Yoshimura foil heat shield

[Carter Turk]

Wondering if anyone has this on their pod filtered bike? It mounts over the intake boots in front of the carbs to keep heat/dirt from the engine off the carburetor. Its basically a foil/plastic deflector.

I tried to make one out of an old air box, but it was a poor attempt. I thought it might help keep the plugs from fouling in torrential downpours when water gets sucked into the engine.

[kochic]

my old gsxr had one.
Yamaha fj1100 came with a little one.
Marc

[posplayr]

Wondering if anyone has this on their pod filtered bike? It mounts over the intake boots in front of the carbs to keep heat/dirt from the engine off the carburetor. Its basically a foil/plastic deflector.

I tried to make one out of an old air box, but it was a poor attempt. I thought it might help keep the plugs from fouling in torrential downpours when water gets sucked into the engine.

I have one for my GSXR; There is a guy over at Gixxer.com in the oiler section who sells them for about $75 (old price)-$100(??)

current link on these heat sheilds

http://www.gixxer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=286324

[Carter Turk]

Posplayer,

Thanks for the link. I've got the 90' 1100 carbs on my Kat and the thing produces a fair amount of heat with the big bore kit. Don't really know if the shield would lower intake air temperature on a street bike, but I guess Yoshimura thought so. I'm not sure where to find this Rodriguez guy.

[Mysuzyq]

Posplayer,
I'm not sure where to find this Rodriguez guy.

You might want to request Pos to make the purchase for you, or see if you can find the seller's contact info to buy it directly from him....the GSXR site now requires a $15 fee to join the site as a paying member, to even view/buy any items for sale. There are also aftermarket vendors in Japan selling these shields, but I doubt they will work out cheaper than $75-$100, and buying anything from them is a huge hassle. I was looking into getting one myself, but decided against it....super-heated air is not usually a big concern in Canada, but the item does look pretty cool, installed.