding a gas saving motorcycle, that is a bit loud, but saves gas, doesn't allow them to the much needed priviledge/attention of 'showing off' in their self-absorbant tanks.)

Good luck: sorry about the politics......but since W. has taken over, my life as an educator has been hell (poverty and total lack of respect will anger a blue collar highly educated man). I can't escape him or it.

Good luck..if you need any help just ask: kid

I beg to differ. This is not exacting science. They use a mathmatical formula, and some on hand testing to come up with what they sell, and what they sell IS IN FACT educated guess work. No two bikes are the same. They could be the same models from the same years with the same set up and have drasticly different jetting settings. There are too many variables to deal with. Atmospheric conditions, temperature, altitude, state of tune, inexactness of build.. .the list goes on. Will your bike run follwing their design? Most surely. Will it run well? Maybe. Maybe not. It may not run well at all. Not to mention the fact that in YOUR case you are dealing with a, well known by many many before you with greater knowlege than you and I both on the particular model, historicly finicky bike with regards to podding. I am not trying to disuade you in any way in doing this. I am very much PRO pipe and pods in a given situation. I just dont want to see you turn into yet another of the countless who have done such modification only to find the bike DOESNT run the way they expected it to, and become greatly frustrated, put off and dispondant by the amount of NECESSARY tuning to get the bike right. Keep in mind, my bike is BONE BONE STOCK. Not an intake or exhaust mod to be seen, and i have played with the STOCK jetting, the jetting put into the bike by the DESIGNER OF THE BIKE, because I didnt like the way it ran. I just now think i have gotten it very close, and I have been playing with it for well over 3 months now. And again, I stress, I have done NOTHING to it to change things like you are about to. Like I said, it just really comes down to deciding WHAT EXACTLY it is you expect and want from the machine....

[dtkid]

CafeKid:

I reckon I've just been lucky. I've never had any trouble with the DJ-kits and pod set-up.

However, I'm not one that takes my machines to the track or tries to squeeze the absolute max. performance out of them either.

[dtkid]

Oh yeah:

For me....I initially purchased the K&N pods to be able to remove the airbox. The bike is sooo much easier to work on (access to wiring and battery box and obviously, carbs) and, fact is, I think they look COOOOOLL MAN.

Opting for pods necessitated the need for the DJ-kits! That is why I started "Podding" and "Re-jetting" my rides.

In agreement with you, Cafe, I don't think the small increase in performance is worth the cost in funds.........I don't even operate my machines at their top-end!!